I want transparency and accountability from UVA

[Anonymous]

I don’t want Dean J’s cute little videos about their holistic approach and how they want to see this and that from a student. I don’t need dean j at all. For in state admissions I want a formula. Kid took these classes, got these grades, got that SAT, then guaranteed admission to UVA or WM or Vtech or whatever other VA state school, end of story. Otherwise you are not getting my tax dollars.

[Anonymous]

Good for you. Have a cookie.

Or you could move to Texas. I think they do it that way.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Doesn't work that way anymore. It used to. When I grew up in CA there was a formula that guaranteed you admission to UC schools. That's not true now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t want Dean J’s cute little videos about their holistic approach and how they want to see this and that from a student. I don’t need dean j at all. For in state admissions I want a formula. Kid took these classes, got these grades, got that SAT, then guaranteed admission to UVA or WM or Vtech or whatever other VA state school, end of story. Otherwise you are not getting my tax dollars. [/quote]


It's all provided, annually by The Commonwealth in the State Council on Higher Education report. You can find out everything you would ever want about any statistic of every private and public in Virginia. https://www.schev.edu/index/students-and-parents/explore/virginia-institutions. For example, it tells you that of the students who actually enrolled last fall, the 75th percentile had a 1520, a 35 ACT and a 4.52 GPA. It's all there. Pages and pages of data.

And BTW UVA stopped taking state bucks more than a decade ago so it could spin itself off as a self-sustaining entity. Today it receives less than 6% of its operating budget from the Commonwealth. Meanwhile, its endowment has ballooned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t want Dean J’s cute little videos about their holistic approach and how they want to see this and that from a student. I don’t need dean j at all. For in state admissions I want a formula. Kid took these classes, got these grades, got that SAT, then guaranteed admission to UVA or WM or Vtech or whatever other VA state school, end of story. Otherwise you are not getting my tax dollars.

That’s a great idea. Refuse to pay your taxes

[Anonymous]

SCHEV has been around since 1956. It makes everything in VA very transparents. If your college counselor hasn't told you about this resource they aren't doing their job. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Council_of_Higher_Education_for_Virginia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't work that way anymore. It used to. When I grew up in CA there was a formula that guaranteed you admission to UC schools. That's not true now.

The top something % (can't recall the exact number) in CA is still guaranteed admissions to a UC but that might be Merced or Bakersfield.

[Anonymous]

There is no way the Commonwealth would let these schools go private, nothing to gain. I am surprised at the 6% funding number. I would have guessed it was in the 20% range.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SCHEV has been around since 1956. It makes everything in VA very transparents. If your college counselor hasn't told you about this resource they aren't doing their job. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Council_of_Higher_Education_for_Virginia

Yep. I think the VA schools are pretty clear. UVA pretty much a solid chance as long as you are top 5% in your class. VT is actually more problematic since they seemed to yield protect a lot more last year, although a lot of those kids eventually got offered spots off the waitlist.

[Anonymous]

And I want a million dollars We don't always get what we want. Most of us learned that as preschoolers. Sorry you're a bit behind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SCHEV has been around since 1956. It makes everything in VA very transparents. If your college counselor hasn't told you about this resource they aren't doing their job. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Council_of_Higher_Education_for_Virginia

Yep. I think the VA schools are pretty clear. UVA pretty much a solid chance as long as you are top 5% in your class. VT is actually more problematic since they seemed to yield protect a lot more last year, although a lot of those kids eventually got offered spots off the waitlist.

Totally agree. UVA is pretty easy to predict. Top 5% in your class, you're in. Top 10% and you ED with strong scores, and everything else, probably in.

VA Tech is way harder to predict. Lots of head scratching.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t want Dean J’s cute little videos about their holistic approach and how they want to see this and that from a student. I don’t need dean j at all. For in state admissions I want a formula. Kid took these classes, got these grades, got that SAT, then guaranteed admission to UVA or WM or Vtech or whatever other VA state school, end of story. Otherwise you are not getting my tax dollars.

What a boring class of freshmen that would be.

And even if they went that way, they'd still have to cull. Too many applications, OP. Sorry. Them's the breaks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't work that way anymore. It used to. When I grew up in CA there was a formula that guaranteed you admission to UC schools. That's not true now.

The top something % (can't recall the exact number) in CA is still guaranteed admissions to a UC but that might be Merced or Bakersfield.

There's no UC Bakersfield.

[Anonymous]

Virginia is the most transparent state in the US due to the SCHEV reports. Unfortunately, most people here want to gripe and not do the research.