<p>Charlieschm, I’m from Maryland, and the son who didn’t go OOS to UVA <em>did</em> end up going OOS to UNC-CH… Which, even as a full pay out of state school, was much less expensive than UVA. </p>
<p>We just don’t see kids choosing to attend UVA. They end up at a lot of other state flagships, privates all over, and at many Virginia public and private schools, just not at the flagship. It is really strange, now that I think of it, but maybe it comes down to the “Meh” factor. There isn’t enough there there. </p>
<p>Really, even here on CC UVA hardly ever is the topic of conversation. Rarely mentioned on lists of “colleges we loved” or “top colleges for XYZ” or “suggestions for colleges for the kid who’s looking for ABC”.</p>