Didn't you just read? You can buy your way into UVA? So no need for all this drama?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/at-u-va-a-watch-list-flags-vip-applicants-for-special-handling/2017/04/01/9482b256-106e-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html?utm_term=.f7436abd4701
Sewederp Wrote:
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> I think part of the problem at Woodson is that the
> student population is pretty heterogeneous.
>
> Almost every Woodson kid is expected to go to
> college. There is such a concentration of kids
> with military/government/contractor parents who
> are pretty financially secure (upper middle class
> earners and maybe not qualifying for much in the
> way of free financial aid) but who are not easily
> able/willing to send to an out-of-state or private
> college their child who made less than stellar
> grades and did not get accepted to a "good" state
> school like UVA, W&M, or VT or maybe a service
> academy.
>
> A kid like that from McLean or Great Falls might
> have wealthier parents more able/willing to stroke
> the larger check to send their kid to a private or
> OOS school if they are rejected by good/affordable
> VA schools.
>
> The message "if you don't get into UVA, VT or W&M,
> you are going to be an unhappy loser" is strong at
> Woodson; the messaging begins when those kids are
> at Frost MS. One 7th grade honors/GT teacher
> joked with his students about the kids in normal
> grade-level classes being "wall lickers." Nice.