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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UVA is already 10% low income and launched the Blue Ridge Scholars and participates in Questbridge, so I don't think this is new, but Ryan needed something to say in his inaugural address.  https://giving.virginia.edu/scholarships/blue-ridge-scholars/[/quote]
Only 10% low income??for a public school?? Give me a damn break. [/quote]

UVA has nothing to say about what percentage is determined to be low-income. The federal government establishes what low-income is and what a student is entitled to receive after the family files the FAFSA.  The term "low-income individual" has been established by the Department of Education to be an individual whose family's taxable income for the preceding year did not exceed 150 percent of the poverty level amount. 
 Here are the ranges.  https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/trio/incomelevels.html.   The federal government sets a EFC (Expected Family Contribution) for each student. That info goes from the Department of ED to UVA.  UVA pays 100 percent of education costs for low-income students as defined by the U.S. Department of Education.  [b]In addition to 10% low income, UUVA also has 35% students of color, 10% first-generation students (often from low-income or middle-income backgrounds), 8% international students,[/b] 37% OOS, etc.  Also, the University has 100 Blue Ridge Scholarships for high achieving students from disadvantaged or underrepresented backgrounds.  And there are also the Jefferson Scholars (full ride) as well that often goes to low-income students, but not necessarily.  And UVA participates in Questbridge as well (HHI of less than 65K a year).  To further diversity it brings in students from all 50 states and 147 nations.  Finally, UVA expanded its financial aid program for middle-income Virginians in 2017, these are called "Cornerstone Grants" of $15 million to be distributed over the next three years.  Middle-income families are defined as families with income of less than $125K who do not receive grants or scholarships from other sources.  Please remember that the Cost of Attendance at UVA is also set at a fraction of what private universities and SLACs are charging.  For many families, that delta of $45K or more per year means the difference between attending college or not attending even if they are paying full-freight.[/quote]

[b]I think the point was these are low numbers compared to schools like UCLA and Berkeley.[/quote]

Perhaps, but you’re also comparing the state of CA to the state of VA.[/b] [/quote]

Also, the two public systems operate very differently.  The UC schools recently decided to raise the number of in-state students to 80%.  California parents had been infuriated that their children could not get into Berkeley and UCLA.  So the legislature acted and now only 20% of incoming classes in the UC system will be OOS and international.  That move, alone, significantly changes the focus of UCLA and Berkeley to take in more low-income and Pell grant students.  The California legislature can pour money into UCLA and Berkeley for all the low-income students it wants.  UVA, on the other hand,  operates on its own with only 5% coming from the legislature.  California also has a three tier system of educational opportunities for its residents:  The U.C. system; the Cal State system; and the community colleges.  UVA, on the other hand,has only the 13 universities and community colleges.

In sharp contrast to UCLA and B, UVA takes only 65 to 67% Virginia students, the rest are OOS and international.  This is why parents in Nova are upset - even top flying Nova students can't get into UVA.  It will be interesting to see if this changes.  Texas, too, has a different system. There if you are in the top 10% of your class, you are automatically in - but I imagine that means fewer low-income families since statistically low-income children do not perform as well in GPA and testing.

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