Not in football. |
Very true, so long as you don't step outside VA. |
But no 24 nationally according to USNWR and no 5 best public university in the nation. But go ahead and be bitter. |
Agreed, there's too many extremes on here. No, UVA isn't as good as Stanford or Duke, but it also isn't unknown outside Virginia. It's a top public school and does exactly what it needs to for Virginians! |
![]() |
Y'all waste too much time on here. First, you should be more discerning about how you understand the numbers and what different schools are doing when they construct lists. Kansas State cherry-picked to make them stand out - all universities do this. Second, you can make assumptions, but the evidence is in the details. UVA actually has more Rhodes Scholars than any public university that is not a service academy in history...and in the last ten years...and in the last five years. Third, the Rhodes Scholarship is a regional competition. Most colleges and universities are only ever competing for 2-8 of the 32 American Rhodes Scholarships available. UVA is almost 70% in-state...a school like Harvard competes in every district every year. Fourth, and most important, this means nothing. UVA alums, be proud, but don't be prideful....it says nothing about your school. Why don't you go find out which office supports the students applying for Rhodes and ask them for more detail. I bet they would have interesting things to say. |
So many fallacious points in this post. This is what reasoning from anecdote produces. You can make assumptions all you want, but when you are on the other side of the table if you are honest you know very little about the massaging or nature of prep for 90% of candidates. Assume all you want. Also, trying to talk about W&L and Davidson as if they are small and no one has heard of them instead of the fact that they are rather prestigious, selective, and small liberal arts colleges is laughable. Is it really more impressive? What if you also knew how much more effort goes into this from W&L than UVA? I heard the guy who runs the UVA office doesn’t even care about the Rhodes. Why can’t people just say, ‘hey, cool.’ |
“Fourth, and most important, this means nothing.”
Pretty much sums up this whole conversation. |
UVA's Director of the Office of Citizen Scholar Development, Andrus Ashoo, cares deeply about the Rhodes. My son competed for it. https://citizenscholars.virginia.edu/. And the Marshall, Fulbright and all of the others. You "hear" something that sounds off and then repeat it here? not cool. |
You just said he cared for your son…not the Rhodes |
Of course UVA deeply cares about getting Rhodes Scholarships. |
I said, "Andrus Ashoo, cares deeply about the Rhodes." YOu couldn't even provide his name. |
Ok. Name dropping does not mean you know him. I would put big money on *Andrus Ashoo* caring deeply for your son and not for the Rhodes. And it would be like taking candy from a baby. This whole website is like LemonLymon. |