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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Admissions rates are higher in state, which might be why the locals don't see it as big of a deal?
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Total applications: 40,869 (37,182 last year)
Total number of VA apps: 12,010
[b]Total number of OOS apps: 28,859[/b]

Overall offers: 9,787
Total VA offers:  4,331 (36% offer rate)
[b]Total OOS offers:  5,456 (19% offer rate)[/b][/QUOTE][/quote]

[b]60% of acceptees choose other schools. 40% yield rate tells me that people are using UVA as their safety. I know my kid did. [/quote][/b]

Most in-state Virginians trying for Ivies use UVA as a safety.  Everyone knows that.  We did as well.  Of course it's a crapshoot getting into Ivies nowadays if you don't have a hook so we were thrilled to get into UVA.  UVA doesn't practice yield protection like the privates do.  It doesn't have the admissions office resources to play the USN&WR game.[/quote]

[b]All universities play the USN&WR game... that is why they have Spring admits that don't count against their % acceptance rate and that is why they are not growing the school to meet the needs of VA HS students. UVA is small for a flagship university considering how big the state is... that keeps their acceptance rate down and their USN&WR score up. [/quote][/b]

No UVA doesn't play the ratings games. Most publics don't because their have a different purpose and mission often dictated by the state legislature (yes, I know UVA spun itself off, etc. etc. etc.).  No, UVA's admissions office is too small to try and figure out which students will actually show up.  That's why they don't even take down students' names for tours anymore.  It's a small state run admissions office.  It's not Yale, Harvard, STanford or Princeton trying to win the battle each year on "yield".  State flagships don't have to play the ratings games.[/quote]

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