UVA should be quarantined to isolated section to stop the contamination of crass and misinformation

[Anonymous]

I agree that the problem is not UVA boosterism per se. We get it, you're super proud of the fact that your kid goes there and also got into an Oxford masters program afterward, awesome! The problem is incessantly injecting UVA into conversations it doesn't belong in, and the constant hand-wringing and putting down of other schools ("How dare you choose X school over UVA?!!?!").

I don't have a horse in this race because I am neither a VA resident nor do I know anyone who even applied to UVA, so the typical accusations that I'm "just jealous" (???? please, get over yourself) are not true.

[Anonymous]

NP. Background: Former VA resident, and have an OOS kid who applied to UVA but since that's pretty hopeless for us, applied ED and was accepted somewhere else.

I have also noticed some threads that have nothing to do with UVA get taken over by UVA boosters/haters. In particular, I recall one was a UCLA thread in this last month (I am a UCLA grad so was paying attention).

A week or so ago, I was thinking not to quarantine UVA posters, but given the amount of UVA traffic here, they could use their own forum. Lots of useful info on UVA and it would be good to consolidate it all in one spot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You must be an envious, biitter parent who’s upset that their incredibly gifted entitled child didn’t get in.

Your typical and totally unoriginal posting makes the OP's point.

+1

Maybe someone is mocking the UVA boosters. “You’re just jealous...”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. Background: Former VA resident, and have an OOS kid who applied to UVA but since that's pretty hopeless for us, applied ED and was accepted somewhere else.

I have also noticed some threads that have nothing to do with UVA get taken over by UVA boosters/haters. In particular, I recall one was a UCLA thread in this last month (I am a UCLA grad so was paying attention).

A week or so ago, I was thinking not to quarantine UVA posters, but given the amount of UVA traffic here, they could use their own forum. Lots of useful info on UVA and it would be good to consolidate it all in one spot.

It could be beneficial for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Yes, a separate forum will be good for everyone except for the boosters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know why TJ 2020 enrolled approx. half as many students at UVA, WM, and VT vs. 2015.

This comes up often on the forum. I'm also sure this has been addressed before but:

Fact: the published destinations in the TJ student newspaper are self-reported and opt-in.
Fact: Only 60% of the class of 2020 of 453 students chose to report their matriculation choices. Previous classes also roughly the same.
Fact: NOBODY on the forum knows for certain how many kids from TJ enrolled at UVA in total or for that matter, at any other college.

It is usually close to 80%. I believe it was lower in 2020, perhaps due to COVID.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP. Background: Former VA resident, and have an OOS kid who applied to UVA but since that's pretty hopeless for us, applied ED and was accepted somewhere else.

I have also noticed some threads that have nothing to do with UVA get taken over by UVA boosters/haters. In particular, I recall one was a UCLA thread in this last month (I am a UCLA grad so was paying attention).

A week or so ago, I was thinking not to quarantine UVA posters, but given the amount of UVA traffic here, they could use their own forum. Lots of useful info on UVA and it would be good to consolidate it all in one spot.

It could be beneficial for everyone.

The reality is it could be just one or two people given the nature of an anonymous forum. Hard to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know why TJ 2020 enrolled approx. half as many students at UVA, WM, and VT vs. 2015.

This was answered many times previously but TJ grads went to uva primarily due to instate tuitions but these grads have realized savings in tuition does not offset the relative low quality of UVA’s stem programs and relatively poor on campus recruiting despite the hype by some uva boosters.

It's actually because many schools went deeper into their waitlists because international students needed to be replaced and also in anticipation of higher domestic deferrals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread and the posts herein illustrate it is not the boosters but the haters that are a problem. As a parent who’s child strived hard to secure admission - I just find all of this is in poor taste. Not that it should matter to the haters. Hope you can fill up on your diet of hate and step away for a few days. If not then keep it coming - if it boosts your self-esteem then so be it.

UVA boosters ruin too many topics in the College and University Discussions by hijacking threads unrelated to UVA and by posting misinformation as to how great UVA is for almost any topics. A separate section will minimize or eliminate conflicts between UVA strivers and others calling them out.

I'm from a different country and have never understood why being called a striver is an insult. Does it not mean to work hard toward a goal you wish to accomplish? Why is that a bad thing? Is that not the basis of success?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know why TJ 2020 enrolled approx. half as many students at UVA, WM, and VT vs. 2015.

This comes up often on the forum. I'm also sure this has been addressed before but:

Fact: the published destinations in the TJ student newspaper are self-reported and opt-in.
Fact: Only 60% of the class of 2020 of 453 students chose to report their matriculation choices. Previous classes also roughly the same.
Fact: NOBODY on the forum knows for certain how many kids from TJ enrolled at UVA in total or for that matter, at any other college.

+1 I doubt many TJ kids are rushing to post that they made it to UVA, WM or VT after being able to get into the top high school in the country. I think it's probably a letdown for many of those kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP. Background: Former VA resident, and have an OOS kid who applied to UVA but since that's pretty hopeless for us, applied ED and was accepted somewhere else.

I have also noticed some threads that have nothing to do with UVA get taken over by UVA boosters/haters. In particular, I recall one was a UCLA thread in this last month (I am a UCLA grad so was paying attention).

A week or so ago, I was thinking not to quarantine UVA posters, but given the amount of UVA traffic here, they could use their own forum. Lots of useful info on UVA and it would be good to consolidate it all in one spot.

It could be beneficial for everyone.

The reality is it could be just one or two people given the nature of an anonymous forum. Hard to say.

I happen to believe that the unsolicited "why would you pay so much money to send your child to [actual topic of thread] when you could send your kids to UVA?!" posts are all the same person. Having a UVA thread/forum will not stop the troll poster from hijacking other threads, sadly.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, posts like this just feed the situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP. Background: Former VA resident, and have an OOS kid who applied to UVA but since that's pretty hopeless for us, applied ED and was accepted somewhere else.

I have also noticed some threads that have nothing to do with UVA get taken over by UVA boosters/haters. In particular, I recall one was a UCLA thread in this last month (I am a UCLA grad so was paying attention).

A week or so ago, I was thinking not to quarantine UVA posters, but given the amount of UVA traffic here, they could use their own forum. Lots of useful info on UVA and it would be good to consolidate it all in one spot.

It could be beneficial for everyone.

The reality is it could be just one or two people given the nature of an anonymous forum. Hard to say.

I happen to believe that the unsolicited "why would you pay so much money to send your child to [actual topic of thread] when you could send your kids to UVA?!" posts are all the same person. Having a UVA thread/forum will not stop the troll poster from hijacking other threads, sadly.

I think UVA has a fine school, but the thing that irritates me is when UVA gets introduced into threads that have nothing to do with it, usually with the off topic (and also usually unsubstantiated) claim it is better than the subject school in all respects. If those posts could just be ignored, it would keep good threads from going off the rails.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know why TJ 2020 enrolled approx. half as many students at UVA, WM, and VT vs. 2015.

This was answered many times previously but TJ grads went to uva primarily due to instate tuitions but these grads have realized savings in tuition does not offset the relative low quality of UVA’s stem programs and relatively poor on campus recruiting despite the hype by some uva boosters.

It's actually because many schools went deeper into their waitlists because international students needed to be replaced and also in anticipation of higher domestic deferrals.

That's not the reason. The numbers staying in state have been going down steadily over a period of time based on what is self-reported in TJ Today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know why TJ 2020 enrolled approx. half as many students at UVA, WM, and VT vs. 2015.

This comes up often on the forum. I'm also sure this has been addressed before but:

Fact: the published destinations in the TJ student newspaper are self-reported and opt-in.
Fact: Only 60% of the class of 2020 of 453 students chose to report their matriculation choices. Previous classes also roughly the same.
Fact: NOBODY on the forum knows for certain how many kids from TJ enrolled at UVA in total or for that matter, at any other college.

+1 I doubt many TJ kids are rushing to post that they made it to UVA, WM or VT after being able to get into the top high school in the country. I think it's probably a letdown for many of those kids.

So the purpose of going to high school is to go to a highly-ranked college and the reason to attend a highly-ranked college is to make more money?