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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they come from NOVA, they are from one of the richest counties in the country, so I would not say they are hurting for money.

Many kids who went to UVA from DC's school applied to HYPSM or whatever it is, and UVA was their safety.  They had the money to go to a private university but didn't get in.  So they got a new Jeep to drive to C-ville in.    [/quote]

[b]Well, I would bet that a significantly higher percentage of Duke students will go to high end graduate schools than UVA students.  [/quote][/b]

I'm not so sure of that.  The top students are going to excel wherever they are.  A lot of the Duke athletes go straight to Wall Street.  My UVA DD is applying to Oxford for an MPhil.  In her immediate circle of friends, she has six UVA grads at Oxford and Cambridge - two DPhils, four MPhils - two in Theology and one in Intellectual History.  Those are just the ones she knows of.[/quote]

There are data points out there.  There were 13 Duke students at Yale Law in their last report.  There were 6 from UVA.  Given the size differential, that means over 5X as many from Duke on a per capita basis.

The key question is whether or not a student accepted to both schools is more likely to be accepted at top graduate schools based on their choice.  My view is that there is probably some benefit in graduate school admissions in attending the more elite school, and the primary reason for that is actually that they tend to be the most lenient grading schools (i.e. you will have a somewhat higher GPA from a school perceived as more prestigious).  The downside of course may be higher undergraduate cost.[/quote]

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