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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Princeton
NYU
Vanderbilt
Georgetown
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fyi: [/b]USC is no longer a rich kid joke college - tougher admissions standards than U-Va.[/quote]

No. I taught at USC.  It is still very much University of spoiled children.  Very blonde, attractive, nicer cars than faculty and big into the Greek scene.  It is not a Highly Selective student like Ga Tech and UVA.  It's much more difficult to get into the latter two, which are HIghly Selective as opposed to merely Selective.  Also UVA was just named top public by Business Insider for best Public in the nation, so now outstrips UCLA Berkely and Michigan.  No way would I send my kid to USC  (the one in CA).[/quote]
U[b]VA's accepta
[b]nce rate is close to 40% not very selective.[/quote][/b][/b]

Nope 29.0% for class of 2020 and most kids self-select in applications.  In other words, Kids looks at the numbers and know they won't get in (93% were in top 10% of their classs this year) so don't apply.  Or, even more important, the big high schools in Fairfax and Langley will only push the best and the brightest to UVA because they have a reputation to keep  If I had asked them to write letters of rec'n for one of my SN children (decent GPA and scores, but not outstanding) they would have laughed in my face.  The big schools keyhole certain students to UVA and there's really very little a parent can do about it.  However, if their kid has the grades, scores and ECs, then the parents should fight he high school to put in an application.[/quote]

28.9% acceptance rate atUVA for 2020.  Kids accepted from 45 states and 102 countries.  http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2016/03/university-releases-admission-decisions-for-class-of-2020[/quote]

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