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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here again.

Not sure why so many people were triggered but let me try to clarify:

(1) I didn’t say Virginia doesn’t have many options. I said it doesn’t have many *good* options. How to define a “good” school is subjective. I personally think UVa, W&M, UMCP, and VT are good or great.  JMU, GMU, and UMBC are just OK.

(2) An option is not really an option if you cannot choose it. UVa and W&M are extremely selective. VT, a land grant school, became very selective for popular majors.

And VT prefers the OOS kids, which makes things worse. Look at the acceptance rate:

VT in-state: 50%
VT OOS: 63%

This is same for JMU. Very easy admission for OOS kids.

JMU in-state: 71%
JMU OOS: 87%

So I think it’s very possible that many good students who would get in a big state school such as Michigan State or Pitt/PSU didn’t get in VT only because they live in Northern Virginia. (Also kids who would get in a second tier public school such as Temple may not get in JMU)

I am sure some people already knew that the college options in Virginia are not that great any more.  Let’s just accept the reality. 
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Maybe the OOS acceptance rate is higher for VT and JMU because the OOS kids who *are* applying have higher stats on average than the in-state kids. Is that a possibllity?[/quote]

It's a possibility.  But more likely is that if they want X out of state students to enroll, they know the yield will be much lower, so they have to admit more to achieve that.    I'm no longer in VA, and I can tell you JMU and even VT are not on kid's lists for OOS schools.  They are not a UMich or UWisconsin.  So I suspect they may be safety/give it a whirl school choices for some in case they dont' get into something better.  [/quote]

Tell that to all the OOS parents on the FB pages of both those schools.   :lol: 
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