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[quote=Anonymous][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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JMU "which is just good" according to you is ranked similar to many state's Flagship/top public school.  So JMU #4 is equivalent to Other State #1.  
So by definition, VA has many good options.  They have 3 top options and their #4/5 are about the same as many states Top public.  Most would love to have the options VA has. 
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The big difference between Virginia and other states is the size of the flagship. In states with big flagships, kids who would go to JMU in Virginia go to the number 1 school because it takes as many instate students as UVA, W&M, VT, JMU combined because Virginia does not force public schools to preference instate nearly as strongly as other states [/quote]

DP.  You have missed the point by a mile.  I[b]t doesn't matter whether a school is considered a "flagship" or not[/b] - even if it's the "#1" school in a given state, who cares if it's ranked low?  For instance, University of New Mexico is the flagship - and it's ranked #236.  Yay?
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-new-mexico-10313[/quote]

What the PP also has wrong is assuming that UVA is the flagship.  it is not.  Virginia, by purpose, does not have a flagship.  look it up[/quote]

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