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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here.  No, I am neither an alum nor a parent of UVA.  I just think the complaining is unfounded.  As to the taxation question they receive $1000/kid/year, charge them $14,000/kid/year and probably spend about $35,000/kid/year educating them.  So, they lose $20,000 on every in-state kid they take even if they are full pay.  That's a pretty generous situation for every in-state kid there.

Then people complain that they can't get in.  UVA says that 90 percent of the class was top 10% in their high school.  Well 10% of the class is likely recruited athletes, of whom a majority were not in the top 10% in their high school grades.  That means pretty much everyone else has to be for the statistic to fall in line.  We have seen 50+ Mclean acceptances each of the past 3 years, and similar numbers reported from Marshall.  Looks a lot like 10% of those classes got in.  The one exception being TJ which goes much deeper than the 10 percent rule, and deservedly so.  And it looks like their larger slice of the pie is coming out of the rest of the state.  So, if your kid is top 10 percent at McLean, he's a good candidate.  Same at Marshall, Madison, George Mason and Robinson.  Langley too.  But at Pulaski High he better be near number 1 because they sure aren't getting in at the 90th percentile unless they can block and tackle or hit a jump shot.  Or some other explainable reason.

The people that complain the most are those whose kids are likely outside the top 10 percent.  [b]There just aren't enough seats once you fill the spots for the athletes, marching band, and first generation recruits for a high likelihood of acceptance below that threshold.[/b]  And UVA doesn't seem to hide it.  But everyone who pays taxes in the Commonwealth feels entitled to admission at the institution of their choosing.

So what's the answer?  Pick some place else.  There are dozens of Virginia colleges that give a good education.  Pump up one of them with some pride rather than denigrating the place they didn't get in.  Maybe junior was close and just missed the cut.  Maybe it wash't that close.  In any case don't complain that they didn't take your kid.  They take plenty of kids from plenty of schools in the area.  [/quote]

I generally agree with your post and know I am getting way too picky but don't throw the marching band in with spots for athletes and first generation recruits as likely not being in the top 10% of their nova high schools.  MY DS is in the UVA marching band and was in the top 5% of his nova high school.  The majority of students who play his instrument attend the engineering school where I doubt you will find any recruited athletes or many students who were not in the top 10% of their nova high schools.  In fact there are graduate students who are members of the marching band. He had to audition the summer after he was accepted to UVA and absolutely no one from band ever reached out to him before then.  Did his previous high school marching band experience help in admission - probably, but no different than any other well rounded top 10% nova applicant.[/quote]

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