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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look, according to the NY Times link posted above, UVA is about average among "high selective school, public and private" when it comes to average income.  44th out of 65.  [b]It and all of its peer are all full of rich kids[/b].  I applaud UVA for working on this.  [/quote]

Please prove this.  This is not my experience at all at UVA. I also don't understand how you can claim it is 90% rich kids when the application process is need-blind.[/quote]

Hopefully you learned to read at UVA.  I never said 90 percent.  But, again, look at the New York Times link.  The average family at UVA makes [b]over 160,000 a year.  [/b]That's a lot of money.

I had two kids go to UVA.  They both enjoyed it, but they're the first to tell you it's full of rich kids -- them included.[/quote]

Even if true, $160K in after tax dollars in the DC area is not "a lot of money".  It's roughly $108,000 after taxes.  Subtract $32K if UVA instate or $64K if OOS, and you are down to $45,000.  Subtract for two children at instate at the same time and you are down to the $30Ks.  Then pay for food, mortgage, insurance, utilities, car, life insurance, medical insurance, clothing, etc.  That's why UVA is commencing a program to help middle class families with income less than $145K.[/quote]

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