Schools Like UVA But Easier to Get Into

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Anonymous wrote:One best answer = William and Mary

It may be easier to get into, but it’s nothing like UVA. My kids didn’t even consider it.

And it's not even that much easier to get into--roughly same academic profile needed, just less popular overall so higher acceptance rate at W&M.

Exactly. And I know more than a couple kids who got into UVA but not W&M.

I know only the reverse in
most recent years: want UVA but have to settle for W&M.

I know both cases.

[Anonymous]

WM

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Most SEC schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One best answer = William and Mary

It may be easier to get into, but it’s nothing like UVA. My kids didn’t even consider it.

And it's not even that much easier to get into--roughly same academic profile needed, just less popular overall so higher acceptance rate at W&M.

Exactly. And I know more than a couple kids who got into UVA but not W&M.

I know only the reverse in
most recent years: want UVA but have to settle for W&M.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech

+100
Though not any easier to get into these days.

yes it is, it has double the acceptance rate and lower 25-75th percentile range for both grades and SAT.

Is that why so many 4.0+ 1450+ kids (including my own) were rejected? They have become very selective.

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Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech

+100
Though not any easier to get into these days.

yes it is, it has double the acceptance rate and lower 25-75th percentile range for both grades and SAT.

Is that why so many 4.0+ 1450+ kids (including my own) were rejected? They have become very selective.

Does this thread need to turn into a UVA WM pissing match?

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Most SEC flagships would offer a similar experience

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech

+100
Though not any easier to get into these days.

yes it is, it has double the acceptance rate and lower 25-75th percentile range for both grades and SAT.

Is that why so many 4.0+ 1450+ kids (including my own) were rejected? They have become very selective.

Does this thread need to turn into a UVA WM pissing match?

We were discussing VT vs UVA in this particular conversation.

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Anonymous wrote:Most SEC flagships would offer a similar experience

Ole Miss, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee.

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Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech

+100
Though not any easier to get into these days.

yes it is, it has double the acceptance rate and lower 25-75th percentile range for both grades and SAT.

Is that why so many 4.0+ 1450+ kids (including my own) were rejected? They have become very selective.

They accepted 56.5% of their applicants in 2022. It's more competitive than it used to be but much less so than UVA so it fits the bill for OP.

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UF
WVU
UNT
U of M

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The school that is the most similar is UNC. It is not easier to get into if you are OOS for both or in state for UVA and OOS for UNC. Beyond that, it would be a Power 5 conference public school that is large but not huge (e.g. Ohio State), is in the Southeast, and has an active Greek Life (which would be almost all of the above).

In state, I guess I'd say VT, JMU, and CNU going from largest to smallest.

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Univ of SC
NCSU
ECU
UNCC
Univ of Tenn
Auburn
TCU

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What about Vanderbilt fools

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech

+100
Though not any easier to get into these days.

yes it is, it has double the acceptance rate and lower 25-75th percentile range for both grades and SAT.

Is that why so many 4.0+ 1450+ kids (including my own) were rejected? They have become very selective.

They accepted 56.5% of their applicants in 2022. It's more competitive than it used to be but much less so than UVA so it fits the bill for OP.

WM is seriously heavy on early action. I think it’s more complicated than it seems to compare the two. But in any case, outside of a high achieving student body, it has nothing in common with UVA.