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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by Jay-Electronica » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:29 am

nycparalegal wrote:So who exactly does this extension benefit?
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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by Space_Cowboy » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:29 am

jawsthegreat wrote:One thing is for sure it is not going to be as easy to predict ED applicants as it was before they extended the deadline.

A 3.85 or a 170 is probably not a guarantee any more.
I see no reason why not. It might not remain a 170 or a 3.85, but it will be something fairly predictable given UVA numbers-driven approach.

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by CE2JD » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:30 am

booboo wrote:Roughly equating, I think there are 1000 170 scorers, and 3000 >170 scorers.
O RLY. I thought I remembered reading somewhere that a 170 was the 97.5 percentile and a 171 was 98.7 or something like that which would make the number of 170s roughly equal to the number of >170s.

edit: nevermind

From this:

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It looks like the number of 170-172s are GREATER than the number of 173-180s.
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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by Space_Cowboy » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:32 am

CE2JD wrote:
booboo wrote:Roughly equating, I think there are 1000 170 scorers, and 3000 >170 scorers.
O RLY. I thought I remembered reading somewhere that a 170 was the 97.5 percentile and a 171 was 98.7 or something like that which would make the number of 170s roughly equal to the number of >170s.
170 - 97.5
171 - 98.1
172 - 98.6

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by 09042014 » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:33 am

CE2JD wrote:
Uhh... do you know how few people get above a 170? The number of people who get 170s is likely the same as the number of people getting above a 170.
171 is a 98.1

170 is a 97.5

So 1.9% have above a 170, and .6 have a 170. Not quite the same but I understand your point.

It really depends on how close to 171 they usually are.

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by booboo » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:34 am

CE2JD wrote:
booboo wrote:Roughly equating, I think there are 1000 170 scorers, and 3000 >170 scorers.
O RLY. I thought I remembered reading somewhere that a 170 was the 97.5 percentile and a 171 was 98.7 or something like that which would make the number of 170s roughly equal to the number of >170s.
I may have done my math wrong... 97.5% is right for 170, for 171, the percentile is 98.1. What I did was multiply the two by a reasonable total unique LSAT taker total of 160,000, subtract the value of the 2.5% percentile from the 1.9% and I got my total 170 scorers.

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by 09042014 » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:35 am

I wonder if they'll accept EDing from people on the wait list.

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by Space_Cowboy » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:35 am

Desert Fox wrote:I wonder if they'll accept EDing from people on the wait list.
They do.

EDIT: Shit, I meant from people with applications in, but no decision yet. No idea what happens if you're WLed.

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by jawsthegreat » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:37 am

Desert Fox wrote:I wonder if they'll accept EDing from people on the wait list.
Couldn't hurt to try if you think you have been YP'd.

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by CE2JD » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:37 am

Still, my main point was that, as you go up the score chart, higher scorers get rarer and rarer. This makes it increasingly harder for a law school in the bottom of the T10 to bump up the LSAT median, especially considering the HIGHER YIELDS at HYSCC.
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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by rundoxierun » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:37 am

booboo wrote:
CE2JD wrote:
booboo wrote:Roughly equating, I think there are 1000 170 scorers, and 3000 >170 scorers.
O RLY. I thought I remembered reading somewhere that a 170 was the 97.5 percentile and a 171 was 98.7 or something like that which would make the number of 170s roughly equal to the number of >170s.
I may have done my math wrong... 97.5% is right for 170, for 171, the percentile is 98.1. What I did was multiply the two by a reasonable total unique LSAT taker total of 160,000, subtract the value of the 2.5% percentile from the 1.9% and I got my total 170 scorers.
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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by booboo » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:39 am

CE2JD wrote:Still, my main point was that, as you go up the score chart, higher scorers get rarer and rarer. This makes it increasingly harder for a law school in the bottom of the T10 to bump up the LSAT median, especially considering the HIGHER YIELDS at HYSCC.
Definitely a valid point. Unless they are feeling generous with money, hehe.

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by GeePee » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:40 am

jawsthegreat wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:I wonder if they'll accept EDing from people on the wait list.
Couldn't hurt to try if you think you have been YP'd.
There are a lot better anti-YP methods than giving up your chance of choice or money...

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by Space_Cowboy » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:42 am

GeePee wrote:
jawsthegreat wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:I wonder if they'll accept EDing from people on the wait list.
Couldn't hurt to try if you think you have been YP'd.
There are a lot better anti-YP methods than giving up your chance of choice or money...
Any as effective? But yeah, your point is a good one.

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by CE2JD » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:44 am

GeePee wrote:
jawsthegreat wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:I wonder if they'll accept EDing from people on the wait list.
Couldn't hurt to try if you think you have been YP'd.
There are a lot better anti-YP methods than giving up your chance of choice or money...
You mean like keeping people on the waitlist until 5 days before matriculation and then admitting them if you're low on numbers?

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by Space_Cowboy » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:45 am

CE2JD wrote:
GeePee wrote:
jawsthegreat wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:I wonder if they'll accept EDing from people on the wait list.
Couldn't hurt to try if you think you have been YP'd.
There are a lot better anti-YP methods than giving up your chance of choice or money...
You mean like keeping people on the waitlist until 5 days before matriculation and then admitting them?
I think he meant Why? essays or LOCI or interviews.

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by Space_Cowboy » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:51 am

If Dean Trujillo would extend the ED deadline till after the release of 2011 USNWR rankings, that would b truly awesome. With UVA's impressive jump in GPA least year (high 3.7s to 3.85), that should put them over Michigan (all else being equal, of course (not a terrible assumption)). When the inevitable "Michigan in decline" freakout occurs they could pick up a couple more candidates.

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by 09042014 » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:59 am

Space_Cowboy wrote:If Dean Trujillo would extend the ED deadline till after the release of 2011 USNWR rankings, that would b truly awesome. With UVA's impressive jump in GPA least year (high 3.7s to 3.85), that should put them over Michigan (all else being equal, of course (not a terrible assumption)). When the inevitable "Michigan in decline" freakout occurs they could pick up a couple more candidates.
UVA and Mich will tied at 9

NU and Duke will tie for 11.

And UT and GT will tie for 14.

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by wadeny » Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:04 am

I still don't get why UVA decided to alter their ED process like this, especially in the middle of the cycle. I mean, it's not really an "early" decision any longer, so why would they even continue to call it that? It seems like it has something to do with their yield, but whatever the reason, it sounds pretty shady to me.

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by Borhas » Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:07 am

yeah whatever, I bet they just want a bunch of apps just so they can reject them
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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

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Space_Cowboy wrote:If Dean Trujillo would extend the ED deadline till after the release of 2011 USNWR rankings, that would b truly awesome. With UVA's impressive jump in GPA least year (high 3.7s to 3.85), that should put them over Michigan (all else being equal, of course (not a terrible assumption)). When the inevitable "Michigan in decline" freakout occurs they could pick up a couple more candidates.
Or it could be they realize a drop in ranking is coming and want to lock people in before they find out about it.

Honestly, why wouldn't schools do this. ED is just a dream for them, they can pick whoever they want and have a guarantee that that person attends and they don't have to give $$, never mind bargain later. It's nothing but win for them. Could simply be they saw people sending in the ED ap the longer they had to wait, and someone there said, it's working well, why not run up matric %/$$ by just doing it all year? Why wouldn't all schools do it all year, there's no downside for them?

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

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Desert Fox wrote:
Space_Cowboy wrote:If Dean Trujillo would extend the ED deadline till after the release of 2011 USNWR rankings, that would b truly awesome. With UVA's impressive jump in GPA least year (high 3.7s to 3.85), that should put them over Michigan (all else being equal, of course (not a terrible assumption)). When the inevitable "Michigan in decline" freakout occurs they could pick up a couple more candidates.
UVA and Mich will tied at 9

NU and Duke will tie for 11.

And UT and GT will tie for 14.

You heard it here first!
This would mean that Cooley couldn't be ranked 12th...BLASPHEMY!

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by 09042014 » Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:16 am

AngryAvocado wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:
Space_Cowboy wrote:If Dean Trujillo would extend the ED deadline till after the release of 2011 USNWR rankings, that would b truly awesome. With UVA's impressive jump in GPA least year (high 3.7s to 3.85), that should put them over Michigan (all else being equal, of course (not a terrible assumption)). When the inevitable "Michigan in decline" freakout occurs they could pick up a couple more candidates.
UVA and Mich will tied at 9

NU and Duke will tie for 11.

And UT and GT will tie for 14.

You heard it here first!
This would mean that Cooley couldn't be ranked 12th...BLASPHEMY!
With the new campus and thus a new library they are shooting up the rankings. T6 baby

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by Dignan » Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:17 am

Borhas wrote:yeah whatever, I bet they just want a bunch of apps just so they can reject them
I think it's more than that. I think they're trying to lock in higher quality admits. Early January is a time during which people start to freak out. You've got 172/3.7 types who ED'd to Colubmia/NYU and who then got rejected/deferred. We've even seen a few people with those numbers who were deferred by Cornell. Furthermore, you've got the inevitable batch of high-quality applicants who were sure that they were getting into Berkeley in December but who are now puzzled that they have yet to hear anything. And, finally, you've got several schools (Chicago, NU, Columbia) who tend to take their sweet time getting back to RD applicants.

Basically, you've got hundreds of nervous applicants, some of whom with Columbia/Chicago/Berkeley numbers, who are worried that they will get shut out of the T14. Virginia is throwing them a late life line, and I bet at least a couple dozen will grab it. It's a brilliant move.

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Re: UVA eliminates/extends ED deadline

Post by Helmholtz » Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:18 am

AngryAvocado wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:
Space_Cowboy wrote:If Dean Trujillo would extend the ED deadline till after the release of 2011 USNWR rankings, that would b truly awesome. With UVA's impressive jump in GPA least year (high 3.7s to 3.85), that should put them over Michigan (all else being equal, of course (not a terrible assumption)). When the inevitable "Michigan in decline" freakout occurs they could pick up a couple more candidates.
UVA and Mich will tied at 9

NU and Duke will tie for 11.

And UT and GT will tie for 14.

You heard it here first!
This would mean that Cooley couldn't be ranked 12th...BLASPHEMY!
When have numbers ever stopped Cooley?!? If they can invent a badass ranking system taking into consideration factors such as restroom square footage and total weightage of library staff, they can sure as hell invent a workaround to this measly problem.

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