<p>responding to some of the questions:</p>
<p>i live in virginia</p>
<p>the school i go to sends a good amount of kids to places like uva, wm, georgetown, gw, and maybe like 4-5 to ivy leaguers...</p>
<p>does that help or hurt a person like me?</p>
<p>i definately have to pick up my SAT score to have a shot</p>
<p>"From what it appears and the state will refute it but it DOES appear only so many kids from a state school are admitted to W&M and UVA. Therefore if a large number of students with greater test results, GPA, EC's, possibly a nod in the No direction."</p>
<p>It DOES NOT appear that way at all. My public school is sending about 30 kids to UVA - the amount of kids accepted is probably close to double that figure. If my estimate is accurate, 10% of the school got accepted to UVA - so they're not limiting the number of acceptances from one school.</p>
<p>I bet W&M doesn't limit it either, but I don't even have any anecdotal evidence of that because I don't know as many kids in my high school who applied to W&M.</p>
<p>W&M seems to be the "hot" school for in-staters this year. My D's Governor's School , as well as the regular hs, are sending many kids to W&M. Haven't heard too much about UVA, though, except that the Day on the Lawn was a big disappointment. Several Governor's School kids are also going OOS on scholarships. IMO, in-state students with a strong application stand a good chance to get into any VA state school.</p>
<p>I am from NoVA and am the only one from my school going to W & M but our school has 14 kids going to UVA and about 50 going to Vtech. I really had a hard time choosing between UVA and W & M but now I am very happy with my choice.</p>
<p>What exactly is a governor's school? I'm from Michigan and we don't have those things.</p>
<p>A governor's school is a state sponsored academic program for academically talented students. Most of them are regionally based in a central location, and the governor's school accepts students from several school districts. Some governor's schools are part time, like those in smaller metros and rural ares like the Shenandoah and the Roanoke Valley. In the part time schools, Gov school students attend their regular high schools on some days and attend the governor's school on others for example.</p>
<p>Larger metro areas have governor's schools too which operate full time, so they're really magnet schools. In Richmond, there is Maggie Walker High School which pulls top students from Richmond and surrounding counties. In Northern Virginia, there is Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology which pulls from Fairfax County, Alexandria, Loudoun Co, and PW. You may have heard of Maggie Walker or TJ before because they are among the top public schools in the nation, though they do select only the best of the best of course.</p>
<p>Thank you. I always wondered...</p>