Does University of Richmond have any national recognition?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m from the west coast. Richmond would be similar to u Portland or univ if San Diego or places like that out here. No one knows the school even existed unless they happen to know someone that went there or they go on a march madness run.

Jesus Tapdancing Christ. This isn't true at all. University of Richmond is far more prestigious than either of those places.

+1 PP is just ignorant

I’ll admit I’m ignorant of the prestige of Richmond. That’s the point of this thread right? Whether or not Richmond has national prestige? I’m saying on the west coast it’s no different that the schools I mentioned. Just another university with the city in the name.

Most people on the west coast aren't familiar with Williams. That doesn't make it equal to the University of Portland.

The question was whether university of Richmond has national prestige.

The question is whether it has national recognition and not prestige. It definitely does not have national recognition. Unless you live near Richmond or ares SLAC fanboy or interested low ranked tiny laws schools, then you are probably completely unaware that the University of Richmond exists.

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Most people probably do not know many colleges. They know there is a University of ________ (fill in state) in most cases, but they probably don't really know that much about them outside of sports. In other words, the University of Alabama is better known than the University of Richmond, but that doesn't make Alabama better.

The real question is whether employers know of the schools. I think recruiters generally do their research. People in higher levels tend to know a lot more schools than the average person.

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It doesn't. No one knows it outside of the DMV. Try UVA if you want prestige.

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Anonymous wrote:The things people always seem to know about Univ. of Richmond are that it's private and it's expensive.

If they've heard of it.

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn't. No one knows it outside of the DMV. Try UVA if you want prestige.

I don't think employers would distinguish between a UVA applicant and a Richmond applicant in general. If there was an MIT grad in the mix I think they would certainly get a closer look.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m from the west coast. Richmond would be similar to u Portland or univ if San Diego or places like that out here. No one knows the school even existed unless they happen to know someone that went there or they go on a march madness run.

Jesus Tapdancing Christ. This isn't true at all. University of Richmond is far more prestigious than either of those places.

Maybe or maybe not. The question is are they nationally known. I grew up in West coast and Midwest and never heard of it until it popped up on my March Madness bracket. We are in DMV and just hearing about it from DCUM.

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No national recognition.

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As someone not from the DMV, no. The people here highly overrate how much the rest of the US cares about your institutions, particularly UVA, which is a decent flagship, but many schools "under it" have more brand prestige.

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Anonymous wrote:As someone not from the DMV, no. The people here highly overrate how much the rest of the US cares about your institutions, particularly UVA, which is a decent flagship, but many schools "under it" have more brand prestige.

Seriously this. And people try to combat with rankings as if we don't have an entire class of prestigious colleges that go unnoticed because of the type of college they are even with top rankings (top LACs).

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The University of Alabama has great national recognition.

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Anonymous wrote:The University of Alabama has great national recognition.

People here crap on it, but if it wasn't for their football image, they'd have way worse students/couldn't entice smart kids who want a sporty campus. This can greatly improve your network even if your institution is subpar (looking at you TAMU)