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It's also very unusual to apply to W&M, UVA and JMU. They are very different types of college experiences.

You do not honestly think that, do you? Virtually every high achieving public school student in NOVA applies to at least two of those three schools, and probably all three. UVA and William and Mary are a crapshoot, and everyone knows that, so many people apply to both. You are just completely wrong about this.

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That was one of the most uninformed posts yet. Most high-achieving VA students apply to UVA, JMU, Tech, and W&M. You may or may not get into one of them - and you're lucky if you do.
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F[b]alse assumptions for both posts.  Check earlier threads on UVA and W&M.  Only 2700 kids apply to UVA from Fairfax County, 1700 to W&M, many, probably most of these being the same kids.  At this point, few are uninformed about what it takes to get into these schools.  If you don't have the requisite GPA + SAT/ACT you self select out.  Or your counselor discourages you.  One way to look at that is that there are only 2700 or so "high achieving" or achieving on that level kids in Fairfax.  Fewer if you weed out those that apply but don't get into these schools -- those at the lower end of the applicant pool. If someone selects JMU over the others, fine, but one needs to be clear about the numbers.   [/quote][/b]

Agree.  It takes amazing stats to get in.  DC applied in-state only to UVA and got in.  DC wasn't a W&M type of student (Didn't apply to any SLACs) and DC had better prospects EA than JMU so those two were never even on the list.  The three institutions are very different.  There are a lot of FCPS kids who have the stats for Ivy so apply Ivy and UVA, or Ivy, SLACs and W&M.[/quote]

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