<p>guillaume, Fermat has been accepted to USC and JHU also and seems to feel he has to “settle” for not only possibly Virginia Tech but also probably will end up “settling” for UVa. Both are great schools and don’t seem to involve much “settling” at all. I think he underestimates how many strong students there are at both UVa and Virginia Tech. I have the opposite of you-older son at UVa and now younger son at Virginia Tech. We have been very pleased with both experiences.</p>