<p>The best place to go for institutional data where you can put it in context (all due respect to Dean J, and I’m one of her biggest fans) is going to be the common data set. The most current year available is 2011-12, the students entering in fall of 2011, so dated by one year. Obviously each year this is going to inch up a bit, but the number I want to point out is at the very bottom (the bold is mine):</p>
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<a href=“http://avillage.web.virginia.edu/iaas/cds/admission.shtm[/url]”>http://avillage.web.virginia.edu/iaas/cds/admission.shtm</a></p>
<p>More and more schools are not reporting rank. For the class entering in fall of 2011 only 46% reported rank. Now, because the profile gives a wealth of information it’s pretty easy for our astute admissions officials such as Dean J and co to judge what decile an applicant falls in even if that datapoint isn’t given. It’s just more math (and annoying I’d assume). However, that does mean that if the other 56% reported rank this number could be the same, higher, or lower. We don’t know. Rarely would anyone say something is an absolute when you only have 46% reporting in any situation. Strong trend, yes. Absolute, no.</p>
<p>As a follow on, I would be very interested to speak to the person who said it was a law that Virginia residents had to be in the top ten percent of their class to be accepted to UVa. The only law, as in legislation, that I’m aware of that exists regarding admissions to UVa is the ratio needs to be 2/3 instate and 1/3 OOS.</p>