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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Richmond is private, not public.

But there are lots more....VCU, CNU, ODU, Radford, VMI, UMW.  Not sure what more OP needs.

Some are very selective, some not selective at all and some in between.[/quote]

+1. VA has some of the better state schools around.  What the OP wants, I suspect is more schools at the UVA/W&M/VaTech "ranking".  They could not imagine sending their kid to GMU, JMU, VCU, ODU, Radford, Mary Washington, etc.

MD has UMD and then it drops to UMBC (266) and then Towson (459)

UVA is 55 and VaTEch is 106 (These are college simply rankings, so you merge all LA, SLAC, regional universities into one ranking).  JMU is 258, GMU is 244, VCU 455.

It's a no brainer---VA has [b]much better options [/b]for in state than MD.  [/quote]

If you cannot get in, that’s not an option. UVa, W&M and VT are not options for many many Virginia kids.

Being better than MD doesn’t mean much. 
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Did you read what I wrote?  Beyond UVA, VaTech and W&M, the state of VA has much better options.  So those are available if your kid cannot get into the Top 3.  MD has only UMDCP and UMBC.  VA has the top 3 plus JMU and GMU in the same range (down to UMBC ranking).  2 schools vs 5 schools.

So if your kid cannot get into UVA/VATECH/W&M, then then likely won't get into UMCP (MD's similarly ranked school).

The state is not going to have places for all kids at the top 3 schools---that would mean the top 3 schools are not that good.  I live in a state where our 2nd ranked school admits everyone with a 3.5+ (UW) automatically.  Well that school is ranked in the 100 points below JMU.  
Plenty of kids go there because it's affordable.  Not their first choice, but excellent education.

You are just mad your snowflake cannot get into the Top 3 schools in the state.  But there are plenty of va schools they can get into.  Your choice whether you want to overpay and go elsewhere or not. Not the states job to provide entry to the TOP schools for everyone. Not how it works

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