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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A.  it's really hard to be in the top 10 % in this area.  The competition is very very high.
B.  we all know kids who had more than a 4.0, head cheerleader, class pres, lots of AP classes and STILL didn't get in to UVA.  They reject A LOT of quality applicants.  [b]For a state university -- that is hard to take.  [/b][/quote]

If the only state options were W&M and UVA, I would agree with you--very tough to take.

But they are not. There are several other good public options in VA. The "second tier" state universities in VA are better than the best public universities in several states. UVA and W&M are considered among the best public universities in the country. Yes, they are selective, that contributes to their excellence. But there are plenty of other schools for state residents. So this is really not that tough.[/quote]

PP, absolutely agreed.  But let's quit the state funding for the two schools, UVA and W&M, that no longer practice merits admission and, by policy, do not afford equal opportunity.  There's no question - there are several very good, very solid publics in VA.  [b]The issue is that UVA and W&M have transformed themselves into special-admissions programs for those that have been homeschooled, and those that have attended one-room schoolhouses, and those that have no academic records to speak of, all at the expense of people in NoVa who pay essentially all of the state's income taxes.  [/b]You shouldn't have to pay state taxes to support a state park that has a sign up saying "North/East of Remington VA Not Admitted."  NoVa applicants are not welcome, on an equal basis, at UVA and W&M.  Time to pull their public funding.  It's not that they aren't very good -- they ARE - it's that they're no longer public universities.  
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I'm the PP who thinks this is not that tough.

The bolded statement is sheer, unmitigated bullshit. I'm done with this conversation.[/quote]

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