Does sending applications in early confer advantage in the admissions process?

For sure! Probably the better way to frame it is that RD applicants overall are at a disadvantage simply because UVA makes so many offers in EA. My understanding is that Maryland and Michigan are similar; the vast majority of admissions offers happen in EA, so there just aren’t that many slots left in RD. And applicants seem to understand that, thus the much bigger numbers of applications in EA.

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