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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Move to a rural VA county and be at the very top of the class with max rigor at the county HS.

Seriously. Applicants are compared with other students from their HS - for many many colleges. Big fish in smaller rural pond has the best odds for acceptance at many colleges. [/quote]

Or, just move to a lower performing NOVA high school, take all the rigourous courses, get more leadership positions, play all the sports, get more house for your money, and keep your higher paid DMV job.  It worked out for our kid. Third year at UVA.  [/quote]

This. You don't have to move to a rural area. Just go to one of the crappy high schools. But recognize your kid may not be as well prepared for the rigor of college. [/quote]

Does UVA have a special program where they admit more from poor high schools? Families would flock to South Lakes and Herndon if they made this public [/quote]

South Lakes and Herndon have plenty of high stats kids applying to UVA and getting rejected. It may be easier than Langley or Oakton but it is not assured, by far. [/quote]

Oy. I think people are misunderstanding the situation.

UVA takes people from all over UVA and absolutely any high school. The most high achieving high schools, unsurprisingly, tend to send more kids to UVA because they have more kids with higher scores and so on. But it is relatively EASIER to get in from any other high school or from other parts of Virignia for the simple reason that a) they will only take so many from TJ or Mclean and b) kids are compared to their peers.[/quote]

UVA doesn’t have quotas. They are very open about this [/quote]

They do not have quotas but can’t take everyone qualified. The first year class is only 3900 ish.  So there are pretty standard gpa cut offs at each school. They accept a ton more kids from TJ etc but the competition is fierce against your peers. There could be quite a few qualified kids in a rural class too but fewer than fcps etc so a better shot at acceptance if you are in the top of the class. [/quote]

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