<p>You’re absolutely right. We live in the Western part of the state and full disclosure, my D is a first year at UVA. She was also admitted to Michigan with merit money. We must have been in that small percentage of OOS applicants at Michigan with higher stats and no money, but I wonder if we lived in NoVA would she have been as fortunate? When D mentions a new friend at UVA, I ask the normal mom questions, where are they from, where did they go to school, etc. etc. etc. More than 50% of the time she’s mentioned students from TJ. It has to be tough for the “bright, but not bright enough to go to TJ” kids.</p>