By the way, I once looked into where the in-state kids were coming from at the various Virginia state schools. This was because William & Mary ended up on my S24’s list and we were looking at things like that. I forget the exact details, but one thing that stood out is UVA had a significantly lower percentage of students from NoVa as compared to W&M. In fact, I roughly recall W&M being around George Mason’s level, which struck me as significant. Much less so UVA.
I don’t know application numbers or admit rates, but it did strike me that what I was seeing in terms of enrollment was perhaps supporting the idea that UVA is particularly tough from NoVa, but maybe (maybe) less so W&M.