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I think the first shot fired is as early as page ONE:

“You are going to OOS public instead of in state UVA because you didn't get into UVA.“

The UVA fans might not realize it but their confidence in statements like this is nauseating. I mean who are you to make a statement like that? The 13th grade stuff (which I did not take part in & don’t agree with) came after repeated insults like this. [/quote]

But here’s the thing: poster after poster admitted that their kids were going to school out of state because they couldn’t get into UVA.[/quote]

Let’s look at cross admits.

UVA 82% Indiana 18% 
UVA 80% UC Boulder 20%
UVA 75% Delaware 25% 
UVA 72% Arizona 28% 
UVA 67% Wisconsin 33% 
UVA 65% UCSB 35%
UVA 64% Perdue 36%
UVA 63% UIUC 37% 
UVA 57% UT Austin 43%
UVA 54% GA Tech 46%
UVA 46% UCLA 54% 
UVA 43% Michigan 57% 
UVA 40% Berkeley 60%

Plenty of kids who get into UVA are choosing other flagships. Even for lower ranked schools it’s [u]at least[/u] 1 out of 5 kids. 
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Do we know those were all Virginia kids not picking UVA?[/quote]

They weren’t all VA kids, obviously, but demonstrates that many, many kids will choose OOS schools, even lower-ranked, over UVA.

I couldn’t find cross admit data solely for in-state students, but if the argument is that people pick always UVA because it’s cheaper & better ranked than the other schools admitted, then we wouldn’t see any UVA admits choosing more expensive and lower-ranked schools.

But we do.

UVA 21% Notre Dame 81% 
UVA 40% Tufts 60%
UVA 60% Howard 40% 
UVA 63% SMU 37% 
UVA 67% AU 33%
UVA 68% Villanova 32%
UVA 72% Lehigh 28% 
UVA 75% U Rochester 25%

Many kids choose don’t choose the cheapest, highest ranked option.

Many kids prefer OOS.

Not sure why that’s a tough concept. [/quote]

Again, many kids choose schools that are more expensive and lower ranked than UVA. Those aren’t the only criteria that people use.

Not sure why that’s hard for you to accept.

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