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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Best of luck to the applicants.  Show grace.  It’s hard to overstate how much this emotionally affects a lot of nova families.  [/quote]

It’s not just emotionally -it’s a huge financial problem for some Virginia families -that’s why so many families who have high stats kids get upset when their kids are passed over by TJ for social engineering goals of more first-generations. Many of these kids’ families (TJ) included really need access the the top Virginia schools. Many also are saving for other children and for grad schools do a thumbs down at top VA schools can be a huge financial problem problem.[/quote]

Get a grip.  No one "needs" (versus wants) access to TJ or UVA.  Do you really think these kids' lives will be ruined if they attend VT or, God forbid, JMU?  Plus, if they have really high stats, they can get lots of merit aid from very good private or OOS schools.  This obsession with top tier schools is ridiculous.
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You missed the point -lots of TJ families can only afford VT for their engineering/computer science/high tech kids. They are being passed over for students with less higher states because they are first generation or URM. If the Commonwealth’s best tech students can’t get into VT (which is huge compared to UVA), there is something wrong with the Commonwealth’s system[/quote]

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