It’s Early Action Season, With 6,243 Students Offered Admission to UVA

“We look forward to meeting all of the admitted students in-person in the spring and welcoming them to Grounds for our Days on the Lawn open house programs in April,” Roberts said. 824 First-generation students offered admission The University has three admission cycles. Students applying in the first, “early decision” – generally students with strong academic credentials for whom UVA is their first choice – agree to accept their admission offers in exchange for the convenience of early notification, in early December. This second cycle, “early action,” also benefits applicants by notifying them early of their application standing, but does not require them to accept their offers or cancel their applications to other schools. Results of the third and remaining cycle, regular admission, are announced by April 1. Students admitted through the early action and regular admission cycles have until May 1 to reserve a spot in the class that enters in the fall. Of the students applying to UVA this year, 3,480 applied for early decision, 31,145 applied for early action and 16,284 applied for regular decision. In December, UVA delivered admittance notifications to 1,109 of the students who applied for early decision. Gleeful students often take to social media to share their happy news. Here are a few of their posts from both the early action and early decision cycles, with the hashtag #UVA26.