Interesting...We know lots of Virginians who didn't get into UVa &/or William and Mary who end up going to Penn State (the one in State College) instead of the next level of VA schools of Tech, JMU, now GMU etc. I have no idea if they try to transfer back or not. Luckily my D's friends who wanted a large instate public school were accepted to the schools of their choice.
I hear a lot of parents of college aged kids say they could never get accepted to their alma mater (no matter if it's public or private) based on today's standards. I do alumni interviews for my undergraduate school's admissions as does my H for his and we are both truly impressed at what is in these hs applicants' resumes.
I can't imagine that Chapel Hill/Berkeley/Ann Arbor being much different than UVa and W&M....These are why these schools are in top rankings of the country. Based on the way my neighbors speak, I think they would gladly downgrade the national ranking of our flagship public schools if it would mean more instate kids would be admitted.
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Originally Posted by NUBlue&Blue
Totally depends on the school.
Yes, it's cheaper to go to UGA or Tech, but they aren't getting in because the HOPE has made the admissions much more competitive for in state students. Students who would've gone out of state or private are staying here. It is getting to be "big d@mn deal" to get into UGA these days. Plenty of people my age who went there say they could never get in now. This opinion is totally anecdotal, but at our HS, if you can't get into UGA, you go to Auburn/Alabama/OleMiss, not the other way around.
To get in to UNC-Chapel Hill or UVA, you need to be in the high 1400's to 1500 and in the top one or two in your class. We've had 3 from our HS get into UNC the last two years and only one get into UVA. I've heard UT-Austin is difficult, too, but not too many people head that far out from our HS.
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