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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We get it - your kid didn’t get in last Friday. Stop taking it out here. Stop resurrecting these old threads. [/quote]

My kid was not interested in UVA so never applied.[/quote]

ok you are resentful that he didn’t have the record. I understand. My Dc was never a contender but I’m happy to pay for TJ and UVA and all the other great schools in Virginia with my tax dollars. Would I have liked her to attend UVA? Sure, it’s at a great price point and a great education. But she didn’t have the record. You are just hurting those who got in. [/quote]

That is the kind of response that ticks people off about UVA.  [/quote]

Let’s just be honest. It ticks people off because so many want to go, but obviously everyone can’t. The deepest frustration is for those students that appear to have the stats but get rejected. Typically, the cause of such denials is either one of the soft factors or their admission strategy. Too many really high stat kids want to use UVA as a fallback. But, increasingly, those days are over. Either commit or compete with the hoards. For lower stat kids, they just don’t qualify. But admitting such kids would change the very nature of the school. Can’t have it both ways. The continued rise of OOS applications affirms the school’s nationwide appeal. The number of VA applications is obviously limited by the number of reasonably qualified VA HS seniors, which does not change much year to year. [/quote]

It ticks people off because it assumes everyone wants to go.  You took a response that said "my kid was not interested and never applied" and responded with "OK you are resentful that he didn't have the record.  I understand."  It isn't difficult to see why that presumption rubs people the wrong way.[/quote]

Maybe the response was not directed to you. Maybe the response kinda stands on its own. But mostly, if you and your kid don’t care about UVA, why are you in this conversation? Why do you need to declare yourself uninterested in UVA when no one asked? Believe me, UVA applicants are not trying to generate more interest in the school. No one is trying to convert you. [/quote]

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