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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ UVA needs to increase its share of first-generation students to compete with UCLA and UMich. It will improve its US news ranking. 695 offered in EA/ED round is actually not that many. UVA makes roughly 9000 offers each year. So it's not even 10%. UVA's yield is only around 40%. Don't equate the admitted number with the final enrollment.[/quote]

So this is another exercise in colleges slavishly doing whatever is needed to jump
In the rankings. Public universities should not be playing that game.[/quote]

Perhaps UVA needs to grow a bit.  Virginia has 8.5 million residents and its flagship only serves 17,000 undergraduates, 35% of whom are OOS.  You can have a highly ranked elite public school with 30,000 undergraduates.  Berkeley, Michigan, and UCLA seem to manage it quite well.  [/quote]

+2 Grow UVA and increase the in state percentage. Ridiculous I have to spend $70k a year to send my kid to Michigan when we are Virginia residents. [/quote]

This is exactly what I am doing; my son is Ann Arbor-bound.  Fortunately we had enough in the 529 to pay for this eventuality, and UM was his first choice!

However, I do agree with you.  At this rate, UVA, VT and W&M are all going to become out of reach for most NOVA applicants.[/quote]

What is your Michigan-bound son’s proposed major?

My contention is that too many high-stat kids want to major in CS and engineering. There are only so many seats in VA schools. Perhaps, capacity in those majors should be expanded, but that will take time. We’re talking about buildings, labs, professors, dorms, etc.  In the meantime, students need to think beyond VA and maybe beyond the East Coast. [/quote]

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