Reply to UVA and in-state stats and laws on required numbers

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "UVA and in-state stats and laws on required numbers "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in VA and am so aggravated by the # of kids I see applying and not getting into UVA who are seriously bright, solid A students.  It's ridiculous.
It makes me think my high schooler won't get in when he applies in a couple of years.  High A student, athlete, has great SAT scores, but white male and from a middle class background/private school.

I LOVE how UNC Chapel Hill is required by STATE LAW to keep in-state at high numbers: 
"As of June 14, 2024, 82% of students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) are in-state residents. State law requires that at least 82% of each freshman class be from North Carolina, and the state government limits the number of non-residents to 18%."

As opposed to Virginia "In fall 2023, 65.5% of first-time freshmen at the University of Virginia (UVA) were in-state students. UVA aims to have a majority of Virginians in its student body, but doesn't have quotas for specific regions or high schools. UVA's offer rate for Virginia residents is usually higher than the rate for out-of-state students."

[b]Why doesn't VA have this law! [/b]

[/quote]

Manipulating the OOS numbers is a way to balance the budget (admit more OOS students to help make up for short falls in the budget). NC has had the position that it will NOT use this method, that law has been in effect since the 80s and it goes across all NC public universities. However in recent years some NC schools have gotten waivers (such as ECU) to be allowed to enroll more OOS to make up for declining enrollment (not for budget reasons). [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics