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Hokie Fiji

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Numbers suggest otherwise


There are over five times as many students from that area at Tech as there are at UVa.

Based on figures released by Tech on its class of 2022, about 285 members are from counties west of Roanoke (that figure is inflated by 92 from Montgomery County). Besides Montgomery, Tazewell County produced the largest number (33) in that particular class. By comparison, UVa's class of 2020 featured 55.

Several other factors involved in the analysis of students from "west of Roanoke." There are still a lot of first generation college students. And there are also a large number of students who transfer from community colleges in the region. It's also possible that UVA-Wise does capture a few students who might otherwise arrive in Charlottesville.

Of course, I'm speaking to admissions and enrollment. The term "receptive" could certainly have other connotations. Speaking only for myself, I never had any negative experiences at Tech based on my area of origin. Besides the fact that the institution itself is already located "west of Roanoke," I don't know that many students from the area would feel the need to feel specifically welcomed or accommodated at Tech. Growing up, a lot of my peers identified Tech as being "big" but I never sensed that they would have felt out of place due to their Appalachian identity.


(In response to this post by LaneRat)

Posted: 12/12/2018 at 4:11PM



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UVa's "Friends of Appalachia" -- Hokie Fiji 12/12/2018 09:46AM
  Stones and glass houses -- LaneRat 12/12/2018 3:36PM
  Numbers suggest otherwise -- Hokie Fiji 12/12/2018 4:11PM
  That's a little condescending... -- EDGEMAN 12/12/2018 11:24AM
  The kid is from SWVA -- bigbadbird 12/12/2018 11:28AM
  Yeah- ME too ** -- bigbadbird 12/12/2018 1:48PM
  Holy misspellings Batman. Eh, whateva. -- HokieGator 12/12/2018 10:55AM
  Know how you feel -- EDGEMAN 12/12/2018 11:17AM
  Don't worry about that... -- `lag 12/12/2018 11:17AM
  Good point -- might even be more significant -- Hokie Fiji 12/12/2018 11:15AM
  At a state school no less. ** -- Stork 12/12/2018 10:36AM
  Yeah...they have a satellite school in far SWVA. ** -- vthokieq 12/12/2018 10:26AM

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