Is uva a prestigious college?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hard to get into? Yes, but I wouldn’t call it prestigious. It’s just a well regarded big state school like Michigan or UCLA.

I think Michigan is more highly regarded. Never even heard of UVA until I moved to DC eight years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hard to get into? Yes, but I wouldn’t call it prestigious. It’s just a well regarded big state school like Michigan or UCLA.

I think Michigan is more highly regarded. Never even heard of UVA until I moved to DC eight years ago.

+100

Michigan's grad dept rankings--an excellent proxy for the quality of the various undergrad majors--are almost all higher than UVA's. Plus Michigan sports blows UVA sports out of the water.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hard to get into? Yes, but I wouldn’t call it prestigious. It’s just a well regarded big state school like Michigan or UCLA.

I think Michigan is more highly regarded. Never even heard of UVA until I moved to DC eight years ago.

I wouldn't admit this in public.

[Anonymous]

Yes, of course it is

[Anonymous]

Plenty of people on the East Coast know nothing about UCLA beyond its basketball team. Doesn't mean it isn't a prestigious school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hard to get into? Yes, but I wouldn’t call it prestigious. It’s just a well regarded big state school like Michigan or UCLA.

I think Michigan is more highly regarded. Never even heard of UVA until I moved to DC eight years ago.

I wouldn't admit this in public.

I was just thinking the same. Doesn't reflect too well on you, PP

[Anonymous]

Some MD trolls bash UVA, but most ignore the idiots.

[Anonymous]

No.

It is very low ranked in all world rankings because it is poor at the difficult majors.

[Anonymous]

Most state flagships are prestigious within their state. If a state flagship had over 25% or more of it's student body from out of state and has convinced them to pay out of state tuition without having to pull them in with substantial merit grants, then it is definitely prestigious outside the state as well because now these kids are choosing it over some private schools. I think UVA is over 30% out of state. That qualifies as prestigious in my book and I'm not from Virginia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most state flagships are prestigious within their state. If a state flagship had over 25% or more of it's student body from out of state and has convinced them to pay out of state tuition without having to pull them in with substantial merit grants, then it is definitely prestigious outside the state as well because now these kids are choosing it over some private schools. I think UVA is over 30% out of state. That qualifies as prestigious in my book and I'm not from Virginia

And Michigan is at 50/50.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/03/29/university-michigan-nearly-half-students-now-from-out-state/PuwM6sQz164bOjttH1RDPN/amp.html

[Anonymous]

It’s a solid school but very southern, which is unattractive for many from other parts of the country.

[Anonymous]

Lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most state flagships are prestigious within their state. If a state flagship had over 25% or more of it's student body from out of state and has convinced them to pay out of state tuition without having to pull them in with substantial merit grants, then it is definitely prestigious outside the state as well because now these kids are choosing it over some private schools. I think UVA is over 30% out of state. That qualifies as prestigious in my book and I'm not from Virginia

And Michigan is at 50/50.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/03/29/university-michigan-nearly-half-students-now-from-out-state/PuwM6sQz164bOjttH1RDPN/amp.html

Basing prestige on how many out of state students doesn’t really make sense because states are different in their policies/laws regarding how many they’ll accept. For example Michigan says straight out that they love out of state students because they bring with them $60K/year, vs. instate kids who only bring in ~25K/year (and are more likely to need fin aid) and it’s a means by which they can balance budget woes. Whereas a state like North Carolina has *laws* that state that a certain percentage of the UNCCH incoming class MUST come from North Carolina.

Another example: University of Vermont is 79% out of state. West Virginia is 48% out of state. UDel is 65% out of state. On the other hand, UC Berkeley is 15% out of state, UW Madison is 26% out of state, UCLA is 16% out of state. I think we can all agree that UC Berkeley holds way more cache than University of Delaware or West Virginia University...

[Anonymous]

UVA is ahead of Michigan in all the public university rankings. In some, UVA is even ahead of UCLA and Berkeley.

UVA no. 1 public university in the nation. http://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2016/09/uva-ranked-best-public-college-business-insider

No. 2 public university: https://news.virginia.edu/content/among-nations-elite-us-news-gives-uva-no-2-public-university-ranking

UVA no. 3 behind berkely and UCLA but ahead of Michigan. https://news.virginia.edu/content/us-news-lists-uva-among-top-three-public-universities-27th-straight-year'

UCLA and UVA tied for no. 2. http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-named-among-nations-top-public-universities-in-2015-u-s-news-and-world-report-rankings

UVA ranks 2nd public universities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Virginia

[Anonymous]

Uva has no zero Nobel laureates.