<p>“Ability to pay is not a factor in our review and we don’t make any assumption about someone’s financial position based on where they went to college. UVa alumni are everywhere, in all sorts of professions.”</p>
<p>Sure. Ability to pay doesn’t play a role in the admissions decision by UVA. Cost, though, plays a huge role in the student/family decision on where to enroll. That’s a primary reason why the IS yield rate is triple the OOS yield rate.</p>
<p>The OOS legacy pool is certainly going to be a good place for UVA to fish for candidates who are very well qualified as compared to the overall applicant pool and who are more likely than average to (i) enroll and (ii) be able to pay full freight OOS tuition.</p>