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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bottom line:  UVA and W&M affirmatively do not want NOVA applicants or students.  They want NOVA tax revenue, but those of us that live here are poison and are to be avoided.  A GPA barely above a B+ from a school in seven central Virginia counties, together with standardized test scores in roughly the 75+ percentile, is enough for UVA, from that locality.  The NOVA requirements are dramatically higher.  UVA and W&M demand, receive, hold, and expend public funds.  But they do NOT equally accommodate VA resident applicants by any measure.  
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THIS.  It's completely sickening.[/quote]

Sorry, I don't agree. There are plenty of NoVA kids at W&M and UVA (dozens headed to UVA from my DS's high school). Relative to other parts of the state, NoVA kids are already at an advantage--[b]generally better schools, higher incomes, higher educational levels among adults, more opportunities. [/b]I'm in favor of spreading the wealth around, so to speak, and I am glad that opportunities are given to kids in other parts of the state.[/quote]

I agree. My anecdotal experience from college was that the two girls in our suite from rural Virginia struggled with the college curriculum. One dropped out after the first semester, the other was on "probation" the second semester and didn't come back the next year. They just weren't prepared for the college level work. Kids from northern va have so many more advantages than rural students-its impossible to really compare. [/quote]

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