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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^[b]I think UVA has aspirations to be considered the top destination for ivy and ivy-equivalent rejects. This aspiration and being a state school do not go hand in hand. [/quote][/b]

Why not?  UVA tracks with UCLA and Berkeley now.  Depending on the ratings it is second or third in the state school line-up.[/quote]

U[b]Va wants to compete with the privates that have traditionally been the next-best choice by ivy rejects (i.e. Vandy, Rice, Emory, GU, WUSTL, ND etc). [/quote][/b]

Huh?  bad list.  UVA swept past those a number of years ago.[/quote]

[b]Lol...you’re funny.  Outside of Virginia, UVA has a fairly mediocre brand.....nowhere near a UCLA or Michigan [/quote][/b]

You need to keep up.  UVA no. 1 public university in America by Business Insider, ahead of Michigan, UCLA and Berkeley.  http://www.businessinsider.com/best-public-colleges-in-the-united-states-2016-8#4-university-of-california-at-los-angeles-11[/quote]

[b]Who cares about business insider...no one thinks of UVA as the # 1 public.  that is by far Berkeley, with a brand that uva could only dream to match. UCLA, UMich are also better regarded than UVA. Plus these are all publics, UVA is not on par with top 20 privates, get a grip please. [/quote][/b]

That hurt, didn't it?  UVA ahead of Michigan, UCLA and Berkeley[/quote]

by all means continue having delusions of grandeur. it is such a hallmark of UVA boosters. [/quote]

[b]+1  UVA accepts over 40% of in-state applicants who are primarily applying because it's a cheap alternative to private universities.  Hardly prestigious but keep on striving, I guess.[/quote][/b]

27.8% of EA for class of 2022.  Also, you can't compare UVA's statistics to a private because applicants to a state flagship are both self-selected (high school kids know what it takes and don't apply, like our DC knew there was no chance so applied to other VA schools) or are selected and guided to UVA by the public high school college counselros.  If you don't have a 4.0+ weighted and ACT over 31 there's no point in applying.  94.5% of the EA students are in the top 10% of their class.  The SCHEV reports that of the entering class in fall of 2017, 25% of the class had a 4.44 or higher; the median 50% had a 4.19 and the bottom 25% had a 4.13 in high school.  Top 25% of students had an ACT of 33 or better. 
 https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-releases-early-action-decisions-spawning-social-media-tsunami.  http://research.schev.edu/enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp (insert VA school name and hit "update").[/quote]

I would think that the low tuition would trigger more in-state kids to apply, qualified or not.  And why are you cherry picking EA applicant stats?  UVA boosters are so sad.[/quote]

It’s actually the jealous Maryland posters who are so pathetic. Is this really what a generic campus in a drab suburb with a turtle for a mascot does to one’s psyche? [/quote]

As opposed to a creepy character with a moustache?  I don’t even want to know.[/quote]

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