<p>uvachick, that is misleading advice and your conclusions are counterintuitive to what would normally be assumed, given the premises. Applying ED tells the school that you’re absolutely committed and will attend no matter what…how is that bad?? If you get deferred, you still get another look in the RD round. </p>
<p>Yes, ED at Princeton may be as tough as RD due to a more self-selected applicant pool, but believe me, high-end applicants DO NOT apply ED at UVA. With my numbers, as an instate student, I would have never considered it, and neither would the vast majority of students in my situation. I used my ED card at Princeton, where I was deferred and ultimately waitlisted. </p>
<p>If you’re committed to UVA, apply early. I’ll give you two things</p>
<p>first, a legit website that shows UVA’s ED acceptance rate:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/earlydec_brief.php[/url]”>http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/earlydec_brief.php</a></p>
<p>second, my firm assurance that the ED pool does not have the high-end talent that the RD pool has. I knew plenty of “what the hell” applicants (900ish SATs and 2.5-3.0ish GPAs) who all brought the acceptance rate down.</p>