<p><a href="http://www.cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=26734&pid=1431%5B/url%5D">http://www.cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=26734&pid=1431</a></p>
<p>Some admissions data:</p>
<p>Instate pool: </p>
<p>SCHOOL/ APPLICANTS/ ADMITTED</p>
<pre><code> CLAS/ 5211/ 2110
NURS/ 182/ 42
SARC/ 156/ 73
SEAS/ 962/ 537
</code></pre>
<p>OOS Pool: </p>
<p>SCHOOL/ APPLICANTS/ ADMITTED</p>
<pre><code> CLAS/ 8035/ 2288
NURS/ 175/ 36
SARC/ 345/ 65
SEAS/ 1201/ 646
</code></pre>
<p>Target Enrollment: </p>
<p>SCHOOL/ # of students</p>
<pre><code> CLAS/ 2439
NURS/ 56
SARC/ 81
SEAS/ 540
</code></pre>
<p>Quote: By law, two-thirds of University students must be from Virginia. </p>
<p>So how does this add up if 3,035 oos students are admitted, but only 2,627 in state are accepted. Do they expect that many oos students to choose other colleges?</p>
<p>Lower yield on OOS students.</p>
<p>wow, i always knew that out of state was really difficult, but those instate numbers are rough as well.</p>
<p>how many spots are there in CLAS?</p>
<p>One thing I'm curious about: do they confidently predict yield or is there a limit to matriculation?</p>
<p>no there is no matriculation limit, though they're pretty good about predicting the yield.</p>
<p>Universities in general make predictions about yield based on trends in past years and characteristics of those they admit. They're normally pretty good at what they do.</p>
<p>wait...so if more matriculate than they expected, what do they do with the extra people?</p>
<p>House them somewhere? That happens from time to time at universities, but they normally accomodate those students. This risk, though, is one reason why waitlists exist. If colleges initially shoot to slightly underenroll (say, by 50 students), they can go to the waitlist to precisely fill their class.</p>