Moving to VA from DC for in-state college consideration

[Anonymous]

College counselor here, of COURSE the VA kids have an advantage! This is a Virginia state school. They will be compared against other VA residents who apply from DC independents.

LOL at the idea that W+M wouldn’t perceive VA residents differently and someone believes that their one kid’s experience getting in is in some way reflective of higher education policy. Ok..

[Anonymous]

There are so many schools that offer merit aid to make tuition in line with in state. Your kids may well end up some where else. Mine did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the class of 2028, the instate and OOS acceptance rates were the same at 34%.

If that’s even true, it is meaningless because you don’t know the qualifications of the applicants. Two groups admitted at the same rate doesn’t mean it’s equally difficult to get in from both groups.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We currently live in DC and have two Middle Schoolers in private Middle School. We want to move in the next few years before the kids are in high school - we currently live in DC far away from the kids school and moving to NW DC would be most convenient. However, we want to consider all options.

Are kids from Northern VA considered in-state for purposes of admission or are they evaluated against others at their DC private school? Asked another way, if they apply to UVA or W&M, is there a better shot of admission if they have a VA address vs a DC address? Or does high school matter more?

I understand there is a financial benefit to being in-state, I'm specifically asking about admissions.

Kids who LIVE in Virginia are in state residents with an admissions advantage. I'm sure you can look this up.

This is a big part of why we live in VA.

[Anonymous]

I’m laying the groundwork for a brief divorce and me taking residence in a Va. hinterland bachelor pad around when my kid’s college applications become more real.

Fear not, there will be a blissful reunion and re-marriage with my wife soon after.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the class of 2028, the instate and OOS acceptance rates were the same at 34%.

That is not true. OOS was 12%; in-state was 27%. This data is easily available; why lie?

http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2024/03/2023-2024-uva-admission-statistics.html

[Anonymous]

I would live in Virginia.

[Anonymous]

Because they stated that data was for William and Mary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because they stated that data was for William and Mary.

They should learn to use the quote function.

[Anonymous]

dunno...wasn't hard to follow

[Anonymous]

I suspect it would be a wash at UVA and W&M, and would hurt you everywhere else, public and private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because they stated that data was for William and Mary.

Yeah it’s not for UVA. I checked because I didn’t believe the other poster but the W&M website says 34% for both.

That said, this seems like the first time it has happened. You can look at SCHEV for past data and there has been a gap in the in-state/out-of-state acceptance rates of roughly 10-15 percentage points in recent years (ie, higher for in-state).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We currently live in DC and have two Middle Schoolers in private Middle School. We want to move in the next few years before the kids are in high school - we currently live in DC far away from the kids school and moving to NW DC would be most convenient. However, we want to consider all options.

Are kids from Northern VA considered in-state for purposes of admission or are they evaluated against others at their DC private school? Asked another way, if they apply to UVA or W&M, is there a better shot of admission if they have a VA address vs a DC address? Or does high school matter more?

I understand there is a financial benefit to being in-state, I'm specifically asking about admissions.

Kids who LIVE in Virginia are in state residents with an admissions advantage. I'm sure you can look this up.

This is a big part of why we live in VA.

Isn't the primary benefit of living in VA and going to an in state school to get in state tuition? Since the academic threshold would be the same for admissions, I'm not sure I understand why people are saying it would be easier to get in if you live in state vs out of state. Wouldn't it depend on the caliber of people applying to the school (in state vs out of state)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the class of 2028, the instate and OOS acceptance rates were the same at 34%.

I saw that they said this on the website but maybe they're including transfers or something because the official SCHEV data says otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We currently live in DC and have two Middle Schoolers in private Middle School. We want to move in the next few years before the kids are in high school - we currently live in DC far away from the kids school and moving to NW DC would be most convenient. However, we want to consider all options.

Are kids from Northern VA considered in-state for purposes of admission or are they evaluated against others at their DC private school? Asked another way, if they apply to UVA or W&M, is there a better shot of admission if they have a VA address vs a DC address? Or does high school matter more?

I understand there is a financial benefit to being in-state, I'm specifically asking about admissions.

Kids who LIVE in Virginia are in state residents with an admissions advantage. I'm sure you can look this up.

This is a big part of why we live in VA.

Isn't the primary benefit of living in VA and going to an in state school to get in state tuition? Since the academic threshold would be the same for admissions, I'm not sure I understand why people are saying it would be easier to get in if you live in state vs out of state. Wouldn't it depend on the caliber of people applying to the school (in state vs out of state)?

No, Virginia residents are favored in admissions, with a much higher acceptance rate.