University of Richmond thoughts

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Middle 50 percent of enrolled class has unweighted 3.84 to 4.0 and SAT of 1460 to 1530. Hardly of class made up of B or C students. I say this someone with no affiliation with the school.

Only 20% submit SAT scores and middle 50 is 1510 to 1430. Good, but the 20% puts it in perspective.

I took a hard look at Richmond for my son. He wants to go to law school. The Richmond kids generally go to very unimpressive law schools. Very very few go to top 40 schools. Extremely rare for someone to go to a top 15. Kids at Furman and Sewanee go to far better schools. See more of them at Duke or Vanderbilt or UVA. Incoming stats are meaningless. It’s where they go when they leave that matters to me.

And the stats to support this argument come from where?

Many of the top law schools list the undergrad schools for incoming students. Rarely do you see Richmond. Furman and Sewanee show up all the time. Those schools also provide detailed break downs of law school placements. Super impressive. Richmond was far less forthcoming with data but what little I got from them showed their places was very poor by comparison.

They have a list of law school placements.
https://prelaw.richmond.edu/placements/index.html

Over past 4 years, Furman and Sewanee have sent 8 kids to Vanderbilt Law. Richmond has sent 1 kid over the entire four year period. Not impressive.

https://law.vanderbilt.edu/jd-program/class-profile/

Same story at Virginia Law. Where are the UR kids?

https://www.law.virginia.edu/admissions/class-2027-profile

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Anonymous wrote:This entire page seems to be postings from teens.

Middle 50 percent of enrolled class has unweighted 3.84 to 4.0 and SAT of 1460 to 1530. Hardly of class made up of B or C students. I say this someone with no affiliation with the school.

Only 20% submit SAT scores and middle 50 is 1510 to 1430. Good, but the 20% puts it in perspective.

I took a hard look at Richmond for my son. He wants to go to law school. The Richmond kids generally go to very unimpressive law schools. Very very few go to top 40 schools. Extremely rare for someone to go to a top 15. Kids at Furman and Sewanee go to far better schools. See more of them at Duke or Vanderbilt or UVA. Incoming stats are meaningless. It’s where they go when they leave that matters to me.

And the stats to support this argument come from where?

Many of the top law schools list the undergrad schools for incoming students. Rarely do you see Richmond. Furman and Sewanee show up all the time. Those schools also provide detailed break downs of law school placements. Super impressive. Richmond was far less forthcoming with data but what little I got from them showed their places was very poor by comparison.

They have a list of law school placements.
https://prelaw.richmond.edu/placements/index.html

Over past 4 years, Furman and Sewanee have sent 8 kids to Vanderbilt Law. Richmond has sent 1 kid over the entire four year period. Not impressive.

https://law.vanderbilt.edu/jd-program/class-profile/

Same story at Virginia Law. Where are the UR kids?

https://www.law.virginia.edu/admissions/class-2027-profile

It’s a bro/greek/party school. They are looking to go to Deloitte or KPMG.

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Anonymous wrote:This entire page seems to be postings from teens.

Middle 50 percent of enrolled class has unweighted 3.84 to 4.0 and SAT of 1460 to 1530. Hardly of class made up of B or C students. I say this someone with no affiliation with the school.

Only 20% submit SAT scores and middle 50 is 1510 to 1430. Good, but the 20% puts it in perspective.

I took a hard look at Richmond for my son. He wants to go to law school. The Richmond kids generally go to very unimpressive law schools. Very very few go to top 40 schools. Extremely rare for someone to go to a top 15. Kids at Furman and Sewanee go to far better schools. See more of them at Duke or Vanderbilt or UVA. Incoming stats are meaningless. It’s where they go when they leave that matters to me.

And the stats to support this argument come from where?

Many of the top law schools list the undergrad schools for incoming students. Rarely do you see Richmond. Furman and Sewanee show up all the time. Those schools also provide detailed break downs of law school placements. Super impressive. Richmond was far less forthcoming with data but what little I got from them showed their places was very poor by comparison.

They have a list of law school placements.
https://prelaw.richmond.edu/placements/index.html

Over past 4 years, Furman and Sewanee have sent 8 kids to Vanderbilt Law. Richmond has sent 1 kid over the entire four year period. Not impressive.

https://law.vanderbilt.edu/jd-program/class-profile/

Same story at Virginia Law. Where are the UR kids?

https://www.law.virginia.edu/admissions/class-2027-profile

It’s a bro/greek/party school. They are looking to go to Deloitte or KPMG.

Nice

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Anonymous wrote:This entire page seems to be postings from teens.

Middle 50 percent of enrolled class has unweighted 3.84 to 4.0 and SAT of 1460 to 1530. Hardly of class made up of B or C students. I say this someone with no affiliation with the school.

Only 20% submit SAT scores and middle 50 is 1510 to 1430. Good, but the 20% puts it in perspective.

I took a hard look at Richmond for my son. He wants to go to law school. The Richmond kids generally go to very unimpressive law schools. Very very few go to top 40 schools. Extremely rare for someone to go to a top 15. Kids at Furman and Sewanee go to far better schools. See more of them at Duke or Vanderbilt or UVA. Incoming stats are meaningless. It’s where they go when they leave that matters to me.

And the stats to support this argument come from where?

Many of the top law schools list the undergrad schools for incoming students. Rarely do you see Richmond. Furman and Sewanee show up all the time. Those schools also provide detailed break downs of law school placements. Super impressive. Richmond was far less forthcoming with data but what little I got from them showed their places was very poor by comparison.

They have a list of law school placements.
https://prelaw.richmond.edu/placements/index.html

Thank you, pp should review this.

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Anonymous wrote:This entire page seems to be postings from teens.

Middle 50 percent of enrolled class has unweighted 3.84 to 4.0 and SAT of 1460 to 1530. Hardly of class made up of B or C students. I say this someone with no affiliation with the school.

Only 20% submit SAT scores and middle 50 is 1510 to 1430. Good, but the 20% puts it in perspective.

I took a hard look at Richmond for my son. He wants to go to law school. The Richmond kids generally go to very unimpressive law schools. Very very few go to top 40 schools. Extremely rare for someone to go to a top 15. Kids at Furman and Sewanee go to far better schools. See more of them at Duke or Vanderbilt or UVA. Incoming stats are meaningless. It’s where they go when they leave that matters to me.

And the stats to support this argument come from where?

Many of the top law schools list the undergrad schools for incoming students. Rarely do you see Richmond. Furman and Sewanee show up all the time. Those schools also provide detailed break downs of law school placements. Super impressive. Richmond was far less forthcoming with data but what little I got from them showed their places was very poor by comparison.

They have a list of law school placements.
https://prelaw.richmond.edu/placements/index.html

Over past 4 years, Furman and Sewanee have sent 8 kids to Vanderbilt Law. Richmond has sent 1 kid over the entire four year period. Not impressive.

https://law.vanderbilt.edu/jd-program/class-profile/

Same story at Virginia Law. Where are the UR kids?

https://www.law.virginia.edu/admissions/class-2027-profile

It’s interesting to me how little reading comprehension people display. This VA list is extremely short because it only lists schools that send more than 4 students a year, there are over a hundred institutions that send kids to UVA not listed, according the list itself. And if you look at the URichmond pre law data, you can see that Richmond sends kids to both UVA and Vandy (although questionable if Vandy is a top law school )

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This entire page seems to be postings from teens.

Middle 50 percent of enrolled class has unweighted 3.84 to 4.0 and SAT of 1460 to 1530. Hardly of class made up of B or C students. I say this someone with no affiliation with the school.

Only 20% submit SAT scores and middle 50 is 1510 to 1430. Good, but the 20% puts it in perspective.

I took a hard look at Richmond for my son. He wants to go to law school. The Richmond kids generally go to very unimpressive law schools. Very very few go to top 40 schools. Extremely rare for someone to go to a top 15. Kids at Furman and Sewanee go to far better schools. See more of them at Duke or Vanderbilt or UVA. Incoming stats are meaningless. It’s where they go when they leave that matters to me.

And the stats to support this argument come from where?

Many of the top law schools list the undergrad schools for incoming students. Rarely do you see Richmond. Furman and Sewanee show up all the time. Those schools also provide detailed break downs of law school placements. Super impressive. Richmond was far less forthcoming with data but what little I got from them showed their places was very poor by comparison.

They have a list of law school placements.
https://prelaw.richmond.edu/placements/index.html

Over past 4 years, Furman and Sewanee have sent 8 kids to Vanderbilt Law. Richmond has sent 1 kid over the entire four year period. Not impressive.

https://law.vanderbilt.edu/jd-program/class-profile/

Same story at Virginia Law. Where are the UR kids?

https://www.law.virginia.edu/admissions/class-2027-profile

It’s interesting to me how little reading comprehension people display. This VA list is extremely short because it only lists schools that send more than 4 students a year, there are over a hundred institutions that send kids to UVA not listed, according the list itself. And if you look at the URichmond pre law data, you can see that Richmond sends kids to both UVA and Vandy (although questionable if Vandy is a top law school )

Richmond does release “data”. They have a page that says that Richmond kids have gone to so and so schools. That tells you nothing. Are we talking one kid going to Harvard in the history of the school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This entire page seems to be postings from teens.

Middle 50 percent of enrolled class has unweighted 3.84 to 4.0 and SAT of 1460 to 1530. Hardly of class made up of B or C students. I say this someone with no affiliation with the school.

Only 20% submit SAT scores and middle 50 is 1510 to 1430. Good, but the 20% puts it in perspective.

I took a hard look at Richmond for my son. He wants to go to law school. The Richmond kids generally go to very unimpressive law schools. Very very few go to top 40 schools. Extremely rare for someone to go to a top 15. Kids at Furman and Sewanee go to far better schools. See more of them at Duke or Vanderbilt or UVA. Incoming stats are meaningless. It’s where they go when they leave that matters to me.

And the stats to support this argument come from where?

Many of the top law schools list the undergrad schools for incoming students. Rarely do you see Richmond. Furman and Sewanee show up all the time. Those schools also provide detailed break downs of law school placements. Super impressive. Richmond was far less forthcoming with data but what little I got from them showed their places was very poor by comparison.

Not surprised.

Richmond is more of a social / Greek scene school.

More of a capital of the Confederacy scene school.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This entire page seems to be postings from teens.

Middle 50 percent of enrolled class has unweighted 3.84 to 4.0 and SAT of 1460 to 1530. Hardly of class made up of B or C students. I say this someone with no affiliation with the school.

Only 20% submit SAT scores and middle 50 is 1510 to 1430. Good, but the 20% puts it in perspective.

I took a hard look at Richmond for my son. He wants to go to law school. The Richmond kids generally go to very unimpressive law schools. Very very few go to top 40 schools. Extremely rare for someone to go to a top 15. Kids at Furman and Sewanee go to far better schools. See more of them at Duke or Vanderbilt or UVA. Incoming stats are meaningless. It’s where they go when they leave that matters to me.

And the stats to support this argument come from where?

Many of the top law schools list the undergrad schools for incoming students. Rarely do you see Richmond. Furman and Sewanee show up all the time. Those schools also provide detailed break downs of law school placements. Super impressive. Richmond was far less forthcoming with data but what little I got from them showed their places was very poor by comparison.

They have a list of law school placements.
https://prelaw.richmond.edu/placements/index.html

Thank you, pp should review this.

Just listing the schools that a ricnmond student has attended at some point in the school’s history is really not helpful and tells you nothing. What are the actual 2024 placement numbers? 2023? 2022? Other schools release this info. Why not Richmond?

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Middle 50 percent of enrolled class has unweighted 3.84 to 4.0 and SAT of 1460 to 1530. Hardly of class made up of B or C students. I say this someone with no affiliation with the school.

It’s a solid school - not easy to get in at all - massive endowment relative to student body. It’s not Elon or College of Charleston. It’s closer to W&L and Davidson - a genuine peer in fact.

Never understood what purported “selectivity” has to do with school quality.

UR not a good school. Avoid at all costs.

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Anonymous wrote:This entire page seems to be postings from teens.

Middle 50 percent of enrolled class has unweighted 3.84 to 4.0 and SAT of 1460 to 1530. Hardly of class made up of B or C students. I say this someone with no affiliation with the school.

It’s a solid school - not easy to get in at all - massive endowment relative to student body. It’s not Elon or College of Charleston. It’s closer to W&L and Davidson - a genuine peer in fact.

Never understood what purported “selectivity” has to do with school quality.

UR not a good school. Avoid at all costs.

Agree. Go to VCU. Better school.
Nicer kids.

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We have a student at UR that is extremely happy. Chose over schools like Davidson, Denison, Kenyon, Sewanee. Loves the vibe and has a fantastic group of friends from around the country. Is not Greek (seems to be waning), not a big partier, not preppy. The endowment allows so many opportunities and professors seem great and to really to care. Very involved and enjoys the size, people, professors, and pretty, contained campus with easy access to Carytown etc. It seems to attract nice, smart kids with a very low Virginia admit rate that appears to be driving a lot of chatter on this post. Yes, there are rich kids but there are plenty on aid as well (100% need met). Very respected and popular in PA, NY, and NJ. Low admit rates (24%), lots of opportunities if you take advantage of them. Sports culture lacking in terms of rah-rah but they go to tons of basketball, lax, and football games (not a ton of overall attendance and spirit though) and always have something to do. It feels quiet for a college campus but kids seems happy. Great food. Such a happy kid. I think all types there and you need to make the effort and take advantage of opportunities to find your place. We are very happy our kid chose UR.

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RD decisions out on Friday

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:This entire page seems to be postings from teens.

Middle 50 percent of enrolled class has unweighted 3.84 to 4.0 and SAT of 1460 to 1530. Hardly of class made up of B or C students. I say this someone with no affiliation with the school.

It’s a solid school - not easy to get in at all - massive endowment relative to student body. It’s not Elon or College of Charleston. It’s closer to W&L and Davidson - a genuine peer in fact.

Never understood what purported “selectivity” has to do with school quality.

UR not a good school. Avoid at all costs.

Agree. Go to VCU. Better school.
Nicer kids.

100% agree. Felt like a "stepford kid" school. Beautiful campus, but wow soul-less. We hated it as parents, but waited to see what DD thought. We were relieved when she too hated it.

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Anonymous wrote:This entire page seems to be postings from teens.

Middle 50 percent of enrolled class has unweighted 3.84 to 4.0 and SAT of 1460 to 1530. Hardly of class made up of B or C students. I say this someone with no affiliation with the school.

It’s a solid school - not easy to get in at all - massive endowment relative to student body. It’s not Elon or College of Charleston. It’s closer to W&L and Davidson - a genuine peer in fact.

Never understood what purported “selectivity” has to do with school quality.

UR not a good school. Avoid at all costs.

Agree. Go to VCU. Better school.
Nicer kids.

The bolded is wrong by every quantifiable metric under the sun.

"Nicer kids" is subjective.

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I feel like everyone I’ve talked to from my son’s private school LOVES Richmond. I honestly don’t get it. What am I missing?