Anonymous
Post 12/08/2019 01:14     Subject: UVA ED admissions are posted
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Admissions blog numbers

Early Decision Applications
Total number of Early Decision applications: 2,159
Total number of VA apps: 1,165
Total number of OOS apps: 994
We use completed applications in our statistics.


Early Decision Offers
Overall offers: 748
Total VA offers: 466 (40% offer rate)
Total OOS offers: 282 (28% offer rate)
Enrollment Goal: ~3,750
This means 20% of the class will have come from the Early Decision round.

It's misleading to average these offer rates together because residency is a major factor in our review. If you are going to share these numbers, cite BOTH offer rates.


Early Decision Defers
Overall defers: 570
Total VA defers: 334
Total OOS defers: 236
Deferred students are no long bound by Early Decision agreements. Read more about deferral here (this link is in all defer letters).



What I find interesting is how many student were flat-out denied.
If my math is correct...
Total number of VA apps: 1,165
Total VA offers: 466 (40% offer rate)
Total VA defers: 334
466+334=800 total number who were either accepted now or deferred.
1165-800=365 who were flat out denied.
I'd be curious to know about those applications.
Was it serious wishful thinking?
Could they have been better off doing regular decision?


Probably kinder in the long run. They will be more drive to do a good job on RD apps. Why string people along?

Georgetown only defers. Not sure I agree with that.


No early decision at Georgetown, only early action.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 22:47     Subject: UVA ED admissions are posted
Still doesn’t follow. Test scores could be lower overall.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 21:31     Subject: UVA ED admissions are posted
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The mean SAT of accepted students is 1413, which I think is a little lower than last year's overall SAT, so yea ED appears easier.


Where did you find this? It's still higher than I thought it would be. I was thinking closer to the 1390's.


Cavalier Daily
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 21:17     Subject: UVA ED admissions are posted
Anonymous wrote:The mean SAT of accepted students is 1413, which I think is a little lower than last year's overall SAT, so yea ED appears easier.


Where did you find this? It's still higher than I thought it would be. I was thinking closer to the 1390's.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 18:30     Subject: Re:UVA ED admissions are posted
Crickets over on the College Confidential thread. You would think at least one acceptance wanting to shout it out. Strange.

https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-virginia/2165513-uva-early-decision.html
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 18:00     Subject: UVA ED admissions are posted
Anonymous wrote:The mean SAT of accepted students is 1413, which I think is a little lower than last year's overall SAT, so yea ED appears easier.


UVA cares far more about GPA and rigor of courses than SAT.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 14:50     Subject: Re:UVA ED admissions are posted
Anonymous wrote:Parent of OOS student who is a junior. Even the OOS students seem to have a big preference with this ED, right? Vis a Vis admissions odds from the regular applications, I mean.


not that big
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 14:08     Subject: UVA ED admissions are posted
The mean SAT of accepted students is 1413, which I think is a little lower than last year's overall SAT, so yea ED appears easier.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 13:14     Subject: UVA ED admissions are posted
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Any VA resident who did not do ED is a fool.


It doesn't looks like it was much easier?


Correct. That 40% is pretty much what in-state gets.


But it will be tougher for the RD applicants to get in. UVA will still have a pool of almost 40,000 applicants to work with, but only need to fill 80% of the class. I think in the long run, UVA could perceivably fill 30 - 40% of its class with ED students.


Wait. The post with the numbers says 20% from ED.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 13:11     Subject: UVA ED admissions are posted
Anonymous wrote:I won't post on Facebook, and I'll let DS call the grandparents, aunts and uncles.
So please just indulge me DCUM as I shout...
Wahoo!!!
I'm so happy for him.
Good luck and best wishes to everyone else!


Congrats to your DS.

-02 Wahoo (damn I’m old)
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 12:31     Subject: Re:UVA ED admissions are posted
The big difference though is that ED gives a college 100% yield. For RD, colleges accept many more applicants than they expect to attend. And offering ED can lower yield on RD (the kids who are sure they are going to come may apply ED).
So ED really doesn't impact admissions as much as it seems. The thing to look at is the stats of the ED acceptances vs. the stats of the RD acceptances. If there's not much difference (once you control for recruited athletes in some cases) it probably doesn't improve your chances that much.

Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 10:39     Subject: UVA ED admissions are posted
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Any VA resident who did not do ED is a fool.


It doesn't looks like it was much easier?


Correct. That 40% is pretty much what in-state gets.


But it will be tougher for the RD applicants to get in. UVA will still have a pool of almost 40,000 applicants to work with, but only need to fill 80% of the class. I think in the long run, UVA could perceivably fill 30 - 40% of its class with ED students.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 10:33     Subject: UVA ED admissions are posted
Anonymous wrote:I won't post on Facebook, and I'll let DS call the grandparents, aunts and uncles.
So please just indulge me DCUM as I shout...
Wahoo!!!
I'm so happy for him.
Good luck and best wishes to everyone else!


Congrats!!
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 00:13     Subject: UVA ED admissions are posted
Anonymous wrote:can you still apply RD if you get rejected in ED?


No, you are done for this application period.
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2019 21:06     Subject: UVA ED admissions are posted
Anonymous wrote:can you still apply RD if you get rejected in ED?


Is there any reason to think the decision would be different?