<p>No downside for you applying EA, and you’ll get feedback sooner which will help you move through the process.</p>
<p>Last year, UVA got 9685 OOS EA applications. 2146 offers, 2453 defers, 5086 rejects. If all other parts of your application are equal, if your 3.67 GPA isn’t enough to get you at least an EA defer, I’d doubt that your 3.7 would get you an offer come RD time. Good luck.</p>