<p>Here’s the deal with that “I stole a spot” argument.</p>
<p>VA residents pay VA taxes, and VA taxes pay for these schools. They are not PRIVATE, they are Public, supported by not your folks who live in another state, but by us who live in VA.</p>
<p>Now before you start the paying OOS, that was your option to pay OOS to attend a public university, and the price of 30 some odd K, is still much cheaper than the 50K to attend Georgetown.</p>
<p>Also understand when you talk about NoVA education. VT does love that they are the back up for caliber reasons, BUT, as a NoVA resident, you can’t even begin to fathom how competitive it is here, mainly because these are state funded schools.</p>
<p>NoVA’s number 1 public school TJJHS is number 1 in the nation, the avg SAT for Fairfax schools are @1350 out of 1600. Yet, these colleges don’t want to be known as UVA-Fairfax. They take across the state, just like they take across the nation/world for OOS. They are being shut out because of where they live regarding their zip code.</p>
<p>As an IS parent I can say with 100% certainty, the 1st strike you have against you is if you live in Fairfax or PW county. Should the student be penalized because where they live?</p>