UVa, William and Mary, Virginia Tech should be shut down and split up or expanded

[Anonymous]

DC applied to all three of these schools last cycle and will be trying again. These three schools are getting more competitive and out of reach for everyday people. I think each of them should be split up into multiple different schools that each have less competitive admissions or they should each double in size. Not just a 10% increase or 2% increase every year or whatever thing like that. They need to start construction NOW to build at least 2x the housing, classrooms, etc. to accommodate double the number of students and all new students should be required to come from Virginia. These admissions practices have gone way too far. As soon as admission rates hit below 50% for in-state applicants there should be mandatory student body expansions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC applied to all three of these schools last cycle and will be trying again. These three schools are getting more competitive and out of reach for everyday people. I think each of them should be split up into multiple different schools that each have less competitive admissions or they should each double in size. Not just a 10% increase or 2% increase every year or whatever thing like that. They need to start construction NOW to build at least 2x the housing, classrooms, etc. to accommodate double the number of students and all new students should be required to come from Virginia. These admissions practices have gone way too far. As soon as admission rates hit below 50% for in-state applicants there should be mandatory student body expansions

Agree, it's not serving the state

[Anonymous]

Why? Virginia has many schools for all types of students.

[Anonymous]

That makes no sense. There are a lot of great VA in-state options. Why not attend one of those?

[Anonymous]

Do that to the state’s best schools, and they won’t be the best for long. OP, you want the school’s reputation without the school’s admission and course rigor. Those things are incompatible. If your kid can’t get into these schools, they belong at a lower-ranked VA school. As others have said, there is a VA state school for everyone. You just need to accept that the schools you covet are not an academic match for your kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That makes no sense. There are a lot of great VA in-state options. Why not attend one of those?

There is too much hierarchy. Alternatively, they could combine all of the universities (UVa, VTech, William and Mary, Gmu, Jmu, Cnu, Longwood) into one university and have a lottery for all who are accepted to decide who goes to which campus.

[Anonymous]

Virginia has a very good tier of schools like GMU, JMU, VCU under those three schools. They’re all very good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do that to the state’s best schools, and they won’t be the best for long. OP, you want the school’s reputation without the school’s admission and course rigor. Those things are incompatible. If your kid can’t get into these schools, they belong at a lower-ranked VA school. As others have said, there is a VA state school for everyone. You just need to accept that the schools you covet are not an academic match for your kid.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virginia has a very good tier of schools like GMU, JMU, VCU under those three schools. They’re all very good.

You don’t seem to understand OP. They seem to think they are entitled to a certain level of prestige.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s great that Virginia has so much variety within its state university system and offers different types of colleges instead of one giant state flagship and a few regional universities that are overshadowed by the big flagship both academically and financially.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC applied to all three of these schools last cycle and will be trying again. These three schools are getting more competitive and out of reach for everyday people. I think each of them should be split up into multiple different schools that each have less competitive admissions or they should each double in size. Not just a 10% increase or 2% increase every year or whatever thing like that. They need to start construction NOW to build at least 2x the housing, classrooms, etc. to accommodate double the number of students and all new students should be required to come from Virginia. These admissions practices have gone way too far. As soon as admission rates hit below 50% for in-state applicants there should be mandatory student body expansions

Why not go to a CC? UVA and W&M are actively trying to recruit low-income students and students from underserved backgrounds. Probably VTech too (just don't know as much personally but can't imagine it's that different. I know they actively recruit low-income through first year admissions.). Even if you aren't underserved you can still do guaranteed admission to UVA, W&M, VTech after an associate's degree.

[Anonymous]

You all are so lucky to live in VA. We are considering paying $70-$80k to send our kid to one of your schools…if they are lucky enough to even be admitted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virginia has a very good tier of schools like GMU, JMU, VCU under those three schools. They’re all very good.

You don’t seem to understand OP. They seem to think they are entitled to a certain level of prestige.

If what they are suggesting was implemented there would be no more prestige.

[Anonymous]

No. If they're too large they will lose their character.

Just accept that they're more competitive now than before, and that your child has to go elsewhere. The US has more colleges than it knows what to do with. Hundreds will close in the next few year due to the demographic cliff.

You're ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That makes no sense. There are a lot of great VA in-state options. Why not attend one of those?

Their child has a 4.0! They deserve to get in!