I wouldn’t worry about if you can “demonstrate ability to benefit from a program of study.” I don’t think they do anything really. I guess its their way of saying they reserve to right to stop you from going into a program of study if they believe you won’t be successful or if they can’t support you or if you don’t look OK. You would have to raise some serious red flags for them to do that. When I entered in 2013, they didn’t sit me down and do anything special with me or any of my friends.
I would not worry about enrolling a VCCS institution. They take everyone easily.