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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UVA has a freshman retention rate of 97.0%, one of the highest in the nation. So no, not really common. [/quote]

Website says 96*, which based on UVA's class size, 4% is about 150 students. How exactly is that tabulated? I was a resident (dorm) advisor at a major flagship university so I'm deeply suspicious of such a high %, as it seemed freshman went home all the time. Can that % be fudged by adding incoming January transfers to even out kids who depart, or only counting kids who don't enroll in January term (not those who just don't show the next fall), or only counting kids who inform UVA they're leaving, or allowing failing kids to stay an extra semester so they fail out as sophomores not freshman?

[b]For example, when I transferred colleges, I never told my university, I just didn't show up the next fall. Would I be counted against the retention rate?[/b][/quote]

Huh?  How exactly did you do that?  You never asked the school to send your records anywhere and simply started from scratch?

The numbers aren't fudged.  [/quote]

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