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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In their strategic plans, both UVA and W&M have floated the idea of capping in-state admissions at their current NUMBER (not percentage) and growing OOS admissions. They reason that the number of VA HS graduates is roughly static, so capping the number would not change in-state admission chances. The growth in applications comes from OOS, which is theoretically limitless. [b]Thus, OOS admissions is the opportunity for growth, profit, diversity, high-caliber students, and thus higher rankings, better faculty, more research dollars, greater international prominence. [/quote][/b]

All dem dumb Virginia kids really bring the quality down... :D [/quote]

Yes, there are only so many top-rated kids in VA. Also, consider that if a bunch of top-rated VA kids all want to do engineering and CS, there are only so many seats. That is, there could be a mismatch between what smart VA kids want to study and available seats. Finally, UVA accepts a range of student ability, and that range is larger/wider for in-state vs. OOS. In sum, UVA is currently selective in its in-state admissions, but if it took more in-state kids, its standards would probably slide. The opposite would be true if it accepted more OOS kids. Also, it might be able to find mire smart kids who want to study philosophy or anthropology in a large OOS pool, making it easier to fill all majors with really smart kids. [/quote]

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