VA in-state: Anyone get in at Michigan but not UVA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since at least the early 1980s, Virginia has had an (informal) agreement with W&M, UVa, and VT that approximately 2/3rds of undergraduate freshman students will be Virginia residents.

It varies a little from year to year because colleges only make offers and the acceptance/matriculation rate from applicants will vary a bit from year to year. Over the past decades though, that approximate ratio has nearly always held.

It also is true that both UVa and W&M are smaller public universities than in many other states, or even when compared with other VA public universities.

You think? WM is only 6k undergrads. Even UVA has 11k more students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UVA and Charlottesville appear to want to strangle each other at this point. I don't think significant expansion is in the cards.

Apparently, they hate each other. Charlottesville residents complain about the high housing pricing driven up by UVA students. But why is not that great for Charlottesville?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA and Charlottesville appear to want to strangle each other at this point. I don't think significant expansion is in the cards.

Apparently, they hate each other. Charlottesville residents complain about the high housing pricing driven up by UVA students. But why is not that great for Charlottesville?

Because Charlottesville has affordable housing and budget problems. When UVA acquires land it goes off the taxable base. Charlottesville can't annex land in Albemarle. UVA student housing off campus crowds out other city residents. They are moving to Albemarle. The city wants higher density housing to help with affordability. UVA has opposed this but the city just approved two huge 12 story buildings directly adjacent to the grounds over UVA objections, which was pretty much a huge screw you message.