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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In VA, it's often because kids don't get into UVA and VT (or JMU), but they still want the big state flagship experience. So they apply to OOS flagships. These kids don't really want to go out of state, but they also do not want to go to VCU, GMU, or ODU.[/quote]

Granted, UVA is very competitive but after that a lot of kids whose parents can afford other options prefer OOS schools to VT and JMU.   For some, VT is too rural and has a quasi-military feel (with the campus layout and big Corps of Cadets) and JMU is seen as high school 2.0 with so many NoVa kids.  So you are fooling yourself if you think the kids are only going out of state because they aren’t getting into VT or JMU.  [/quote]

DP.  This is a very strange way to look at two of the most popular schools in Virginia.  Also, the PP said "[b]it's often[/b] because kids don't get into UVA and VT or (JMU), but they still want the big state flagship experience," which is absolutely true in many cases.  She never said that's the only reason.  [/quote]

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