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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks all. To clarify, I’m looking at options for students with high stats and an in-state budget who still may get rejected from W&M/UVA, but the student is not that excited about Tech/JMU as alternative schools. I understand to get merit they won’t be as highly ranked at WM/UVA. Where else should we look? Thanks to those who already answered. [/quote]

OP here. Should add that we want DC to be within a 6-8 hour drive. Don’t want to deal with airfare and such. So probably places like Grinnell are out, although I’m sure it’s lovely.[/quote]

Ha ha.  If you’re kid doesn’t get into UVA or William and Mary in state they sure as hell aren’t getting into Grinnell either - especially with merit.  Grinnell had a 10 percent acceptance rate last year.  So you needn’t worry about it. [/quote]

Ick.  Drugs, isolated, freezing cold weather, lack of diverse viewpoints—- and, where the heck is the nearest emergency room?!?

Glad you love it, good for you!  [/quote]
Gosh. And it is a way tougher admit than in-state UVA. What must applicants be thinking?[/quote]

I don’t think you know how difficult it is to get into UVA[/quote]
UVA: 27% overall in-state admissions rate. “I don’t think you know how difficult it is to get into [Grinnell].”[/quote]

Apples and oranges.  No way anyone could think Grinnell is more competitive than UVA.[/quote]

+1. The 53,000 who applied to UVA are a more self-selecting group than the few thousand who apply to Grinnell.. This is because of the availability of the  SCHEV statistics, Naviance and public high school college counselors whose job it is to route the public students to the most appropriate in-state institution. No Langley counselor is going to help my B student DD get in to UVA when she is clearly GMU material (and that’s exactly what happened). So only the high fliers with a 4.53, 1520 SAT or 34 ACT apply to UVA. These are the top 5% and …. those who have taken the most rigorous courses offered at the high school. And tge counselor indicates all of this is his recommendation and in the high school profile. If a kid wants to shoot an application to Grinnell on the way, sure hope for it , the public high school doesn’t care but it does care when it’s top 5 percent if students are competing against one another for the same coveted slots at UVA. The same happens for the UCLA schools, which is why you can’t compare selectivity numbers if a top public to that if a small SLAC[/quote]

This theory has been debunked on here time and time again  :roll: [/quote]

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