U of Richmond fast becoming elite

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The University of Richmond has an excellent reputation and is especially well regarded among people native to Virginia and North Carolina. What it lacks is the same level of national awareness enjoyed by some of the other schools listed above. I suspect most of the previous one-liners come from DMV transplants who don't know any better.

I've lived in VA for 30+ years. Richmond is at the bottom of that list. If you live in-state, it's hard to imagine why anyone would choose Richmond over multiple public options.

Agree. I've lived here since 1990 and I've never thought of Richmond as anywhere near Wesleyan, Haverford, Barnard, Colgate, Colby, or Bates in status. Wondering what Richmond has done in recent years to make itself better.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The University of Richmond has an excellent reputation and is especially well regarded among people native to Virginia and North Carolina. What it lacks is the same level of national awareness enjoyed by some of the other schools listed above. I suspect most of the previous one-liners come from DMV transplants who don't know any better.

I've lived in VA for 30+ years. Richmond is at the bottom of that list. If you live in-state, it's hard to imagine why anyone would choose Richmond over multiple public options.

I’ve lived in Virginia since the 1980s. It doesn’t make me any more of an expert on all things Virginia any more than it does you.

The only VA school comparable to U of R is W & M.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Selectivity can be a bit of a scam, depending on how well a given school markets and achieves high number of applications, and manages yield protection.

+100

It has nada to do with course or teacher quality. Too many here busy themselves with chasing status to brag to other parents instead of seeking a good fit or even, sometimes, quality.

A Yalie recently told me that he felt lesser than because he wasn’t in a different program that is more prestigious. He has a happy life otherwise. Just one of many examples of the Prestige Trap.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The University of Richmond has an excellent reputation and is especially well regarded among people native to Virginia and North Carolina. What it lacks is the same level of national awareness enjoyed by some of the other schools listed above. I suspect most of the previous one-liners come from DMV transplants who don't know any better.

I've lived in VA for 30+ years. Richmond is at the bottom of that list. If you live in-state, it's hard to imagine why anyone would choose Richmond over multiple public options.

I’ve lived in Virginia since the 1980s. It doesn’t make me any more of an expert on all things Virginia any more than it does you.

The only VA school comparable to U of R is W & M.

And yet they are not comparable

[Anonymous]

LOL. It's a school for mediocre rich kids.

[Anonymous]

Richmond being in the T25 for the SLAC cohort is nice.

Let the haters hate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The University of Richmond has an excellent reputation and is especially well regarded among people native to Virginia and North Carolina. What it lacks is the same level of national awareness enjoyed by some of the other schools listed above. I suspect most of the previous one-liners come from DMV transplants who don't know any better.

I've lived in VA for 30+ years. Richmond is at the bottom of that list. If you live in-state, it's hard to imagine why anyone would choose Richmond over multiple public options.

I’ve lived in Virginia since the 1980s. It doesn’t make me any more of an expert on all things Virginia any more than it does you.

The only VA school comparable to U of R is W & M.

And yet they are not comparable

and yet they are

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Selectivity can be a bit of a scam, depending on how well a given school markets and achieves high number of applications, and manages yield protection.

+100

It has nada to do with course or teacher quality. Too many here busy themselves with chasing status to brag to other parents instead of seeking a good fit or even, sometimes, quality.

A Yalie recently told me that he felt lesser than because he wasn’t in a different program that is more prestigious. He has a happy life otherwise. Just one of many examples of the Prestige Trap.

Selectivity is not a factor in USN&WR ranking.
Hoever supply and demand well applies in general.
If a school is selective, it is for reasons in general.

[Anonymous]

Hi, I’m Nova Nancy, my kid goes to a liberal arts college that’s fast becoming elite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOL. It's a school for mediocre rich kids.

It’s above mediocre-plus.

[Anonymous]

Private LAC for very wealthy kids. Good if you want that country club vibe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Selectivity can be a bit of a scam, depending on how well a given school markets and achieves high number of applications, and manages yield protection.

Not enough seats at established universities in the US for all the kids who want to go + wealthy foreign kids.

Same thing happening with Vanderbilt, Tulane, Northeastern, etc and their zoom up the rankings tables (relative to the 1990s when I applied for college).

They are all benefiting from demographic boom + disinvestment in public education + globalization creating foreign wealth.

[Anonymous]

LOL. It is not and will not be elite.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The University of Richmond has an excellent reputation and is especially well regarded among people native to Virginia and North Carolina. What it lacks is the same level of national awareness enjoyed by some of the other schools listed above. I suspect most of the previous one-liners come from DMV transplants who don't know any better.

I've lived in VA for 30+ years. Richmond is at the bottom of that list. If you live in-state, it's hard to imagine why anyone would choose Richmond over multiple public options.

I’ve lived in Virginia since the 1980s. It doesn’t make me any more of an expert on all things Virginia any more than it does you.

The only VA school comparable to U of R is W & M.

And yet they are not comparable

and yet they are

Only in your mind

[Anonymous]

LOL @ “fast becoming…”