<p>All from Dean J’s blog:</p>
<p>"Early Action Applications
Total number of Early Action applications: 14,819
Total number of VA apps: 4,027
Total number of OOS apps: 10,792
We use completed application numbers in our statistics. There are schools that include incomplete applications in their stats.</p>
<p>Early Action Offers
Overall offers: 4,590
Total VA offers: 2,057 (51.1% offer rate)
Total OOS offers: 2,533 (23.5% offer rate)
Enrollment goal: 3,570 (between EA and RD)
*Schools admit more students than the enrollment goal with yield in mind.Yield is how many students accept an offer of admission. Check out yield from past years, broken down by residency (these numbers are for the entire applicant pool, not just early action). </p>
<p>Early Action Defers
Overall defers: 3,771
Total VA defers: 920
Total OOS defers: 2,851
Some applicants will withdraw, so these numbers will go down."</p>
<p>There really doesn’t appear to be any admissions help/hurt to applying early at UVA. Which is very unlike schools that give a serious admissions boost to early appliers – especially the big ED schools. </p>
<p>The admission rates seem to be a bit higher in UVA’s EA round. But that’s most likely a reflection that the EA pool is a bit stronger – kids who are ready to go and who are not thinking about whether to wait to include one more semester of good grades or one more try at the SATs.</p>