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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the people who cry “yield protection!” just don’t understand how competitive these schools have gotten or that their kid is one of many strong applicants. UVA doesn’t have to play the yield game. Top students, especially instate, choose to attend. [/quote]

This is simply not true.  A lot of them do decide to attend, sure.  But for many headed to Ivies, [b]UVA is just a safety school[/b] - and UVA knows this.  [/quote]

Hah! The parents may think that but they are in for a rude shock.  My UVA kid chose UVA over an Ivy and never looked back.  Also turned down Georgia Tech, aerospace, for UVA.  You may be surprised when your kid gets deferred or waitlisted for ivies.  I know of only one person who turned down UVa for an Ivy[/quote]

Um, ok.  I wasn't talking about my kid, or yours.  [b]Plenty of kids do indeed get into Ivies and wouldn't give UVA a second thought.[/b]  You seem oddly defensive that this is so.  [/quote]

UVA knows this = yield protection.

I do not understand why other PP thinks that everything is documented, in black and white. If one knows a large number of applicants who have gone this route, one is not going to list names on DCUM. LOL. [/quote]

It would be irrational for UVA to reject in-state kids with very high stats just because those kids consider UVA to be their safeties. First, even for kids with very high stats, it is not easy to get into Ivies or similarly ranked schools. Many kids will inevitably not get in, and many of those kids living in Virginia will choose UVA (just like may top students in California who do not get into Ivies will attend Berkeley or UCLA). In fact, if a student has not withdrawn their UVA application by January, it means that the student did not get into any Ivy thorough ED. The probability that the student will get into Ivies through RD would not be high enough for UVA consider rejecting the kid to protect the yield. Second, there are families who do not want to pay for Ivies, and it would be difficult for UVA to predict which families think that Ivies are worth the additional costs. UVA would not want to lose out on the kids with very high stats who do not want to pay $300k for college education. Indeed, Naviance data do not support that UVA rejects in-state kids with very high stats to protect the yield. I just checked the Naviance data for a FCPS high school, and they show that every single student with 4.5+ GPA and 1570+ SAT was accepted.[/quote]

No high schooler has thought of UVA as a safety in the last eight years[/quote]

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