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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OOS admissions to UVA are much, much tougher than Villanova.  I have a good friend who has two sons going to school at Villanova.  Both went after being rejected from UVA in state from a top NOVA publc high school. OP.  [/quote]

Anecdotal reports mean nothing I have a friend who’s daughter was rejected by Holy Cross but was accepted by Yale. Obviously that tells us nothing about the relative merits of Yale vs Holy Cross. And your friends’s sons experiences with UVA vs Nova also tell us nothing about those 2 schools.[/quote]

No, but the common data set for both schools does.  Sure, there will be outliers.  But to disagree with the proposition that, on average, UVA is more selective than Villanova is to deny reality. [/quote]

Yes, but UVA hasn’t posted it’s common data set for the class just admitted. I posted Villanova’s numbers and there have been dramatic changes. Until UVA posts their numbers, we won’t know how the 2 compare currently. Until then, all we can say is that the incoming freshman class compares very favorably with last year’s incoming class at UVA and that UVA’s admissions profile has remained pretty steady in recent years.

So no, not denying reality. Just recognizing a new reality which you’re ignoring.[/quote]

LOL if you think UVA's numbers have "held steady" in recent years.  Here's the actual data that proves you wrong.  Does the mean SAT score increasing from 1369 to 1451 in the last five years sound "pretty steady" to you?

https://ira.virginia.edu/university-stats-facts/undergraduate-admissions

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That doesn't tell much of anything other than more people apply today than 20-30 years ago.[/quote]

Are you obtuse?  I'm responding specifically to an erroneous post claiming that the test scores of entering first years at UVA have been "pretty steady" in recent years.  So, yes, this does tell much of [i]one[/i] thing:  that poster is wrong.[/quote]

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