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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The primary W&M experience for NoVa kids is learning that W&M doesn’t want NoVa applicants, and instead exists for the revenue provided by out of state applicants who support applicants from the southern and western parts of the state.

Neat thread tho.

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Ooof. Sad but probably true. [/quote]

Pretty much every college wants as many applicants as they can get.  [/quote]

And every state school would like as many OOS as possible.  More revenue.    [/quote]

By law, W&M (and all other public VA schools) keep a minimum of 65% of students in-state.  A sizeable percentage come from NOVA.[/quote]

Can you point people to where the 65% figure comes from?  It isn’t in the Code of VA as far as I can find.  [/quote]
 
Sorry--I was a bit off in my initial statement. It's not actually law--but rather State Council of Higher Education in Virginia policy for the majority of public schools (a few schools like Virginia Military Institute have different policies --and two year schools aren't required to do this reporting). 
Any VA public university has a statement on their in-state/out-of-state rates usually in the Common Data Sets, but in their institutional reporting and universities are required to report when yield causes a drift (e.g., more than anticipated OOS students say yes and more than anticipated in state say no) and have a plan to rectify in the following year.  The percentage is for the overall undergraduate student body (so if it's 63% in a given admission year, they tilt in-state acceptances up a bit to maintain the overall 65%).  You can see the statement of this policy on W&M accpeted student profile for instance: https://www.wm.edu/admission/undergraduateadmission/facts-figures/class-profile/index.php  The general rule is around 2/3 in-state.  Doctoral institutions ARE often encouraged to get to at least 25% out of state in their undergrad numberrs though as that increases revenue, reputation etc.     [/quote]

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