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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UVA can find poor kids from Richmond and Newport News.  They don't need Herndon kids to fill that niche. [/quote]

Richmond and Tidewater also have rich kids. Plus it’s easier to stand out at a FCPS poor high school. [/quote]

Nah, plenty of poor kids in FCPS but most aren't UVA/VT material.  [/quote]

There are plenty of low income kids who are just as capable as,  if not more capable than,  higher-income kids. If they can get merit-based and income-based aid/scholarships, there is no reason they "aren't UVA/VT material."

One's family income is unrelated to aptitude or work ethic. While some kids may have the economic advantage of more prep classes, that doesn't mean they are intellectually superior in any way. [/quote]

Assuming that’s true, most of the kids from lower-income families who fit that profile will still end up at a GMU or VCU, not UVA or VT.

UMC parents know the advantages (academic and social) of sending their kids to top K-12 schools generally outweigh the purported advantage of being a “bigger fish in a smaller pond.”  Claims to the contrary are wishful thinking that align with neither human behavior nor recent history (just look at the boundary study just conducted by our 100% Democratic School Board that moved no UMC neighborhoods to poorer schools).  [/quote]

Why will the low income kid still end up at VCU even if UVA material? What are these advantages at top k12 schools that UMC knows about? [/quote]

Kids from poorer families attending schools with less advanced peer groups typically end up with lower test scores and less impressive academic profiles even if they have the same innate intelligence.

Most parents understand this.  But if you think you can game the system by sending your kid to a school with few high performing kids, however, no one will stop you. [/quote]

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