The University admitted 1,225 students Dec. 12 in the early decision admissions cycle from a pool of 5,108 applicants, yielding an acceptance rate of 25 percent for in-state applicants and 23 percent for out-of-state applicants. ED is the first of three rounds of applications — the other two being Early Action and Regular Decision, which will be announced in the Spring.
ED is a binding admission option in which students contractually agree to attend the University upon admission, and they are prohibited from entering into any other binding admission agreement with any other higher-education institution. Students are permitted to apply to other schools prior to receiving their admission decision, but must withdraw their applications upon admission to the University.
This year’s admission cycle saw 137 more ED applicants than last year’s cycle — a 2.7 percent increase — for another record-breaking year of ED application numbers. Of the 5,108 ED applicants, 3,077 were Virginia residents and 2,031 were out-of-state residents. There was a 6.7 percent decrease in the number of out-of-state applicants compared to last year’s admission cycle and a 10.1 percent increase in the number of applications from in-state students…