What is so special about UVA, W&M, VT!?!??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Quality education, in-state tuition, distance and good/decent weather.

UVA and VT have fun vibes too. W&M may not have that reputation, but it is a great fit for many kids. What is not to love!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Instate tuition for Virginians.

This!

Honestly. People are such idiots today. They want to waste everyone’s time here instead of doing a simple google:

UVA: $40,000 a year x 4 = $160,000
Privates; $100k (yes NYU has surpassed the mark and USC is $99,400) = $400,000

$400,000 - $160,000 =$240,000.00


That’s higher if, like most parents, you haven’t saved $240k so are paying in after-tax dollars, so let’s say $300,000 savings x 3 VA kids = $1.2 million in savings.

So, if your kid can get in, bank the difference, let it compound, then pay to grad school or down pain a house.

We did this and were able to send our kid to Oxford and now Stanford Law School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. All these schools are much harder to get into, and therefore much more prestigious, than they were in the 90s. Yes, even Wake Forest.
2. Lots of people agree with you, which is why there is still a large college-going population in MD/DC.
3. Many posters from NoVa moved there specifically to have UVA as a backup plan. Then they discovered just how hard it is to get in to UVA from NoVa. They are incredibly defensive about the whole situation. They’re not persuasive but they are persistent.

Many students this year have earned acceptance at U. of Michigan and UNC, but were denied admission to UVA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A degree from UVA is Ivy-league because UVA is one of the original Public Ivies.

Public Ivies offer the same standard of education as the Ivies, in a public school environment and at a public school cost. These schools are more than just non-Ivies — they're some of the best schools you can attend in the world today.

Just search "best public universities in USA" and you'll find UVA.

Public ivy is a made up term. I’m so tired of ivy plus, little ivy, public ivy etc. not the same as ivies.

Bunch of private schools make up a sports league.

You: very real and respectable academic classification

Those schools and some others make up the “Ivy Plus Library Confederation” and the “Ivy Plus Exchange Scholar Program.”

You: “Just a made-up term. Football is obviously much more central to education than libraries or scholarship!”

[Anonymous]

Well they are certainly better than UDC or UMD—location, size and atmosphere.

[Anonymous]

Tell me you don’t know anything about money without telling me you don’t know anything about money.

[Anonymous]

As a DC resident, I’m surprised you don’t understand why Virginia residents really value and appreciate these three public higher education institutions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a DC resident, I’m surprised you don’t understand why Virginia residents really value and appreciate these three public higher education institutions.

Yeah OP - why is the draw of in-state tuition at 3 very strong options baffling to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. All these schools are much harder to get into, and therefore much more prestigious, than they were in the 90s. Yes, even Wake Forest.
2. Lots of people agree with you, which is why there is still a large college-going population in MD/DC.
3. Many posters from NoVa moved there specifically to have UVA as a backup plan. Then they discovered just how hard it is to get in to UVA from NoVa. They are incredibly defensive about the whole situation. They’re not persuasive but they are persistent.

Many students this year have earned acceptance at U. of Michigan and UNC, but were denied admission to UVA.

Many? Cite besides anecdotes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in DC and I see VA posters talk about these schools as if they're ivies. Why??? I understand that UVA has a certain mystique as it's VA's only "elite"-approaching school, but, frankly, UVA isn't even Georgetown, nevermind Stanford or Yale.

William and Mary is unique because of its size and also has some level of mystique but, again, I don't understand the commotion. It's essentially a public Wake Forest. Why?

Same story with VT. Even less of a reason to get into a twist because it's just like every other large public school in the nation. It has nice architecture, sure, but...so what?!

Can anyone enlighten me?

In state tuition. Near private school quality at a public school price.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. All these schools are much harder to get into, and therefore much more prestigious, than they were in the 90s. Yes, even Wake Forest.
2. Lots of people agree with you, which is why there is still a large college-going population in MD/DC.
3. Many posters from NoVa moved there specifically to have UVA as a backup plan. Then they discovered just how hard it is to get in to UVA from NoVa. They are incredibly defensive about the whole situation. They’re not persuasive but they are persistent.

Many students this year have earned acceptance at U. of Michigan and UNC, but were denied admission to UVA.

Many? Cite besides anecdotes?

Do your own research. It is all public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Instate tuition for Virginians.

This!

Honestly. People are such idiots today. They want to waste everyone’s time here instead of doing a simple google:

UVA: $40,000 a year x 4 = $160,000
Privates; $100k (yes NYU has surpassed the mark and USC is $99,400) = $400,000

$400,000 - $160,000 =$240,000.00


That’s higher if, like most parents, you haven’t saved $240k so are paying in after-tax dollars, so let’s say $300,000 savings x 3 VA kids = $1.2 million in savings.

So, if your kid can get in, bank the difference, let it compound, then pay to grad school or down pain a house.

We did this and were able to send our kid to Oxford and now Stanford Law School

+1

The OP is a troll or very dumb.

[Anonymous]

Troll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. All these schools are much harder to get into, and therefore much more prestigious, than they were in the 90s. Yes, even Wake Forest.
2. Lots of people agree with you, which is why there is still a large college-going population in MD/DC.
3. Many posters from NoVa moved there specifically to have UVA as a backup plan. Then they discovered just how hard it is to get in to UVA from NoVa. They are incredibly defensive about the whole situation. They’re not persuasive but they are persistent.

Many students this year have earned acceptance at U. of Michigan and UNC, but were denied admission to UVA.

Many? Cite besides anecdotes?

Do your own research. It is all public.

The specific schools where each high school senior was admitted and denied are public?! Is this a Virginia thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. All these schools are much harder to get into, and therefore much more prestigious, than they were in the 90s. Yes, even Wake Forest.
2. Lots of people agree with you, which is why there is still a large college-going population in MD/DC.
3. Many posters from NoVa moved there specifically to have UVA as a backup plan. Then they discovered just how hard it is to get in to UVA from NoVa. They are incredibly defensive about the whole situation. They’re not persuasive but they are persistent.

Many students this year have earned acceptance at U. of Michigan and UNC, but were denied admission to UVA.

Many? Cite besides anecdotes?

Do your own research. It is all public.

The specific schools where each high school senior was admitted and denied are public?! Is this a Virginia thing?

No, PP doesn’t have any evidence and is going solely based on online forum vibes. So defaulted to “do your own research.”