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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everything's relative. This was from an earlier thread: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/30/975332.page

The numbers from 2016 onwards still show a decline in numbers for the main Virginia schools:

UVA
2016 33
2017 34
2018 35
2019 29
2020 27
2021 21

Overall 36% decline in matriculation since 2016

VT
2016 47
2017 48
2018 10
2019 45
2020 35
2021 22

Overall 53% decline in matriculation since 2016

W&M
2016 17
2017 17
2018 15
2019 16
2020 11
2021 11

Overall 35% decline in matriculation since 2016

GMU
2016 16
2017 16
2018 17
2019 21
2020 18
2021 6

Overall 38% decline in matriculation since 2016

JMU
2016 19
2017 17
2018 22
2019 15
2020 15
2021 17

Overall 10% decline in matriculation since 2016

The data are from the same school magazine so subject to the same caveats.

UVA, VT, W&M  and GMU have higher numbers in 2023 than 2021, while JMU has a decrease.  Shows that 2021 was really bad (see other thread) and 2023 is an improvement for those schools. Is it a reversion to the mean or a deviation?  Wait until next year to see the preliminary answers.[/quote]

[b]All of these colleges have gotten more selective over the years. For all students, no matter where you're from or what school you go to. [/quote][/b]

It isn't even that they've become more selective, which they have (75th percentil at UVA last year haad a 4.53 GPA and a 34 ACT) but because parents wizened up duing covid and said "I'm not paying $84K a year" which is what my SLAC now is.  You might remember that many people lost their jobs during covid.  Recent college grads couldn't get jobs in their field.  Many parents looked at the situation and said "gosh we have amazing opportunities right here in VA at a "reasonable" cost".  Which is exactly what we did.  So, ergo, yes, they've become a LOT more selective but economics and covid give you a simply reason why[/quote]

Hardest possible agree.[/quote]

Ditto. UVA was a no-brainer for us. We are a family with more kids that will also be in college in the near future.  We have saved and have the finances to afford full pay at one of these 85k places, but why should we?

Maybe if our child got in to Wharton, I could justify it. I'm not sure I could have though otherwise. [/quote]

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