@britlass: These days, a kid in the top 1% can be guaranteed only schools like UW-Madison, which is on par with W&M and Richmond academically (IMO) but is massive so has lots of slots to fill. Both UVa and W&M are relatively small publics and if you are OOS, it’s much harder to get in to them (they can afford to be picky) so you have to be almost Ivy/equivalent level to get in to them if you are OOS.