Chance me please! (can't find sub-thread)

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<p>out of state so I know chances are slim but...</p>

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<p>[What</a> Are My Chances? - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/]What”>Chance Me / Match Me! - College Confidential Forums)</p>

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<p>Quite the contrary, Virginia schools are now accepting out-of-staters by the boatload (because they pay more $). </p>

<p>The commonwealth has cut $ 300 million from colleges in the past five years.</p>

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<p>Not necessarily true.</p>

<p>UVa is still bound by the 1/3 OOS to 2/3 IS ratio. The only way that UVa can have more OOS students is by increasing their overall undergraduate population, which they are slowly doing. Recently, UVa has funded the loss in budget by alumni donations among other things.</p>

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<p>Then we differ on the definition of “slim.”
The O/P said as an OOS, his chances were “slim.”</p>

<p>One-third out-of-state is a freakin’ high number to me.</p>

<p>If my son asks if he can eat one-third of the apple pie for dessert, the likelihood of me saying “yes” is very slim. ;-)</p>

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<p>True, but I believe the OOS applicant pool is larger than the IS pool.</p>

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<p>[IAS</a> Historical Data: First-Time First-Year Applicants by Residency](<a href=“http://www.web.virginia.edu/IAAS/data_catalog/institutional/historical/admission/first_by_residency.htm]IAS”>http://www.web.virginia.edu/IAAS/data_catalog/institutional/historical/admission/first_by_residency.htm)</p>

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<p>And the number of OOS applications continue to rise. In 2011 the number of OOS applications (16,095) were double the instate number (7,955). Resulting in admission rates of 26% OOS and 45% IS. See: [Notes</a> from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: Admission statistics for the Class of 2015](<a href=“http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2011/03/admission-statistics-for-class-of-2015.html]Notes”>Notes from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: Admission statistics for the Class of 2015) IS/OOS application figures are not yet available for this year’s application pool, but total applications are up about 4,000, per Dean J’s Blog post today, [Notes</a> from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: January 2012](<a href=“http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2012_01_01_archive.html]Notes”>Notes from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: January 2012).</p>

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<p>Dean J said that it was her hypothesis that the 4000 extra applications were OOS. She didn’t explain why she believes this, but I suspect she has some preliminary numbers to back this up. If true, it would reduce the OOS acceptance rate to about 20%.</p>

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<p>Ah, good point. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Thanks, 10iswarrior, AVA55, and Hazel! </p>

<p>Many people confuse the mandated ratio for an admit rate.</p>

<p>No adjustment to the 2/3 to 1/3 ratio has been made by the Commonwealth due to the economy. There are some other states where public institutions are actively courting OOS students to help with their financial situations.</p>