Anonymous
04/23/2026 11:49
Subject: Re:Declining UVA
Anonymous wrote:
On your last point, some PPs mention it and some do not, but I bet in most cases they did get some merit aid to make going to Georgia, UNC, UMD, etc. roughly the same ballpark cost as UVA/VT. Each flagship state school knows exactly what they need to do in order to attract the numbers they want from OOS, to help create some variety for their undergrads.
Is it odd to consider UMich (OOS) over UVA (in-state)? My child really loves the UMich vibe, but I just can’t justify the sticker price, especially since we’d be paying full cost.
I wouldn't consider it-- both are great schools in similar tier. Also, it's really cold in Michigan.
Anonymous
04/23/2026 11:36
Subject: Re:Declining UVA
On your last point, some PPs mention it and some do not, but I bet in most cases they did get some merit aid to make going to Georgia, UNC, UMD, etc. roughly the same ballpark cost as UVA/VT. Each flagship state school knows exactly what they need to do in order to attract the numbers they want from OOS, to help create some variety for their undergrads.
Is it odd to consider UMich (OOS) over UVA (in-state)? My child really loves the UMich vibe, but I just can’t justify the sticker price, especially since we’d be paying full cost.
Anonymous
04/23/2026 11:04
Subject: Declining UVA
While it can seem like High School 2.0, many are from high schools where only at most 10 students are admitted. So the chances of even coming across them are slim unless the same dorm, same major, etc.
Anonymous
04/23/2026 11:01
Subject: Re:Declining UVA
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DD declined UVA because she felt it was more of the same culture of Northern VA where we live. We visited the school three times and each time we saw someone she knew or had attended her high school years previously. She wanted out of VA. She also was admitted to other in states -VA Tech, George Mason, VCU. My dream was UVA - academics and it's close. We said she could go out of
She is attending a Midwest flagship school on a full ride. She is happy and loves the cold weather She has more of an appreciation of all of the things she has experienced in her life that she took for granted before.
Well good for her but avoiding a better school because you see someone you know is really silly.
How arrogant are you, PP, that you think you get to decide or arbitrate what is "silly" Or best for someone else.
It's just very immature thinking and something I would never let my kid take into account. Incoming classes at UVA are over 3000 students. No more than a couple dozen will enroll from a single high school and typically less. That means that at most fewer than one face in a hundred will be from your high school.
But 65% are from VA (and mostly NoVA). The university my kid chose has less than 1% from VA and no state with a huge majority. It’s very diverse.
Anonymous
04/23/2026 11:01
Subject: Re:Declining UVA
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Here is the tally:
William and Mary- 5
UNC- 3
Virginia Tech- 3
SLAC (unnamed)- 3
GA Tech Engineering- 2
Michigan- 2
Princeton- 2
Georgetown- 2
Georgia- 2
MIT, Purdue Engineering, Berkley, Penn, UCLA, IVY unnamed, possible UMD, Notre Dame, CMU, Midwest flagship full ride, VCU, and CNU- 1
NP, and this pretty much answers OP's question, which I was wondering about too. Thx!
If you are a VA resident and got accepted to UVA, I think it's a totally fair question. The cost is a realistic issue. I'm surprised by how many people are choosing different OOS schools over UVA.
On your last point, some PPs mention it and some do not, but I bet in most cases they did get some merit aid to make going to Georgia, UNC, UMD, etc. roughly the same ballpark cost as UVA/VT. Each flagship state school knows exactly what they need to do in order to attract the numbers they want from OOS, to help create some variety for their undergrads.
Anonymous
04/23/2026 10:59
Subject: Re:Declining UVA
Anonymous wrote:DD declined UVA because she felt it was more of the same culture of Northern VA where we live. We visited the school three times and each time we saw someone she knew or had attended her high school years previously. She wanted out of VA. She also was admitted to other in states -VA Tech, George Mason, VCU. My dream was UVA - academics and it's close. We said she could go out of
She is attending a Midwest flagship school on a full ride. She is happy and loves the cold weather She has more of an appreciation of all of the things she has experienced in her life that she took for granted before.
My kid knows about 50 kids that will be freshmen next year and many more upper classmen. Felt like every person they met was from NoVA. Also, felt too rural and isolated for them.
Anonymous
04/23/2026 10:57
Subject: Re:Declining UVA
Firstborn: an Ivy
2nd: a top 20 mid-size private
Reason: I attended a state flagship. I see the very noticeable positives/differences from my own experience. A lot has to simply to do with size and personal resources/advising/admin responsiveness. And housing. Kids also are t Greek/football types, much prefer urban living.
2nd: a top 20 mid-size private
Reason: I attended a state flagship. I see the very noticeable positives/differences from my own experience. A lot has to simply to do with size and personal resources/advising/admin responsiveness. And housing. Kids also are t Greek/football types, much prefer urban living.
Anonymous
04/23/2026 10:53
Subject: Re:Declining UVA
Anonymous wrote:Here is the tally:
William and Mary- 5
UNC- 3
Virginia Tech- 3
SLAC (unnamed)- 3
GA Tech Engineering- 2
Michigan- 2
Princeton- 2
Georgetown- 2
Georgia- 2
MIT, Purdue Engineering, Berkley, Penn, UCLA, IVY unnamed, possible UMD, Notre Dame, CMU, Midwest flagship full ride, VCU, and CNU- 1
NP, and this pretty much answers OP's question, which I was wondering about too. Thx!
If you are a VA resident and got accepted to UVA, I think it's a totally fair question. The cost is a realistic issue. I'm surprised by how many people are choosing different OOS schools over UVA.
Anonymous
03/21/2026 00:19
Subject: Re:Declining UVA
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:peer-reviewed? what is there to review? it’s simple tabulation from the colleges, just like the numbers released by each college in the cds regarding the middle sat range, demographics of students.
Go enroll in an elementary research methods course.
You only need to remember the tabulation/counting you learned in elementary school!
Anonymous
03/20/2026 22:19
Subject: Declining UVA
I know someone whose DD got in last year and went to Alabama.
Anonymous
03/20/2026 21:34
Subject: Declining UVA
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:To each her own, but if I were in charge and couldn’t get my kid into UVA, W&M or Tech I’d go first with VCU, then with JMU maybe, and only then with CNU. VCU is a comprehensive university that offers just about everything and has a truly diverse student body and JMU is a lot of fun and has D1 sports. CNU has none of the above—and no one’s ever even heard of it.
If you have any confidence whatsoever in the kid you've raised, you wouldn't care about the bolded.
You’re trying way too hard.
Anonymous
03/20/2026 21:31
Subject: Declining UVA
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:To each her own, but if I were in charge and couldn’t get my kid into UVA, W&M or Tech I’d go first with VCU, then with JMU maybe, and only then with CNU. VCU is a comprehensive university that offers just about everything and has a truly diverse student body and JMU is a lot of fun and has D1 sports. CNU has none of the above—and no one’s ever even heard of it.
Where is GMU in this?
Too local. But obviously better in all other respects than CNU.
You’re triggering someone by saying this
Anonymous
03/20/2026 21:27
Subject: Declining UVA
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:To each her own, but if I were in charge and couldn’t get my kid into UVA, W&M or Tech I’d go first with VCU, then with JMU maybe, and only then with CNU. VCU is a comprehensive university that offers just about everything and has a truly diverse student body and JMU is a lot of fun and has D1 sports. CNU has none of the above—and no one’s ever even heard of it.
That’s not how this works.
Why not?
I sense a bitter CNU alum in this thread. Personally I have no problem with someone choosing a no-name college over a top college for various reasons, but it’s off putting to be so combative.
DP. I have no connection to any of these schools, but wow are you arrogant! Who cares what you do or don't "have a problem with"? What is off-putting is thinking YOU have any insight or say as to what schools people choose.
Anonymous
03/20/2026 21:18
Subject: Declining UVA
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:To each her own, but if I were in charge and couldn’t get my kid into UVA, W&M or Tech I’d go first with VCU, then with JMU maybe, and only then with CNU. VCU is a comprehensive university that offers just about everything and has a truly diverse student body and JMU is a lot of fun and has D1 sports. CNU has none of the above—and no one’s ever even heard of it.
Where is GMU in this?
Too local. But obviously better in all other respects than CNU.
Anonymous
03/20/2026 21:15
Subject: Declining UVA
Anonymous wrote:To each her own, but if I were in charge and couldn’t get my kid into UVA, W&M or Tech I’d go first with VCU, then with JMU maybe, and only then with CNU. VCU is a comprehensive university that offers just about everything and has a truly diverse student body and JMU is a lot of fun and has D1 sports. CNU has none of the above—and no one’s ever even heard of it.
Where is GMU in this?