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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a mess.  I keep thinking this is what wait lists are for.  [b]Perhaps this is related to Amazon, but that campus is supposed to be for graduates, right?  [/b]Amazon is looking to hire from all Virginia schools with the encouragement that they step up the number of graduates in relevant fields like CS.[/quote]

Yes, the Alexandria campus is (right now) supposed to be graduate studies.  I hadn't thought about the surge of interest being related to Amazon, particularly because of the distance to Alexandria but I suppose it's possible.  I thought it was due to parents having sticker shock and realizing what a great deal the in-state Va schools are.  [/quote]

As a parent of a graduating senior in northern va, it seems that the issue is simply that kids didn’t get into where they expected to. Kids that expected a top 20 had to settle for UVA, kids that wanted UVA had to settle for VT, and even some kids who wanted VT had to settle for JMU. Most of the kids we know that wanted WM got in. In addition, even in the last weeks of April, we knew some who let out of state hope go and chose VT specifically; some for rejection reasons and others when the merit and financial aid didn’t come through. [/quote]

What a bummer to have to "settle" for schools like UVA, VT, and JMU.

Please don't say this out loud. There are students who are thrilled with schools that you probably deem inferior (GMU, VCU, CNU, etc) and they don't need to hear it. We have some pretty amazing options in Virginia.[/quote]

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