<p>Does this matter to UVA?</p>
<p>I know college tend to choose people who would likely to enroll if accepted... which means in state I guess but I don't live in VA anymore...</p>
<p>I had moved a lot in U.S, but I lived in VA for the longest period of time. Should I tell this to my admission rep? would this affect anything?</p>
<p>This matters greatly to UVA as the Commonwealth of VA sets the ratio of in-state to out-of-state students. The admissions team needs to admit enough students so that this ratio is roughly maintained after all those who intend to enroll do so.</p>
<p>I don’t think “living in VA the longest” will mean much to the admissions rep. It is nice, but ultimately, what matters is where you and your parents reside and where they pay their taxes, register their cars and vote.</p>
<p>We don’t try to guess if a student is going to enroll when we’re reading applications. It’s generally called “yield protection” and we don’t practice it here.</p>
<p>The state mandates a 2/3 : 1/3 ratio (VA:OOS) for UVa. There is a lot of legal language that governs the definition of residency, but generally, if your family has a domicile in Virginia for a year prior to the start of school, you are considered a Virginia resident. Go to the Office of Virginia Status page on our website for more of the legal stuff.</p>
<p>Having lived in Virginia in the past isn’t going to be a factor for us.</p>
<p>Thanks Dean J</p>