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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UVA needs to figure out how to expand so our top students can stay in state. No, my high stats kid doesn’t want to go to W&M or VT. Virginia is failing the taxpayers. [/quote]

If it expanded, it would get watered down.[/quote]

Not only would it be watered down, it would require investment that would be diverted from other schools, and expansion would have knock on effects on other schools at a time when the number of applicants is forecast to decline.

A couple of years ago, Virginia Tech significantly (and I believe unintentionally) overenrolled.  This had a significant impact on schools like JMU and others that had to go deeper to fill their classes.  [/quote]

UVA and W&M have had space limitations for years, making difficult to expand. VT had been filling that supply gap by admitting more folks who wanted to attend the flagship troika of schools.

Now that VT has stopped filling that Virginia demand by taking more OOS and embarking on FGLI and URM initiatives and responding to the overenrollment shock, the supply of slots from the troika available to NOVA and Richmond students has gone down.  If your DC doesn't like JMU/VCU/GMU as an alternative, then OOS publics beckon and if you have the $ they are desirable.  But for many here, $ is a consideration and so cue the complaints about the UVA/W&M/VT troika.[/quote]

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