Vanderbilt vs UVA?

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Asked and answered her about a million times.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA will have more of the preppy, wealthy vibe. It's present at Vanderbilt but the academic rigor is heightened a notch compared to UVA, which will bring in more normal work-hard play-hard kids. I would go for Vanderbilt.

I completely disagree. Apple Martin goes to Vanderbilt. There are kids with serious family money there. My child would not fit in in that environment. Greek life is huge and it’s in the south. In addition, you want to save money since med school is going to be so expensive. I’d go cheaper undergrad and UVA had an excellent med school.

Yeah my perception of Vanderbilt is unserious rich kids who want a veneer of prestige.

Your perception is not correct, I have a student there. Both schools are great, OP

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Anonymous wrote:So…sat in on UVA admitted day. Christ—during the academic info sessions phones were beeping and buzzing during the entire 45 minute session, kids were talking to each other through the whole damn thing, getting up multiple times to walk in and out, loudly dropping things…I have not witnessed that at any of the other school admitted events we have attended (private, higher ranked). It was crazy. For people to not even put their phones on silence…wtf? Seriously, wtf?! Do they allow that in public HS? I mean the first time it happened I’m surprised an announcement wasn’t made from the stage to turn that sh@t off…and yet they kept dinging and beeping and ring tones going off the entire time. Mo shame.

The other noticeable thing was our tour guide and 4 of the 5 student panelists were all transfer students. That also seemed strange. Some flat out said they didn’t get into the school the first year.

I saw lots of cowboy boots at the Corner and frat row which was weird in such hot 87 degree weather. I kept thinking how bad their sweaty feet must smell in those things. It did give a very southern vibe. Kids dressed pretty much the same- southern prep look (polos and khaki shorts)- if not in cowboy boots.

I was there Sat too, and in the Engineering school presentations, there were no phones going off. Not one.

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Anonymous wrote:So…sat in on UVA admitted day. Christ—during the academic info sessions phones were beeping and buzzing during the entire 45 minute session, kids were talking to each other through the whole damn thing, getting up multiple times to walk in and out, loudly dropping things…I have not witnessed that at any of the other school admitted events we have attended (private, higher ranked). It was crazy. For people to not even put their phones on silence…wtf? Seriously, wtf?! Do they allow that in public HS? I mean the first time it happened I’m surprised an announcement wasn’t made from the stage to turn that sh@t off…and yet they kept dinging and beeping and ring tones going off the entire time. Mo shame.

The other noticeable thing was our tour guide and 4 of the 5 student panelists were all transfer students. That also seemed strange. Some flat out said they didn’t get into the school the first year.

I saw lots of cowboy boots at the Corner and frat row which was weird in such hot 87 degree weather. I kept thinking how bad their sweaty feet must smell in those things. It did give a very southern vibe. Kids dressed pretty much the same- southern prep look (polos and khaki shorts)- if not in cowboy boots.

I was in that session. One phone went off from what I heard, but maybe I was just too dialed into the professors. They were impressive.

I'm glad they have transfers represented. Shows that there are different ways to get to a great school.

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Anonymous wrote:So…sat in on UVA admitted day. Christ—during the academic info sessions phones were beeping and buzzing during the entire 45 minute session, kids were talking to each other through the whole damn thing, getting up multiple times to walk in and out, loudly dropping things…I have not witnessed that at any of the other school admitted events we have attended (private, higher ranked). It was crazy. For people to not even put their phones on silence…wtf? Seriously, wtf?! Do they allow that in public HS? I mean the first time it happened I’m surprised an announcement wasn’t made from the stage to turn that sh@t off…and yet they kept dinging and beeping and ring tones going off the entire time. Mo shame.

The other noticeable thing was our tour guide and 4 of the 5 student panelists were all transfer students. That also seemed strange. Some flat out said they didn’t get into the school the first year.

I saw lots of cowboy boots at the Corner and frat row which was weird in such hot 87 degree weather. I kept thinking how bad their sweaty feet must smell in those things. It did give a very southern vibe. Kids dressed pretty much the same- southern prep look (polos and khaki shorts)- if not in cowboy boots.

I was there Sat too, and in the Engineering school presentations, there were no phones going off. Not one.

Arts & Sciences - it was constant.

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Anonymous wrote:So…sat in on UVA admitted day. Christ—during the academic info sessions phones were beeping and buzzing during the entire 45 minute session, kids were talking to each other through the whole damn thing, getting up multiple times to walk in and out, loudly dropping things…I have not witnessed that at any of the other school admitted events we have attended (private, higher ranked). It was crazy. For people to not even put their phones on silence…wtf? Seriously, wtf?! Do they allow that in public HS? I mean the first time it happened I’m surprised an announcement wasn’t made from the stage to turn that sh@t off…and yet they kept dinging and beeping and ring tones going off the entire time. Mo shame.

The other noticeable thing was our tour guide and 4 of the 5 student panelists were all transfer students. That also seemed strange. Some flat out said they didn’t get into the school the first year.

I saw lots of cowboy boots at the Corner and frat row which was weird in such hot 87 degree weather. I kept thinking how bad their sweaty feet must smell in those things. It did give a very southern vibe. Kids dressed pretty much the same- southern prep look (polos and khaki shorts)- if not in cowboy boots.

I was there Sat too, and in the Engineering school presentations, there were no phones going off. Not one.

Arts & Sciences - it was constant.

DP. I attended an A&S session a few weeks ago and didn’t hear a single phone go off. My kid sat separately from me with a friend from HS and later mentioned that friend was bored and on their phone the whole time, but friend is going to an Ivy, so you don’t have to worry about that one dragging down the intellectualism at UVA.

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Anonymous wrote:So…sat in on UVA admitted day. Christ—during the academic info sessions phones were beeping and buzzing during the entire 45 minute session, kids were talking to each other through the whole damn thing, getting up multiple times to walk in and out, loudly dropping things…I have not witnessed that at any of the other school admitted events we have attended (private, higher ranked). It was crazy. For people to not even put their phones on silence…wtf? Seriously, wtf?! Do they allow that in public HS? I mean the first time it happened I’m surprised an announcement wasn’t made from the stage to turn that sh@t off…and yet they kept dinging and beeping and ring tones going off the entire time. Mo shame.

The other noticeable thing was our tour guide and 4 of the 5 student panelists were all transfer students. That also seemed strange. Some flat out said they didn’t get into the school the first year.

I saw lots of cowboy boots at the Corner and frat row which was weird in such hot 87 degree weather. I kept thinking how bad their sweaty feet must smell in those things. It did give a very southern vibe. Kids dressed pretty much the same- southern prep look (polos and khaki shorts)- if not in cowboy boots.

I was there Sat too, and in the Engineering school presentations, there were no phones going off. Not one.

Arts & Sciences - it was constant.

DP. I attended an A&S session a few weeks ago and didn’t hear a single phone go off. My kid sat separately from me with a friend from HS and later mentioned that friend was bored and on their phone the whole time, but friend is going to an Ivy, so you don’t have to worry about that one dragging down the intellectualism at UVA.

I could see why the kid was bored. We came from admitted days elsewhere. The session was boring, the worst we have been to this month.

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Anonymous wrote:So…sat in on UVA admitted day. Christ—during the academic info sessions phones were beeping and buzzing during the entire 45 minute session, kids were talking to each other through the whole damn thing, getting up multiple times to walk in and out, loudly dropping things…I have not witnessed that at any of the other school admitted events we have attended (private, higher ranked). It was crazy. For people to not even put their phones on silence…wtf? Seriously, wtf?! Do they allow that in public HS? I mean the first time it happened I’m surprised an announcement wasn’t made from the stage to turn that sh@t off…and yet they kept dinging and beeping and ring tones going off the entire time. Mo shame.

The other noticeable thing was our tour guide and 4 of the 5 student panelists were all transfer students. That also seemed strange. Some flat out said they didn’t get into the school the first year.

I saw lots of cowboy boots at the Corner and frat row which was weird in such hot 87 degree weather. I kept thinking how bad their sweaty feet must smell in those things. It did give a very southern vibe. Kids dressed pretty much the same- southern prep look (polos and khaki shorts)- if not in cowboy boots.

I was there Sat too, and in the Engineering school presentations, there were no phones going off. Not one.

Arts & Sciences - it was constant.

DP. I attended an A&S session a few weeks ago and didn’t hear a single phone go off. My kid sat separately from me with a friend from HS and later mentioned that friend was bored and on their phone the whole time, but friend is going to an Ivy, so you don’t have to worry about that one dragging down the intellectualism at UVA.

We went to an accepted students event for UVA and my DC had the opposite reaction from PP. The extremely nerdy, intellectual factor was very high. My DC left panicked that there weren’t any more “normal” not awkward kids there. Eye of the beholder and all that….

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Anonymous wrote:So…sat in on UVA admitted day. Christ—during the academic info sessions phones were beeping and buzzing during the entire 45 minute session, kids were talking to each other through the whole damn thing, getting up multiple times to walk in and out, loudly dropping things…I have not witnessed that at any of the other school admitted events we have attended (private, higher ranked). It was crazy. For people to not even put their phones on silence…wtf? Seriously, wtf?! Do they allow that in public HS? I mean the first time it happened I’m surprised an announcement wasn’t made from the stage to turn that sh@t off…and yet they kept dinging and beeping and ring tones going off the entire time. Mo shame.

The other noticeable thing was our tour guide and 4 of the 5 student panelists were all transfer students. That also seemed strange. Some flat out said they didn’t get into the school the first year.

I saw lots of cowboy boots at the Corner and frat row which was weird in such hot 87 degree weather. I kept thinking how bad their sweaty feet must smell in those things. It did give a very southern vibe. Kids dressed pretty much the same- southern prep look (polos and khaki shorts)- if not in cowboy boots.

I was there Sat too, and in the Engineering school presentations, there were no phones going off. Not one.

Arts & Sciences - it was constant.

DP. I attended an A&S session a few weeks ago and didn’t hear a single phone go off. My kid sat separately from me with a friend from HS and later mentioned that friend was bored and on their phone the whole time, but friend is going to an Ivy, so you don’t have to worry about that one dragging down the intellectualism at UVA.

I could see why the kid was bored. We came from admitted days elsewhere. The session was boring, the worst we have been to this month.

Cool, I guess it’s just not the place for you. That’s exactly what these events are for. I hope your kid finds a place where they (and you!) feel like it’s more their scene.

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Anonymous wrote:So…sat in on UVA admitted day. Christ—during the academic info sessions phones were beeping and buzzing during the entire 45 minute session, kids were talking to each other through the whole damn thing, getting up multiple times to walk in and out, loudly dropping things…I have not witnessed that at any of the other school admitted events we have attended (private, higher ranked). It was crazy. For people to not even put their phones on silence…wtf? Seriously, wtf?! Do they allow that in public HS? I mean the first time it happened I’m surprised an announcement wasn’t made from the stage to turn that sh@t off…and yet they kept dinging and beeping and ring tones going off the entire time. Mo shame.

The other noticeable thing was our tour guide and 4 of the 5 student panelists were all transfer students. That also seemed strange. Some flat out said they didn’t get into the school the first year.

I saw lots of cowboy boots at the Corner and frat row which was weird in such hot 87 degree weather. I kept thinking how bad their sweaty feet must smell in those things. It did give a very southern vibe. Kids dressed pretty much the same- southern prep look (polos and khaki shorts)- if not in cowboy boots.

I was there Sat too, and in the Engineering school presentations, there were no phones going off. Not one.

Arts & Sciences - it was constant.

DP. I attended an A&S session a few weeks ago and didn’t hear a single phone go off. My kid sat separately from me with a friend from HS and later mentioned that friend was bored and on their phone the whole time, but friend is going to an Ivy, so you don’t have to worry about that one dragging down the intellectualism at UVA.

We went to an accepted students event for UVA and my DC had the opposite reaction from PP. The extremely nerdy, intellectual factor was very high. My DC left panicked that there weren’t any more “normal” not awkward kids there. Eye of the beholder and all that….

Must be all the quirky kids who aren’t at W&M anymore!

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Anonymous wrote:So…sat in on UVA admitted day. Christ—during the academic info sessions phones were beeping and buzzing during the entire 45 minute session, kids were talking to each other through the whole damn thing, getting up multiple times to walk in and out, loudly dropping things…I have not witnessed that at any of the other school admitted events we have attended (private, higher ranked). It was crazy. For people to not even put their phones on silence…wtf? Seriously, wtf?! Do they allow that in public HS? I mean the first time it happened I’m surprised an announcement wasn’t made from the stage to turn that sh@t off…and yet they kept dinging and beeping and ring tones going off the entire time. Mo shame.

The other noticeable thing was our tour guide and 4 of the 5 student panelists were all transfer students. That also seemed strange. Some flat out said they didn’t get into the school the first year.

I saw lots of cowboy boots at the Corner and frat row which was weird in such hot 87 degree weather. I kept thinking how bad their sweaty feet must smell in those things. It did give a very southern vibe. Kids dressed pretty much the same- southern prep look (polos and khaki shorts)- if not in cowboy boots.

I was there Sat too, and in the Engineering school presentations, there were no phones going off. Not one.

Arts & Sciences - it was constant.

DP. I attended an A&S session a few weeks ago and didn’t hear a single phone go off. My kid sat separately from me with a friend from HS and later mentioned that friend was bored and on their phone the whole time, but friend is going to an Ivy, so you don’t have to worry about that one dragging down the intellectualism at UVA.

We went to an accepted students event for UVA and my DC had the opposite reaction from PP. The extremely nerdy, intellectual factor was very high. My DC left panicked that there weren’t any more “normal” not awkward kids there. Eye of the beholder and all that….

Ha! So we went two years ago with our older kid and had your experience- nerdier. This go around it was a stark difference for us and was like the other pp- disengaged, looking for party more than caring about education vibe. My first ultimately went elsewhere so I can’t speak to it. I guess you will find both.

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Anonymous wrote:So…sat in on UVA admitted day. Christ—during the academic info sessions phones were beeping and buzzing during the entire 45 minute session, kids were talking to each other through the whole damn thing, getting up multiple times to walk in and out, loudly dropping things…I have not witnessed that at any of the other school admitted events we have attended (private, higher ranked). It was crazy. For people to not even put their phones on silence…wtf? Seriously, wtf?! Do they allow that in public HS? I mean the first time it happened I’m surprised an announcement wasn’t made from the stage to turn that sh@t off…and yet they kept dinging and beeping and ring tones going off the entire time. Mo shame.

The other noticeable thing was our tour guide and 4 of the 5 student panelists were all transfer students. That also seemed strange. Some flat out said they didn’t get into the school the first year.

I saw lots of cowboy boots at the Corner and frat row which was weird in such hot 87 degree weather. I kept thinking how bad their sweaty feet must smell in those things. It did give a very southern vibe. Kids dressed pretty much the same- southern prep look (polos and khaki shorts)- if not in cowboy boots.

I was there Sat too, and in the Engineering school presentations, there were no phones going off. Not one.

Arts & Sciences - it was constant.

DP. I attended an A&S session a few weeks ago and didn’t hear a single phone go off. My kid sat separately from me with a friend from HS and later mentioned that friend was bored and on their phone the whole time, but friend is going to an Ivy, so you don’t have to worry about that one dragging down the intellectualism at UVA.

We went to an accepted students event for UVA and my DC had the opposite reaction from PP. The extremely nerdy, intellectual factor was very high. My DC left panicked that there weren’t any more “normal” not awkward kids there. Eye of the beholder and all that….

Ha! So we went two years ago with our older kid and had your experience- nerdier. This go around it was a stark difference for us and was like the other pp- disengaged, looking for party more than caring about education vibe. My first ultimately went elsewhere so I can’t speak to it. I guess you will find both.

We’re noticing that even the smartest kids seem to think that strong academics and fun are mutually exclusive. More so than even a few years ago. Guessing it’s driven by social media?

Example: We were at Northwestern’s admitted students day, and kids kept talking about how they’re choosing between NU and USC or a state flagship. Why? Because they’re burned out from high school and want to “have fun” in college. Including my DC.

It’s a head-scratcher for me. These kids are clearly super smart but also surprisingly rigid in their thinking. They genuinely think it’s black or white - no fun (misery) vs. an endless party (joy).

College is what you make of it. In a school with 9,000 undergrads, if you want to go out, you can always find people to go out with you. True, it’s not a constant party in the freshman dorms, nor is the bar scene likely to be huge on a random Tuesday. But there’s more than enough for most 18 year old kids away from home for the first time.

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Anonymous wrote:So…sat in on UVA admitted day. Christ—during the academic info sessions phones were beeping and buzzing during the entire 45 minute session, kids were talking to each other through the whole damn thing, getting up multiple times to walk in and out, loudly dropping things…I have not witnessed that at any of the other school admitted events we have attended (private, higher ranked). It was crazy. For people to not even put their phones on silence…wtf? Seriously, wtf?! Do they allow that in public HS? I mean the first time it happened I’m surprised an announcement wasn’t made from the stage to turn that sh@t off…and yet they kept dinging and beeping and ring tones going off the entire time. Mo shame.

The other noticeable thing was our tour guide and 4 of the 5 student panelists were all transfer students. That also seemed strange. Some flat out said they didn’t get into the school the first year.

I saw lots of cowboy boots at the Corner and frat row which was weird in such hot 87 degree weather. I kept thinking how bad their sweaty feet must smell in those things. It did give a very southern vibe. Kids dressed pretty much the same- southern prep look (polos and khaki shorts)- if not in cowboy boots.

I was there Sat too, and in the Engineering school presentations, there were no phones going off. Not one.

Arts & Sciences - it was constant.

Okay, it sounds like you will turn down UVA?
If you’re planning to withdraw, could you do it ASAP? DS is currently on the waitlist.

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Anonymous wrote:So…sat in on UVA admitted day. Christ—during the academic info sessions phones were beeping and buzzing during the entire 45 minute session, kids were talking to each other through the whole damn thing, getting up multiple times to walk in and out, loudly dropping things…I have not witnessed that at any of the other school admitted events we have attended (private, higher ranked). It was crazy. For people to not even put their phones on silence…wtf? Seriously, wtf?! Do they allow that in public HS? I mean the first time it happened I’m surprised an announcement wasn’t made from the stage to turn that sh@t off…and yet they kept dinging and beeping and ring tones going off the entire time. Mo shame.

The other noticeable thing was our tour guide and 4 of the 5 student panelists were all transfer students. That also seemed strange. Some flat out said they didn’t get into the school the first year.

I saw lots of cowboy boots at the Corner and frat row which was weird in such hot 87 degree weather. I kept thinking how bad their sweaty feet must smell in those things. It did give a very southern vibe. Kids dressed pretty much the same- southern prep look (polos and khaki shorts)- if not in cowboy boots.

I was there Sat too, and in the Engineering school presentations, there were no phones going off. Not one.

Arts & Sciences - it was constant.

Okay, it sounds like you will turn down UVA?
If you’re planning to withdraw, could you do it ASAP? DS is currently on the waitlist.

I love this! 😂

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Anonymous wrote:So…sat in on UVA admitted day. Christ—during the academic info sessions phones were beeping and buzzing during the entire 45 minute session, kids were talking to each other through the whole damn thing, getting up multiple times to walk in and out, loudly dropping things…I have not witnessed that at any of the other school admitted events we have attended (private, higher ranked). It was crazy. For people to not even put their phones on silence…wtf? Seriously, wtf?! Do they allow that in public HS? I mean the first time it happened I’m surprised an announcement wasn’t made from the stage to turn that sh@t off…and yet they kept dinging and beeping and ring tones going off the entire time. Mo shame.

The other noticeable thing was our tour guide and 4 of the 5 student panelists were all transfer students. That also seemed strange. Some flat out said they didn’t get into the school the first year.

I saw lots of cowboy boots at the Corner and frat row which was weird in such hot 87 degree weather. I kept thinking how bad their sweaty feet must smell in those things. It did give a very southern vibe. Kids dressed pretty much the same- southern prep look (polos and khaki shorts)- if not in cowboy boots.

I was there Sat too, and in the Engineering school presentations, there were no phones going off. Not one.

Arts & Sciences - it was constant.

DP. I attended an A&S session a few weeks ago and didn’t hear a single phone go off. My kid sat separately from me with a friend from HS and later mentioned that friend was bored and on their phone the whole time, but friend is going to an Ivy, so you don’t have to worry about that one dragging down the intellectualism at UVA.

We went to an accepted students event for UVA and my DC had the opposite reaction from PP. The extremely nerdy, intellectual factor was very high. My DC left panicked that there weren’t any more “normal” not awkward kids there. Eye of the beholder and all that….

Ha! So we went two years ago with our older kid and had your experience- nerdier. This go around it was a stark difference for us and was like the other pp- disengaged, looking for party more than caring about education vibe. My first ultimately went elsewhere so I can’t speak to it. I guess you will find both.

How do the disengaged partiers even get into UVA? I’m being serious here. Only the top of the class, grinders are getting in from our school. They are not playing beer pong on the weekends senior year…