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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought in the past the state schools had a limit of 25% OOS - but maybe that was in the 90s.  In terms of admitting OOS, VA does seem a bit on the generous side.  Some states like Florida limit OOS to 10% for all the Florida public schools combined.  [/quote]

In Virginia, all 3 of the schools I mentioned earlier (VT, UVa, W&M) have had roughly 1/3rd OOS — since at least the early 1980s, probably back into the late 1970s.  This is part of an agreement / understanding with the Commonwealth dating back at least to the early 1980s or late 1970s.  The 1/3rd limit is approximate, not precise, because not all offers of admission result in matriculations.  There are particular years where the OOS was a bit above or a bit below 1/3rd.

I have no information about other states.

Separately, I forget the precise year, but certainly this century UVa did have a year where it accidentally was visibly over-enrolled.  The Rector & Board of Visitors were not amused.  The smaller undergraduate schools (e.g., Architecture, Engineering, Nursing) were not greatly affected by the over-enrollment, but Arts & Sciences scrambled to add additional sections of required 1st semester courses [English 101 equivalent and such like].  They ran out of 1st year housing and were putting the unlucky “overflow” 1st year students in any bed they could find.  Since then, UVa Admissions has been more conservative about its initial admissions offers and has used the set of 10 wait pools fairly regularly.   As various PPs  have already noted, other colleges (e.g., VT) have had similar over-enrollment situations from time to time.[/quote]

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