I see the website says mid January, but is it possible that notifications will start to be released before then? If so when do they start ? It was my understanding EA was mid December notification which seems reasonable since if accepted the student does not have to submit many regular decision apps which are due Jan 1. Therefore I was curious if mid jan was the latest date…
We haven’t had a December notification since our ED days, when there were about 2,500 early apps.
I’m not sure you understand the volume with which we’re dealing. A mid-December date isn’t reasonable with the application numbers we have now. When I got to UVA in 2005, we had about 15,000 total applications. Last year, we had 16,700 applications during EA alone. A thorough read on that many files in six weeks is impossible unless you have an army of readers.
Since EA was introduced at UVA, we have always said we will have decisions ready by the end of January. You can look at 11 years of information on the admission blog to see when that has happened from one year to the next.