<p>Here you go, folks. The press release should be coming this afternoon.</p>
<p>Notes</a> from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: Early Action coming next year</p>
<p>Hope they give you guys a pay raise to handle the increase in application volume that is likely to result from this!</p>
<p>PS I think the EA decision is a good thing.</p>
<p>I’m jealous that I couldn’t do that this year!</p>
<p>Good move! too late for us.</p>
<p>One year too late 
Is this going to be more like University of Maryland’s “Priority Decision”, where students find it very difficult (practically impoosible) to get in if they apply RD, or like a normal EA?</p>
<p>Great Move UVa!!!</p>
<p>One note of caution to next year’s applicants…the applicant pool is likely to increase (perhaps significantly) and therefore competition will be even tougher.</p>
<p>I’m curious whether others would agree…</p>
<p>Darn it… this hurts. Well at least my brother and future applicants are lucky. I don’t think the application pool will increase that much Robert. I was going to apply ED to Wharton this year but didn’t do so because UVA is my #1 - I feel like most of the people who apply to UVA want to attend and don’t just apply to apply. I believe that there may be a few kids who apply EA just to try to get an early acceptance - but honestly those kids usually put 0 effort into the app and get rejected quickly. Hmmm, if I end up taking a gap year, this will be beneficial to me so :). Also will this EA be restrictive?</p>
<p>That’s awesome!!! I’m so incredibly jealous though :)</p>
<p>Here’s a link to the Charlottesville Daily Progress article discussing the University’s new Early Action Program.</p>
<p>[UVa</a> details early action admission plan | Daily Progress](<a href=“http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2010/nov/16/uva-details-early-action-admission-plan-ar-657427/]UVa”>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2010/nov/16/uva-details-early-action-admission-plan-ar-657427/)</p>
<p>I’m SO jealous!!! I’m glad that UVA decided to do this, though :)</p>
<p>I’m so freaking jealous.</p>
<p>This is a move in the right direction. Dropping ED way back when was a poor choice.</p>
<p>I’m wondering the same thing as Eurozan. Typically, EA and ED acceptance rates are higher than RD (especially ED – ex: Penn, Vandy, etc.); however, there are a few schools (ex: Boston College) who profess that it’s actually MORE competitive to apply EA than RD. I’m curious which way the stats will fall for UVA.</p>
<p>Early Decision with commitment = bad
Early Action = good</p>
<p>Except for the possible increase in competitiveness and except for fans who really like early decision, this should be a real plus. I’ve seen plenty of cases where early action by alternatives to UVA helped swing decisions toward those other schools (e.g., see mention of one example in Dean J’s blog), and I’ll bet that was the primary motivator for UVA to change.</p>
<p>The Washington Post of 11/27 had a piece on early action, including a focus on UVA and comments from Dean Roberts.</p>
<p>Excerpt:</p>
<p>The reversal reflects the remarkable popularity of early-admissions policies among applicants - and college admission officers - in an era when the collegiate sweepstakes is arguably more competitive and stressful than ever.</p>
<p>“For many students, we’re their top choice. And frankly, they don’t want to wait around,” said Greg Roberts, dean of admission at U-Va.</p>
<p>Higher education leaders expected a shift in the admissions landscape when three of the nation’s top national universities announced a retreat from early deadlines in 2006. Officials at the schools said they thought their programs favored the wealthy and well-prepared, and they invited other colleges to follow their lead.</p>
<p>Almost none did. Early admission endures at most of the selective public and private colleges in and around Washington. Early applications are up this fall for at least 10 schools in Washington, Maryland and Virginia. Applications are flat at a few institutions; no one is reporting a decline.</p>
<p>U-Va. ended its early-decision program after concluding it drew an inordinately privileged pool. Early-decision students pledge to attend one school and cannot compare other financial aid offers, a major drawback for disadvantaged students.</p>
<p>Of 200 low-income students who entered U-Va. in the final year of early decision, only one had applied early decision. “Those numbers were alarming to us,” Roberts said. </p>
<p>[As</a> U-Va. hopefuls show, early admissions applications more popular than ever](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/26/AR2010112603118.html]As”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/26/AR2010112603118.html)</p>