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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The above stats mean squat - for getting in - if your kid is from Northern Virginia. [/quote]

True.  If you're from NoVa, the Virginia state universities do NOT not ot want you at all.  The state system has become a mechanism for NoVa to subsidize Goochelberg county.

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In 2012, 35.44% of the undergraduate students at UVa were from Alexandria/Arlington/Ffx/Falls Church/Fauquier/Loudoun/Manassas/Pr William. (54% of undergrads were from Virginia, 46% were not.) By comparison, those areas comprised 28.33% of the population of the state. It's not an apples-to-apples comparison since not every person is of college age, but it appears at first glance that at least at UVa, enrollment from Northern Virginia is roughly proportional to that of the rest of the state.

Interesting statistics here: http://avillage.web.virginia.edu/iaas/instreports/studentdata.shtm (office of Institutional Assessment & Studies)[/quote]

Enrollment is far from "proportional."  It is much more difficult to be admitted from NoVa, higher grades/ranks/SATs are required of NoVa applicants, the average NoVa student receives less in non-loan aid than the average student from the red areas, and the differences have become extreme -- students from some western/southern VA counties are admitted with what amount to essentially remedial-level SAT scores, while NoVa students have to be well within the top 10% even to make the first, non-dispositive pass.  UVA and W&M have become nothing but the blue subsidizing the red.  
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This is absolutely true.  Only the very top students from our NoVA high school are ever admitted to either UVA or W&M, as compared to students from other parts of the state.  So much for our tax money (Northern Virginia) supporting what is supposed to be a state school.  Going to a good NoVA high school will actually work against you if you're trying to get into one of these two schools.[/quote]

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