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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is part of the point — uva for a public school does not do much to advance economic status of their grads. From the nyt report a few years ago:

UCLA—https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/university-of-california-los-angeles

[b]UVA — https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/university-of-virginia[/b]

More students from the top 20%, among the lowest in economic advancement of their grads (because their grads are already privileged).

Also, for the booster saying that 35% of uva is students of color — here are the diversity breakdowns: http://diversitydata.virginia.edu/ For a state that is almost 20% black, having so few (6%) black students is an embarrassment.

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The first paragraph of this article disputes your claim: "The median family income of a student from Virginia is $155,500, and 67% come from the top 20 percent. About 1.5% of students at Virginia came from [b]a poor family but became a rich adult[/b]."[/quote]

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