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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]to the main question - simply because UVA, VT , WM cant cant all the qualified students and people here have the $$$ to go to OOS schools.

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Many students that "just miss" getting into UVA, VT, WM are offered excellent scholarships at other states' flagships-to the point where it's the same or an even lower price.
My kid is a good student but I don't think he has a chance at UVA or VT (engineering.)   But with the automatic merit scholarship at Alabama, he'll only be paying about $2k/semester-far cheaper than what he'd have to pay at UVA or VT even if he could get in.[/quote]

Yea, exactly.  I said this earlier in fact but I’m a so-called UVA poster so I was dismissed out of hand.

The joke used to be that JMU stood for Just Missed UVA. [b] That’s not true of JMU or any other school in VA outside of W&M and maybe VT. [/b] The gap has widened.  So you have very good students from VA that can’t / don’t get into those schools but have very good stats and are getting merit offers from OOS flagships.  They end up paying less to leave the state and going to better (or at least better known) OOS schools.

So the choice is made for them given UVA’s admission standards, but it’s not a bad choice to have made.

I am smiling as I write this because I have “Morning Joe“ on the TV in the background and they’re talking about how unfair the process is for rich kids to get into best schools.  The reporter just said “schools like the Ivy League and elite publics like Virginia and Michigan.”  In that order lol.  No mention of any of the other out-of-state flagships being discussed in this thread lol.[/quote]

Re: the bolded, that silly "joke" isn't true for VT, mainly because students often choose VT over UVA to begin with.  I know that's hard for you to admit, but it's ok.  The rest of us know it to be true.  [/quote]

According to parchment 24 percent of students admitted to both UVA and Tech chose Tech.  I guess that’s “often.”[/quote]

Just for giggles, we should look at %s for kids who choose for STEM. As as engineer, I can tell you the %s are much different.   :lol: [/quote]

The 24 percent is for all majors.  If you do engineering specifically you’d probably see that [b]nobody goes to Tech over UVA for any other reason. [/b][/quote]

DP.  This is hilarious.  I know plenty of people, including two of my own kids, who chose VT over UVA for the humanities and business, respectively.  Not STEM or engineering.  You seem to be living in a silly little bubble of cluelessness.  [/quote]

Anyone who chooses VT over UVA for the humanities is clueless.  That makes even less sense than choosing UVA over VT for engineering.  [/quote]

Interesting.  Well, my “clueless” VT humanities grad is doing great, having attended her top choice school, employed in the field of her choice, living in the area of her choice, and making a very nice income - as are her siblings and fellow VT grads.  Seems “clueless” is most applicable to misguided dunces like yourself. [/quote]

+100[/quote]

Good for her. Tech is a great school and has served her well.  But she didn’t get into UVA.  You’re not fooling anybody.  [/quote]

Such a sad sad person you are. Who are your friends? [/quote]

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My son had zero desire to apply to UVA and now I understand why.  Totally insufferable boosters. [/quote]

Lol we all know the real reason why your son didn’t apply.  [/quote]

Yes, it's clear to all of us. The insufferable boosters. 
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