Though I cover Northern Virginia and am a passionate advocate for my students, I have spent time in schools all over the Commonwealth. It is not accurate to the say that the rest of Virginia is lacking.
The retention and graduate rates don’t seem to back up the idea that lots of students are dropping out. [url=<a href=“http://collegecompletion.chronicle.com/table/%5DYou”>http://collegecompletion.chronicle.com/table/]You can compare graduate rates at different schools here/url.
NOVA, Richmond, the beach…any area where there is a dense population, there will be rumors that it’s harder to get admitted to college from that area.