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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in VA and am so aggravated by the # of kids I see applying and not getting into UVA who are seriously bright, solid A students.  It's ridiculous.
It makes me think my high schooler won't get in when he applies in a couple of years.  High A student, athlete, has great SAT scores, but white male and from a middle class background/private school.

I LOVE how UNC Chapel Hill is required by STATE LAW to keep in-state at high numbers: 
"As of June 14, 2024, 82% of students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) are in-state residents. State law requires that at least 82% of each freshman class be from North Carolina, and the state government limits the number of non-residents to 18%."

As opposed to Virginia "In fall 2023, 65.5% of first-time freshmen at the University of Virginia (UVA) were in-state students. UVA aims to have a majority of Virginians in its student body, but doesn't have quotas for specific regions or high schools. UVA's offer rate for Virginia residents is usually higher than the rate for out-of-state students."

Why doesn't VA have this law!

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OP, your kid has plenty of options so get over yourself.

If you’re so set on your kid going to UVA, have them go to NOVA and do the guaranteed admission route.  My very smart, UMC neighbor just did that and will be at UVA’s engineering school in August.

Otherwise transferring into UVA generally seems less competitive than applying as a high school senior.

And as has been repeatedly pointed out, there are plenty of excellent Virginia schools to attend.

Kids like yours in northern Virginia are a diamond dozen. And admission to UVA is only going to grow even more competitive as the cost of attending similarly selective private universities goes up.[/quote]

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