<p>Are there many kids from out of state? I read soem shocking statistic like 60-70% are from Virginia! Do the out of state kids feel out of place? Is it SIGNIFICANTLY harder to get in? does a little liberal girl from Massachusetts stand a chance? ;-)</p>
<p>yes. it is 2/3rds instate students. This is less than a lot of other public schools (UNC Chapel Hill is 85% Instate Students!).</p>
<p>Yes, it is harder to get in out of state -- lots of qualified applicants vying for spots. </p>
<p>No, Out of State students do not feel out of place. I'm instate, but a lot of my friends are out of state: Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina -- Most of the OOS kids tend to hail from the Northeast and Mid-Eastern states, with fewer as you go westward. I'm sure you can find stats online about the numbers from each state -- I'll look for them later maybe? </p>
<p>Other than joking about how they pay over twice as much to attend, it doesn't really have any differences. OOS students fit in just fine. Come visit, see how you like the school.</p>
<p>The state of Virginia mandates that 2/3 of the student body at UVa be Virginia residents. Virginia's a pretty eclectic state, so there's a good amount of diversity in that pool.</p>
<p>We have students from all 50 states and from over 100 countries. The admit rate for those students is a bit different because roughly 2/3 of the applications come from out of state students (the admit rate for VA students last year was 44% and the admit rate for OOS students was down around 30%).</p>
<p>As for liberal vs. conservative, most colleges and universities in the US are liberal (places like BYU, Bob Jones, Liberty, etc. being the exceptions). People tend to say UVa is less liberal than other schools for many reaons (some valid, some not so valid).</p>
<p>I'm sure the current students here will be able to chime in with their opinions, too.</p>
<p>thanks for your help!</p>
<p>I think that U.Va. is an unusual public institution in that such a significant proportion of its student body is from out of state. It's also more private-like in terms of its relatively small undergraduate enrollment.</p>
<p>We always need MORE liberal voices in UVA, so you're definitely have a good chance if your stats are superb. If you could share some information on that, it will be useful to gauge your chances of admission. Plus, MA is one of the under-represented states in UVA, with only 28 entering last year.</p>
<p>^^^^^ w t f.</p>
<p>a good percentage of every virginia high school goes to UVA...particularly NoVA...so yea basically</p>
<p>yes (10 char.)</p>
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<p>I don't know what you mean by good. I would say a small percentage of virginia HS students go to UVa. Some schools send twenty, some schools send two. Last year while visiting UVa a girl told me that the only people from her school to be accepted last year were the valadictorian and Salutarian. I believe she was from the southern part of the state, maybe Tidewater, so I found that really surprising.</p>
<p>Six people from my high school, including myself, are at UVA. The graduating class was over 510. Roughly 1.16% is hardly a good percentage. The only school that has a "good percentage" going to UVA every year is TJ. I would know since every person I know who went to TJ is at UVA with me.</p>
<p>I would agree that a "good percentage" of TJ students are offered admissions at UVa. But knowing quite a few of them myself I would say it is viewed as a an academic and economic safety school by many. In my experience most are hoping for the gold ring of Cal Tech, MIT and the like. Plenty get scooped up by big name privates, but for most, the cold reality of paying out 40-50k per year strikes and its "Hello Charlottesville!"</p>
<p>well alot of people from my school go...but i guess its just because we are really smart =) haha</p>