@DSOF20192023 You say “It seems better to apply in EA than RD similar to all other colleges and UVA is no different”. I’m not sure that this would’ve held true for my DS. I think that his mid-yr grade played a huge part in his RD decision at UVA. Had he applied EA, he might’ve been rejected or if deferred would’ve had to hope that they look at his application again with the mid-yr grade. I don’t know many schools that requested the senior mid-year report.