<p>Hello. :) </p>
<p>I was just wait listed at the college of my dreams a few days ago. I'm willing to do whatever it takes to become accepted, and so I'm making the 5 hour drive out there on Tuesday. </p>
<p>I don't have much else to add onto my application, however. Although acceptances for people with my grades/SAT scores were a little on the lower side for their acceptances, I was still surprised that I wasn't accepted considering I had amazing ECs and (what I believed to be) a truly heartfelt and well written essay. I also had a steady upward trend in my GPA, from a 3.0 freshman year, 3.3 sophomore, 3.6 junior, and 4.0 senior. </p>
<p>From what I understand, because Virginia has been offering a significantly lower amount of money this year to IS colleges, the standards for applying OOS have been lowered. I came across quite a few people that had much lower GPAs, test scores, no AP/honor classes, and some who hadn't even written an essay that had gotten in over me. My family is not rich by any means, but with a combination of the GI bill that is being transferred to me and some funds we have saved up we can easily pay for OOS tuition rates. </p>
<p>My question is, would it be wrong to ask to pay for OOS tuition rates for a higher acceptance chance? If I had known that I would've had a much higher chance of getting in if I didn't apply for IS, I wouldn't have on the application. I just don't want it to come off as me "bribing" them in any way, and want to make sure it's also legal.</p>
<p>Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>[edit] And I placed this in the chances board because I wanted to know what you thought my 'chances' were of this working - also because I didn't know where else to put it!:P</p>