Moving to VA from DC for in-state college consideration

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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.

applying to UVA from northern VA is not really an advantage.

UVA and other public universities in Virginia take kids based on geographic regions. Accordingly, it’s like applying to Harvard from Montana— applying to UVA from Fairfax is MUCH more difficult than applying from Roanoke. Also, all OOS are not created equal. UVA doesn’t want to fill its OOS portion with DC/MD kids only, meaning it’s MORE competitive.

No. DeanJ has repeatedly said there is no regional quota or cap for kids from Northern Virginia.

You actually believe everything she says? She's a marketing person! That's what college AOs are now - they will say anything to get your kid to apply so they can be rejected which drives down the acceptance and selectivity percentages. If you had bothered to do some research on thus (SCHEV) you would know that Fairfax County sends some 600 kids a year to UVA alone whereas some of the poorer counties to the south and west of the state send zero. Langley receives almost the exact same no. of acceptances every year as does TJ. She maynot want to call it "quotas" but it happens.

She has no reason to lie. She has no reason to "market" UVA. Everyone in Virginia knows what UVA is, thousands of kids want in, and the majority of those admitted will attend.

"If you had bothered to do some research on thus (SCHEV) you would know that Fairfax County sends some 600 kids a year to UVA alone whereas some of the poorer counties to the south and west of the state send zero."

Um, why does this surprise you? It's exactly what you should expect. The smartest and most qualified applicants are in NoVA not in the south/west of the state.

"Langley receives almost the exact same no. of acceptances every year as does TJ."

Again, why does this surprise you? There are LOTS of smart kids at Langley.

You're going to have to do better than that to sell the Quota Conspiracy.

DP. Just regarding the bolded, they only have a 16% yield rate for OOS students, and barely over 50% yield rate for in-state.

https://research.schev.edu/iprofile/234076/University-of-Virginia

Your link doesn't work with good readon. UVA's overall yield for class if 2028 is 42%. From the horse's mouth: https://ira.virginia.edu/university-data-home/undergraduate-admissions#:~:text=First%2DTime%20First%2DYear%20Applications,taken%20at%20slightly%20different%20times.

The link works just fine. All SCHEV links take a while to load as they are filled with actual data, as opposed to a school's own website. You just have to wait. And I'll repeat what SCHEV says: 16% yield rate for OOS students.