Great article on the direction UVA is heading......

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Anonymous wrote:Is someone trying to get people to see UVA negatively because they are about to become even more popular due to March Madness?

VCU and GMU benefited when their basketball teams did well in the tournament. Could it happen to UVA?

It could, and will, but the school is already immensely popular. But I guess applications could soon top 50,000. The basketball team is just flat out superior.

We’ll see about that. They will probably lose AGAIN in the second round.

Highly unlikely.

Look at recent history, homer. The tournament has not been kind to the Hoos or the Cavaliers or whatever they call themselves.

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As nova cemented itself as a bastion of incredibly smart, talented and wealthy people, it was natural that their kids would seek out UVA. This has lifted the school to the competitive stratosphere. It will only get more intense with a) popularity from basketball championship, (b) amazon hq2, (c) Nestle relocation, (d) the general continued economic growth of the region.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is someone trying to get people to see UVA negatively because they are about to become even more popular due to March Madness?

VCU and GMU benefited when their basketball teams did well in the tournament. Could it happen to UVA?

It could, and will, but the school is already immensely popular. But I guess applications could soon top 50,000. The basketball team is just flat out superior.

We’ll see about that. They will probably lose AGAIN in the second round.

Highly unlikely.

Look at recent history, homer. The tournament has not been kind to the Hoos or the Cavaliers or whatever they call themselves.

This year is different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Funny, I've heard the bright kids this month debating on whether they want to go to UVA or VT, and the argument keeps coming up that UVA has too many preppy douchelords.

And poor old W&M is completely out of fashion with the kids--too stodgy and grindy, and lacking in tech shinies.

This has been true for decades.

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Anonymous wrote:In the 90s, some very good instates genuinely struggled over whether to go to UVA or William and Mary. It’s a matter of personal preference. George Mason was essentially open admission. Or felt like it. But I didn’t know one person who went to VT who hadn’t been humiliatingly rejected by UVA. Seriously: people would laugh about it in Physics class.

How is one “humiliatingly rejected” from a college. Does “the University” come to the public square and shout to all that the poor student has been rejected before flogging said student?

Some students who gained acceptance into UVA mocked those who did not. This was the 1990s in Fairfax County.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny, I've heard the bright kids this month debating on whether they want to go to UVA or VT, and the argument keeps coming up that UVA has too many preppy douchelords.

And poor old W&M is completely out of fashion with the kids--too stodgy and grindy, and lacking in tech shinies.

There were too many preppy douchelords at UVA 30 years ago, which is why I applied to W&M instead.

You totally sound like someone in their late 40s.

Nice try, kiddo.

How can the students be "preppy" when most hail from Virginia? With the exception of maybe four or five faux preggy kids from Potomac, I don't see preppies in Virginia. Granted some from NoVa might be wealthy and come from powerfully connected families, but NoVa is not preppy land.

Huh? There is a TON of “preppy” in Richmond and southern parts of VA.

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Anonymous wrote:In the 90s, some very good instates genuinely struggled over whether to go to UVA or William and Mary. It’s a matter of personal preference. George Mason was essentially open admission. Or felt like it. But I didn’t know one person who went to VT who hadn’t been humiliatingly rejected by UVA. Seriously: people would laugh about it in Physics class.

How is one “humiliatingly rejected” from a college. Does “the University” come to the public square and shout to all that the poor student has been rejected before flogging said student?

Some students who gained acceptance into UVA mocked those who did not. This was the 1990s in Fairfax County.

See the thread about not blabbing about your applications until you have admissions decisions. The only way people know you were rejected is if you tell everyone your business.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny, I've heard the bright kids this month debating on whether they want to go to UVA or VT, and the argument keeps coming up that UVA has too many preppy douchelords.

And poor old W&M is completely out of fashion with the kids--too stodgy and grindy, and lacking in tech shinies.

There were too many preppy douchelords at UVA 30 years ago, which is why I applied to W&M instead.

You totally sound like someone in their late 40s.

Nice try, kiddo.

How can the students be "preppy" when most hail from Virginia? With the exception of maybe four or five faux preggy kids from Potomac, I don't see preppies in Virginia. Granted some from NoVa might be wealthy and come from powerfully connected families, but NoVa is not preppy land.

Huh? There is a TON of “preppy” in Richmond and southern parts of VA.

You're referring to southern prep which is a bastardized spawn of true prepdom which is only found in the northeast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As nova cemented itself as a bastion of incredibly smart, talented and wealthy people, it was natural that their kids would seek out UVA. This has lifted the school to the competitive stratosphere. It will only get more intense with a) popularity from basketball championship, (b) amazon hq2, (c) Nestle relocation, (d) the general continued economic growth of the region.

Put down the vodka. It’s too early. NOVA is not a “bastion” of anything.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Funny, I've heard the bright kids this month debating on whether they want to go to UVA or VT, and the argument keeps coming up that UVA has too many preppy douchelords.

And poor old W&M is completely out of fashion with the kids--too stodgy and grindy, and lacking in tech shinies.

There were too many preppy douchelords at UVA 30 years ago, which is why I applied to W&M instead.

You totally sound like someone in their late 40s.

Nice try, kiddo.

How can the students be "preppy" when most hail from Virginia? With the exception of maybe four or five faux preggy kids from Potomac, I don't see preppies in Virginia. Granted some from NoVa might be wealthy and come from powerfully connected families, but NoVa is not preppy land.

Huh? There is a TON of “preppy” in Richmond and southern parts of VA.

You're referring to southern prep which is a bastardized spawn of true prepdom which is only found in the northeast.

Whatever the origin, it's there. In force.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is someone trying to get people to see UVA negatively because they are about to become even more popular due to March Madness?

VCU and GMU benefited when their basketball teams did well in the tournament. Could it happen to UVA?

It could, and will, but the school is already immensely popular. But I guess applications could soon top 50,000. The basketball team is just flat out superior.

We’ll see about that. They will probably lose AGAIN in the second round.

Highly unlikely.

Look at recent history, homer. The tournament has not been kind to the Hoos or the Cavaliers or whatever they call themselves.

This year is different.

+1. UVA won last night

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is someone trying to get people to see UVA negatively because they are about to become even more popular due to March Madness?

VCU and GMU benefited when their basketball teams did well in the tournament. Could it happen to UVA?

It could, and will, but the school is already immensely popular. But I guess applications could soon top 50,000. The basketball team is just flat out superior.

We’ll see about that. They will probably lose AGAIN in the second round.

Highly unlikely.

Look at recent history, homer. The tournament has not been kind to the Hoos or the Cavaliers or whatever they call themselves.

If you don't know the school mascot, you shouldn't be posting. And they won again last night.

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Anonymous wrote:^I think UVA has aspirations to be considered the top destination for ivy and ivy-equivalent rejects. This aspiration and being a state school do not go hand in hand.

Why not? UVA tracks with UCLA and Berkeley now. Depending on the ratings it is second or third in the state school line-up.

UVa wants to compete with the privates that have traditionally been the next-best choice by ivy rejects (i.e. Vandy, Rice, Emory, GU, WUSTL, ND etc).

Huh? bad list. UVA swept past those a number of years ago.

Lol...you’re funny. Outside of Virginia, UVA has a fairly mediocre brand.....nowhere near a UCLA or Michigan

You need to keep up. UVA no. 1 public university in America by Business Insider, ahead of Michigan, UCLA and Berkeley. http://www.businessinsider.com/best-public-colleges-in-the-united-states-2016-8#4-university-of-california-at-los-angeles-11

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As nova cemented itself as a bastion of incredibly smart, talented and wealthy people, it was natural that their kids would seek out UVA. This has lifted the school to the competitive stratosphere. It will only get more intense with a) popularity from basketball championship, (b) amazon hq2, (c) Nestle relocation, (d) the general continued economic growth of the region.

Put down the vodka. It’s too early. NOVA is not a “bastion” of anything.

+1

And there is some serious old money in Richmond. NOVA is great, but let's not act like the rest of Virginia is void of talented students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As nova cemented itself as a bastion of incredibly smart, talented and wealthy people, it was natural that their kids would seek out UVA. This has lifted the school to the competitive stratosphere. It will only get more intense with a) popularity from basketball championship, (b) amazon hq2, (c) Nestle relocation, (d) the general continued economic growth of the region.

Put down the vodka. It’s too early. NOVA is not a “bastion” of anything.

+1

And there is some serious old money in Richmond. NOVA is great, but let's not act like the rest of Virginia is void of talented students.

But they are not preppy. Virginians are not preppy.