Great article on the direction UVA is heading......

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Anonymous wrote:^I think UVA has aspirations to be considered the top destination for ivy and ivy-equivalent rejects. This aspiration and being a state school do not go hand in hand.

Why not? UVA tracks with UCLA and Berkeley now. Depending on the ratings it is second or third in the state school line-up.

Ugh exactly my point...UVa has not been behaving like a state school precisely because it is pursuing this objective.

But UCLA and Berkeley are also famous state schools. BTW did you see the BASKETBALL game tonight? Go VIRGINIA!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^I think UVA has aspirations to be considered the top destination for ivy and ivy-equivalent rejects. This aspiration and being a state school do not go hand in hand.

Why not? UVA tracks with UCLA and Berkeley now. Depending on the ratings it is second or third in the state school line-up.

UVa wants to compete with the privates that have traditionally been the next-best choice by ivy rejects (i.e. Vandy, Rice, Emory, GU, WUSTL, ND etc).

Huh? bad list. UVA swept past those a number of years ago.

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Uva "WANTS" to compete?

UVa doesn't decide who they compete with. The applicants do. More like Uva HAS to compete with the other schools in the top 30 or so.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^I think UVA has aspirations to be considered the top destination for ivy and ivy-equivalent rejects. This aspiration and being a state school do not go hand in hand.

Why not? UVA tracks with UCLA and Berkeley now. Depending on the ratings it is second or third in the state school line-up.

UVa wants to compete with the privates that have traditionally been the next-best choice by ivy rejects (i.e. Vandy, Rice, Emory, GU, WUSTL, ND etc).

Huh? bad list. UVA swept past those a number of years ago.

You are either a troll or delusional.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^I think UVA has aspirations to be considered the top destination for ivy and ivy-equivalent rejects. This aspiration and being a state school do not go hand in hand.

Why not? UVA tracks with UCLA and Berkeley now. Depending on the ratings it is second or third in the state school line-up.

UVa wants to compete with the privates that have traditionally been the next-best choice by ivy rejects (i.e. Vandy, Rice, Emory, GU, WUSTL, ND etc).

Huh? bad list. UVA swept past those a number of years ago.

How did it sweep past them when it is outranked by them? No sane person equates UVA with Rice.

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Anonymous wrote:Uva "WANTS" to compete?

UVa doesn't decide who they compete with. The applicants do. More like Uva HAS to compete with the other schools in the top 30 or so.

Touche! A smart person. And it is now competing with UCLA and Berkeley.

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Anonymous wrote:Is someone trying to get people to see UVA negatively because they are about to become even more popular due to March Madness?

VCU and GMU benefited when their basketball teams did well in the tournament. Could it happen to UVA?

That's my thinking - or because they didn't get into UVA EA (RD decisions come out April lst). Yes, UVA no. 1 in basketball. Building that new arena turned out to be a wise investment by the Board of Trustees, no?

THe better investment was obviously hiring the right coach. [/quote]


I think you are talking about the new football coach?

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^^ What I'm trying to say is that Tony Bennett has been at UVA almost ten years. He was just awarded National Coach of the year for the third year in a row. https://247sports.com/college/virginia/Bolt/Virginia-Cavaliers-Basketball-Fresh-off-of-2018-ACC-Tournament-win-UVA-head-coach-Tony-Bennett-wins-USBWA-National-Coach-of-the-Year-115986887

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^I think UVA has aspirations to be considered the top destination for ivy and ivy-equivalent rejects. This aspiration and being a state school do not go hand in hand.

Why not? UVA tracks with UCLA and Berkeley now. Depending on the ratings it is second or third in the state school line-up.

UVa wants to compete with the privates that have traditionally been the next-best choice by ivy rejects (i.e. Vandy, Rice, Emory, GU, WUSTL, ND etc).

Huh? bad list. UVA swept past those a number of years ago.

Lol...you’re funny. Outside of Virginia, UVA has a fairly mediocre brand.....nowhere near a UCLA or Michigan

[Anonymous]

^^thats because its poor in all the difficult majors and why it's very low ranked in world rankings.

[Anonymous]

We visited the campus and I was underwhelmed. It’s a little rundown looking and nothing was that interesting other than the rotunda.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is someone trying to get people to see UVA negatively because they are about to become even more popular due to March Madness?

VCU and GMU benefited when their basketball teams did well in the tournament. Could it happen to UVA?

It could, and will, but the school is already immensely popular. But I guess applications could soon top 50,000. The basketball team is just flat out superior.

We’ll see about that. They will probably lose AGAIN in the second round.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is someone trying to get people to see UVA negatively because they are about to become even more popular due to March Madness?

VCU and GMU benefited when their basketball teams did well in the tournament. Could it happen to UVA?

That's my thinking - or because they didn't get into UVA EA (RD decisions come out April lst). Yes, UVA no. 1 in basketball. Building that new arena turned out to be a wise investment by the Board of Trustees, no?

THe better investment was obviously hiring the right coach. [/quote]


I think you are talking about the new football coach?

No, dunce. I’m talking about the basketball coach, Tony Bennett, hired about 9 years ago, who took UVA from sad mediocrity to its incredible heights.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is someone trying to get people to see UVA negatively because they are about to become even more popular due to March Madness?

VCU and GMU benefited when their basketball teams did well in the tournament. Could it happen to UVA?

It could, and will, but the school is already immensely popular. But I guess applications could soon top 50,000. The basketball team is just flat out superior.

We’ll see about that. They will probably lose AGAIN in the second round.

Highly unlikely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the 90s, some very good instates genuinely struggled over whether to go to UVA or William and Mary. It’s a matter of personal preference. George Mason was essentially open admission. Or felt like it. But I didn’t know one person who went to VT who hadn’t been humiliatingly rejected by UVA. Seriously: people would laugh about it in Physics class.

How is one “humiliatingly rejected” from a college. Does “the University” come to the public square and shout to all that the poor student has been rejected before flogging said student?