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[quote=Anonymous][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]

We can afford Michigan too and hubby is happy because he is an alum. I personally find it maddening that our well qualified kid can’t get into their own state flagship especially after paying taxes in Virginia for 25+ years. Rant over and congrats to those that got into UVA. Go Blue! [/quote]

Ohio native here:  Muck Fichigan.

(I say that in good humor)[/quote]

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