<p><strong><em>rolls eyes, and yawns</em></strong> (at aceit)</p>
<p>HopefulHoo'sDad>>sir, you are a Gentleman. Thank you.</p>
<p>At most, we have thirteen more days left. I hope we find out early.</p>
<p>I think we will be getting them early this year. I read something on Dean J's blog that they are already printing the papers.</p>
<p>Oh gosh no, I'm betting against an early notification. Last year, I think the notifications came out on March 30th, a Friday. I really can't remember, it's all a blur. But I remember having to complete the school day that Friday and was to fly out on Sat. to meet family out west. Decisions were to come out at 5 O'Clock sharp (?) or 6pm(?)--whatever. When I got home from school I logged on multiple times, trying to see if there was an early answer--no luck. Finally about 2 minutes before the announced time, I logged on--NOTHING. Ugh. Three minutes later, the screen had changed!! I remember a lot of Presidential blue coloring to the screen, and a simple message like:</p>
<p>Name: Jane Doe (alias-Powderpuff)
Status: Offered Admission</p>
<p>Then a brief congratulatory message. OMG!!! The next day I got a cool e-mail video that really seemed to capture the virtues of UVA, and a congrats from the President and governing body.</p>
<p>Good luck to you all. These days can seem so long. But, looking back, they were so much fun too!! Deep breath.</p>
<p>When do they say that decisions will come out this year? I've been so busy that I haven't checked. If they haven't declared a date yet, I'm betting on March 28th, Friday. Fridays seem to be the in vogue day to share news with students, not only at UVA, but everywhere. I guess that gives the student a chance to digest the good or bad news before heading back to daily life.</p>
<p>I'm betting either the 28th or the 31st. First years last year got it two days early, but the real date was a Sunday. For transfers last year, it came on a Monday, early, but they took that extra day. Since they've begun printing already, my better guess is the 28th. I think the extra surge of applicants this year due to more applicants and no ED forced them to find a good, fast system that was still thorough. </p>
<p>I highly doubt it will be April 1st, for sure! It's April's Fools Day and I think the colleges want to avoid that poor cruel joke possibility. Too many un-needed phone calls, crying, etc.</p>
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I</a> love that video.</p>
<p>The girl dressed like Winnie the Pooh cracks me up every time. :)</p>
<p>Us ED kids didn't get a video last year :( But oh well</p>
<p>That's odd,mjo9x? But now that you've seen the video that Dean J posted, do you like it??</p>
<p>ahh! i was just about to click on the video link, but then I thought, "NO!" I only want to see it if I get in...superstitious beliefs control everything I do in relation to college admissions!!! haha</p>
<p>ahaha that's exactly what I thought when I saw the link</p>
<p>So true!!!>>I'm surprised I didin't see that coming.</p>
<p>Powderpuff:</p>
<p>Thanks for reminding me about the video; it had slipped my mind. Our family really enjoyed watching it (multiple times of course). The video only made us more excited to attend Days on the Lawn.</p>
<p>Thanks for posting the video link Dean J. I agree that it's best to view the video after you've been offered admission.</p>
<p>A friend of my son's was accepted ED last year, and I do recall he didn't receive some of the perks applicants accepted RD were treated to, including an invite to DOTL.</p>
<p>That's because they didn't have to coax ED admits into choosing UVA since their admission was binding.</p>
<p>Guillaume:</p>
<p>Yes, I understand the reasoning behind not inviting the ED acceptees. Some of these kids felt like they dropped out of the loop after receiving their UVa ED Acceptance Letters last year. They sort of lost touch with the University for several months.</p>
<p>I suppose with the elimination of ED this year, and the associated loss of over 900 guaranteed enrollees, UVa will need to do some additional "coaxing" to reach their enrollment goals. I've been thinking they may need to do extra "Days on the Lawn" to give more kids a chance to see the school and get a better feel for what it's like to attend.</p>
<p>Last year I spoke to (Dean) Jack Blackburn when we attended DOTL, and asked him how easy or difficult it was for the University to accurately predict their yield on accepted applicants. He felt comfortable about coming pretty close to the number of students needed, based on prior years' experience. Turned out his calculations were right on.</p>
<p>I wonder how comfortable the Admissions Office is feeling this year about enrolling the desired number of students for this year's incoming class. Correctly forecasting yield is probably going to be quite a bit more challenging with the elimination of ED.</p>
<p>Does anyone care to offer their thoughts on this subject?</p>
<p>Some people were saying that they will have to turn to the waitlist more than before.</p>
<p>They probably will take a few more off the WL than last year. I wouldn't expect a whole lot more, but who knows.</p>
<p>As for ED, those students dropped off the "radar" for many reasons. One, they became future Hoos, no matter what. Since others were applying, they needed to shift their focus on finishing applications. As for not extending DOTL invitations, it made it easier on everyone because ED kids were locked in, regardless, and this made the number of attendees a tad smaller. However, I don't think UVA totally forgot about them, as I know they sent mailings over the winter when I was a senior. Also, they devoted a full two months to reading all those applications, and that itself is a feat of generosity.</p>
<p>Shoe:</p>
<p>My comments about how some of the applicants who were accepted ED last year felt was meant as a statement of fact only (based on what some of the ED acceptees mentioned to me), not as a criticism of the UVa Admissions Office.</p>
<p>I know the AO folks work very hard, under circumstances that can be extremely stressful during the height of UVa’s application season, while trying to be as fair and objective as possible with every application. I have great respect for Dean J and her coworkers.</p>
<p>Back to DOTL for a moment, I wonder how many more accepted students might be expected to attend this year, and if more sessions will be needed to accommodate them. UVa needs about another 1,000 students or so to say "Yes" to their offer, in a setting where all of their prospects will have other offers to consider. Of course, for some of these accepted students (the ones who would have applied ED if the program had not been eliminated), UVa is their #1 choice. These individuals probably don’t need much convincing to sign on the dotted line.</p>