<p>Virginia isn’t the only state dealing with this issue and NoVA shouldn’t be entitled to any more than it seems to think it is already.</p>
<p>I’m one of those OOS students who “stole” a spot at VT, and I’ll put my stats against anyone else’s gladly. I wanted the big-school feel, but didn’t want to stay in my own state and experience high school part two. Protectionist price raising and shutting out OOS students will see Virginia students get the same stiffarm from other states and that’s NOT what we want as a country. </p>
<p>I do, however, agree that regional quotas are stupid. Let the kids who worked their behinds off get into the best schools. There’s 24,000+ undergraduates here, many of whom fell back on VT as a safety and will coast through their four years here. I bet the university LOVES that and doesn’t for one second miss the potential successful alumni they shut out just because they were from NoVA. Because of stupid regional quotas, bright students from competitive regions go elsewhere with chips on their shoulders and that hurts VA.</p>