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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's silly to suggest that every student in VA is an idiot for not applying to UVA ED.  There are some students who have a legit shot at a higher ranked school and it makes more sense strategically to apply there ED.  For others, there's no chance of getting in ED and throwing an ED application at UVA is wasting an ED application at a more realistic school.

But if you're at the sweet spot it probably does make sense to do it.  UVA gets so much flack on this board and it makes no sense.  The only explanation that I can give, and I hate to say it, is jealousy.  We live in a competitive area.  DCUM is an extremely competitive website.  Parents frequenting the college forum on this website are even more competitive.  Many live or die for their kids to get into a "name" college.

UVA is certainly a "name" college.  It's certainly a hard admit.  And once you're in, and in state, it's a bargain price.  Combined, this makes it a very desirable school on DCUM.  And that leads to jealousy.

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:lol:  Hoo boy.  There's something I don't think you're "getting" and that is what many posters have already said.  Their kids aren't at all interested in UVA in the first place.  Perhaps they've visited and were turned off (us).  A lot of our kids much prefer VT or WM to UVA - that's a concept that apparently really triggers UVA parents.  You might even call it, jealousy.[/quote]

You fed the OP troll exactly what they wanted - disparagement of UVA families.  [/quote]

+1. Notice how OP never popped his head back up after asking this very innocent, just-looking-for-feedback question.[/quote]

If you all think OP is a troll, why on earth haven't you reported them?  [/quote]

Who says we haven’t? Jeff isn’t heavy handed with deleting troll posts if he can’t be certain, which is difficult as IP addresses change and posters often use multiple devices (eg, phone, computer, etc).[/quote]

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