Why so much UVA jealousy?

[Anonymous]

Another NOVA school:

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UVA offer a world-class education, producing more Rhodes scholars than any public university in the US and many of the most elite privates as well. It is a first choice school for highly intelligent, accomplished, and candidly beautiful, athletic, and extraordinarily well rounded high school graduates from all over the country. And if you go there from in state, it’s an absolute bargain. So why is everyone so jealous of it? Why aren’t we thrilled to have such an attractive option right at our front door?

I'm not sure where you're getting the candidly beautiful part from. UVA students have never struck me as any better looking than what you see at other southern universities.

[Anonymous]

If your nova neighbor’s kid got into UVA while your kid had to settle for, say, George Mason....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD and I just toured UVA two weeks ago. We used to live in Arlington, and my DH is from VA. We were in DC and drove down there. I'll tell you who is jealous of Virginians, and that is we Californians. UVA lets in about 75% Virginians. The in-state tuition is a bargain. Meanwhile, out of state tuition is in the 45K range, and your kid cannot establish VA residency unless a parent lives there.

In CA, the University of California system (UCs, such as UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Berkeley etc) lets in some ridiculously low % of Californians, because they are looking for out-of-state or out-of-country students to subsidize the California kids. They also have a deal with the CA public HSs to let in their top 10% of kids. But these publics don't hold a candle to what I've seen with the Arlington HS system. So many families go private. Then the private kids are SOL with respect to getting into their state schools bc those few spots are taken by public school kids.

So...I don't know why any Virginian would scoff at the UVA deal. Great school, great price.

Why are we leaving out the W&M deal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA offer a world-class education, producing more Rhodes scholars than any public university in the US and many of the most elite privates as well. It is a first choice school for highly intelligent, accomplished, and candidly beautiful, athletic, and extraordinarily well rounded high school graduates from all over the country. And if you go there from in state, it’s an absolute bargain. So why is everyone so jealous of it? Why aren’t we thrilled to have such an attractive option right at our front door?

I'm not sure where you're getting the candidly beautiful part from. UVA students have never struck me as any better looking than what you see at other southern universities.

Weird posts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP is either a decent troll or a low EQ imbecile.

OP is just having fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one outside of VA is jealous of UVA lol

I'm a Virginian and I'm jealous of UNC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one outside of VA is jealous of UVA lol

I'm a Virginian and I'm jealous of UNC.

I am of UMD-CP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP is either a decent troll or a low EQ imbecile.

+1

I’m thinking troll with a sense of humor. Parody of the UVA nut jobs.

Possibly. But the school still deserves its own forum.

For sure. Or just lump it into the AAP forum. Definitely a lot of overlap there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one outside of VA is jealous of UVA lol

I'm a Virginian and I'm jealous of UNC.

I am of UMD-CP

Now that's weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD and I just toured UVA two weeks ago. We used to live in Arlington, and my DH is from VA. We were in DC and drove down there. I'll tell you who is jealous of Virginians, and that is we Californians. UVA lets in about 75% Virginians. The in-state tuition is a bargain. Meanwhile, out of state tuition is in the 45K range, and your kid cannot establish VA residency unless a parent lives there.

In CA, the University of California system (UCs, such as UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Berkeley etc) lets in some ridiculously low % of Californians, because they are looking for out-of-state or out-of-country students to subsidize the California kids. They also have a deal with the CA public HSs to let in their top 10% of kids. But these publics don't hold a candle to what I've seen with the Arlington HS system. So many families go private. Then the private kids are SOL with respect to getting into their state schools bc those few spots are taken by public school kids.

So...I don't know why any Virginian would scoff at the UVA deal. Great school, great price.

Why are we leaving out the W&M deal?

Two very different schools. Kids st both, years ago. Not too long ago, they were nearly at parity in terms of academic quality of undergrads, but UVA just became the more popular and somewhat stronger school. W&M is a great school but it has limited appeal now, given its size and reputation for un-fun. I honestly think that it might become an all-women’s state college soon. Its number of applications stays flat, it’s yield rate is embarrassingly low, and I think it has given up in appealing to men.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP is either a decent troll or a low EQ imbecile.

+1

I’m thinking troll with a sense of humor. Parody of the UVA nut jobs.

Possibly. But the school still deserves its own forum.

For sure. Or just lump it into the AAP forum. Definitely a lot of overlap there.

Actually I think it deserves a dedicated thread in the college forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one outside of VA is jealous of UVA lol

I'm a Virginian and I'm jealous of UNC.

Why?

[Anonymous]

At mid to upper $30k's total cost of attendence, UVa is by no means a "bargain" in-state. They also don't accept 75% in-state. Not jealousy, facts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP is either a decent troll or a low EQ imbecile.

+1

I’m thinking troll with a sense of humor. Parody of the UVA nut jobs.

Possibly. But the school still deserves its own forum.

For sure. Or just lump it into the AAP forum. Definitely a lot of overlap there.

Actually I think it deserves a dedicated thread in the college forum.

No. The interest is so strong that it just deserves its very own forum title.