Do most UVA choose UVA over privates?

[Anonymous]

OOS Yield by school:

CNU: 7.5%
ODU: 8.5%
JMU: 10.3%
GMU: 15.7%
VT: 15.7%
UVA: 16.3%
W&M: 21.0%
Richmond: 23.5%
W&L: 43.2%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It depends on the kid. For some, UVA is their top choice. For others, it’s a (very good) consolation prize if didn’t get into Ivies. But a big subset chose out of state privates even though they did or likely could have gotten into UVA. UVA isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.

Two children are attending UVA and BU. For one child, UVA was the top choice, but for the other, it wasn’t.
Each child has a different personality, and I believe they have found schools that suit them.

UVA is good, but it definitely lacks something compared to Boston.
The third child wants to attend UVA, which is fine. We are encouraging him to go out of state, but we are not forcing him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OOS Yield by school:

CNU: 7.5%
ODU: 8.5%
JMU: 10.3%
GMU: 15.7%
VT: 15.7%
UVA: 16.3%
W&M: 21.0%
Richmond: 23.5%
W&L: 43.2%

Richmond and W&L are privates, so I get that.

I'm surprised by the W&M vs UVA OOS yield.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OOS Yield by school:

CNU: 7.5%
ODU: 8.5%
JMU: 10.3%
GMU: 15.7%
VT: 15.7%
UVA: 16.3%
W&M: 21.0%
Richmond: 23.5%
W&L: 43.2%

Richmond and W&L are privates, so I get that.

I'm surprised by the W&M vs UVA OOS yield.

Why would them being privates increase yield?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Evidenced by UVA's ~30% yield rate, most do not choose it when admitted

It’s over 50% for in state students.

Hopefully, you're not surprised by this or are using this to boast.

Only half of in-state students choosing a school like UVA ( T25, right?) is very telling.

Actually according to the data on their website it is 58%, and yes I think that is pretty good knowing the choices these students are presented with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Evidenced by UVA's ~30% yield rate, most do not choose it when admitted

It’s over 50% for in state students.

Hopefully, you're not surprised by this or are using this to boast.

Only half of in-state students choosing a school like UVA ( T25, right?) is very telling.

Actually according to the data on their website it is 58%, and yes I think that is pretty good knowing the choices these students are presented with.

Typical of UVA students and faculty, this is false. 55%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OOS Yield by school:

CNU: 7.5%
ODU: 8.5%
JMU: 10.3%
GMU: 15.7%
VT: 15.7%
UVA: 16.3%
W&M: 21.0%
Richmond: 23.5%
W&L: 43.2%

Richmond and W&L are privates, so I get that.

I'm surprised by the W&M vs UVA OOS yield. [/quote


It also depends on how many applied and how many were accepted. You can’t just look at the yield rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Evidenced by UVA's ~30% yield rate, most do not choose it when admitted

It’s over 50% for in state students.

Hopefully, you're not surprised by this or are using this to boast.

Only half of in-state students choosing a school like UVA ( T25, right?) is very telling.

Actually according to the data on their website it is 58%, and yes I think that is pretty good knowing the choices these students are presented with.

Typical of UVA students and faculty, this is false. 55%.

Lol…either way not much difference. Same theme….i think we can all agree more than half of in state acceptances are choosing UVA and many of these students are getting multiple offers from high ranking schools so yeah I’d say it’s still pretty good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of people don't want to be around 3.4 community college students so choose other schools.

You again. Good grief.

[Anonymous]

They choose UVA because it's cheap!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ability to go to what is considered a public Ivy for an in state price while being within driving distance from home….this is why it’s at the top of the list for many.

Most local High Schools send only a handful due to how difficult it is to get in.

40-45% of apps from the two private schools near us get in to UVA, leading to about 20% of the entire senior class getting in to UVA, about 1/3 of whom are ED. It is not that difficult to get in for those who are securely in the top 10% of the class, with only 2 students in 12 years who made the 10% cutoff yet got waitlisted. The top 10% mostly gun for ivy/stanford/duke and near-ivy privates(washU , Vanderbilt, uchicago). The only people in the top 10% who pick Uva who did not ED are the rare ones who are shut out of better privates. They arent all rich either, many parents brag erroneously at the “merit” they got that made ivy cheaper than uva in state.
Other DMV privates are similar or send even more to Uva thus in those settings uva is not seen as pretigious in state. For top private schools in the northeast uva Oos is viewed better but still is a backup to ivy/+. Students and parents chase selectivity and prestige it is human nature. For middle of the pack students uva is a big reach and is viewed as impossible, despite it being relatively easy to get in for students already at the top. It is all perspective.
In reality the students themselves at UVA overlap at the top with “average” students at ivies, but the larger spread in student ability at uva could make it much easier for the ones who could have gone ivy to shine. We arehoping DS25 will consider uva for these reasons but he has his sights on ivy/t15 and will likely pick one over uva. His counselor at high school said uva is 99% chance so it is a safety for him and the handful of kids at the top of 2025. They share gpa, he is 4th right now

This is complete BS. No school has 20% of the class going to UVA or a 40-45% acceptance rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They choose UVA because it's cheap!

Absolutely! It’s a no brainer…can’t beat it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our high school sends so many kids to UVA every year. I know some kids probably ED. I’m wondering if UVA is mostly their first choice or if they didn’t get into a better school so they pick UVA over similarly ranked private (Georgetown, NYU, USC, Tufts, BC). I’m from the Northeast so New England privates were very popular as well as NYU for kids not quite Ivy material.

If you live in the Commonwealth, yes UVA over a private is a no-brainer.

People outside VA aren't clamoring to go to UVA.

Yes they are, idiot. Last year there were 51k OOS and international applicants versus 15k in state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OOS Yield by school:

CNU: 7.5%
ODU: 8.5%
JMU: 10.3%
GMU: 15.7%
VT: 15.7%
UVA: 16.3%
W&M: 21.0%
Richmond: 23.5%
W&L: 43.2%

Richmond and W&L are privates, so I get that.

I'm surprised by the W&M vs UVA OOS yield.

OOS applicants are likely to receive better financial aid from private schools than UVA/W&M.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our high school sends so many kids to UVA every year. I know some kids probably ED. I’m wondering if UVA is mostly their first choice or if they didn’t get into a better school so they pick UVA over similarly ranked private (Georgetown, NYU, USC, Tufts, BC). I’m from the Northeast so New England privates were very popular as well as NYU for kids not quite Ivy material.

If you live in the Commonwealth, yes UVA over a private is a no-brainer.

People outside VA aren't clamoring to go to UVA.

Yes they are, idiot. Last year there were 51k OOS and international applicants versus 15k in state.

I've noticed UVA people are often very angry people.

UVA's OOS yield is comparable to GMU's.