As a Northern VA parent of a black son, we have extremely mixed feelings about applying to UVA. My son will apply but I’m not sure if he’ll attend if accepted. We were visiting UVA 2 weeks before the riots. Even as we were driving to Charlottesville he felt unsettled because he felt like we were driving straight into “Confederate Country”. It is a top state school and hard to ignore if you’re in-state with high stats and a minority but there is something about the area that is unsettling for black students. We will see.