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.

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

If you don’t know that Virginia was playing in the ACC tournament, and not the NCAA tournament, last night, then you shouldn’t be posting. They do not have an impressive recent history in the NCAA tournament.

ACC tournament: UVA tromps Clemson (Friday night): http://www.richmond.com/sports/college/schools/university-virginia/uva-advances-to-acc-championship-game-with---win/article_171af053-ba54-5fb7-9552-2ea780f43c0b.html. Saturday night: UVA beats North Carolina. Care to apologize?

Why? I was referring to their history in the NCAA tournament, not the ACC tournament. Since you don’t seem to follow basketball except as a fair weather fan, that is the one you must win to win a national championship. Virginia has only won a conference championship. The NCAAs don’t start until next week. Can’t believe I have to explain this to another brilliant graduate of “The University.”

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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.

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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.

Not fair. NOVA is a bastion of lousy traffic, crappy restaurants, annoying people, and overpriced sh!tshacks.

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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.

Not fair. NOVA is a bastion of lousy traffic, crappy restaurants, annoying people, and overpriced sh!tshacks.

I disagree. Nova is an economic powerhouse. It provides jobs to the DC region and shares income raxes with the rest of Va.

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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.

Not fair. NOVA is a bastion of lousy traffic, crappy restaurants, annoying people, and overpriced sh!tshacks.

I disagree. Nova is an economic powerhouse. It provides jobs to the DC region and shares income raxes with the rest of Va.

NOVA is a crowded litter of soulless contractors desperately sucking the teat of the federal government. Nothing worthwhile ever comes out of this cultural desert.

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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.

Not fair. NOVA is a bastion of lousy traffic, crappy restaurants, annoying people, and overpriced sh!tshacks.

I disagree. Nova is an economic powerhouse. It provides jobs to the DC region and shares income raxes with the rest of Va.

Plus development of Tysons as a destination city and all of the tech companies on the Dulles corridor. This has been particularly great for GMU grads. There's a lot of give and take with the business community and GMU.

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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.

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

If you don’t know that Virginia was playing in the ACC tournament, and not the NCAA tournament, last night, then you shouldn’t be posting. They do not have an impressive recent history in the NCAA tournament.

ACC tournament: UVA tromps Clemson (Friday night): http://www.richmond.com/sports/college/schools/university-virginia/uva-advances-to-acc-championship-game-with---win/article_171af053-ba54-5fb7-9552-2ea780f43c0b.html. Saturday night: UVA beats North Carolina. Care to apologize?

Why? I was referring to their history in the NCAA tournament, not the ACC tournament. Since you don’t seem to follow basketball except as a fair weather fan, that is the one you must win to win a national championship. Virginia has only won a conference championship. The NCAAs don’t start until next week. Can’t believe I have to explain this to another brilliant graduate of “The University.”

You never said NCAA. And now UVA, having won ACC, is on its way to the NCAA no matter what you say. And, BTW, I went to Yale Law not UVA. Some of us like college basketball. But by all means, keep throwing insults if it makes you feel better

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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

Who cares about business insider...no one thinks of UVA as the # 1 public. that is by far Berkeley, with a brand that uva could only dream to match. UCLA, UMich are also better regarded than UVA. Plus these are all publics, UVA is not on par with top 20 privates, get a grip please.

That hurt, didn't it? UVA ahead of Michigan, UCLA and Berkeley

by all means continue having delusions of grandeur. it is such a hallmark of UVA boosters.

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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.

Not fair. NOVA is a bastion of lousy traffic, crappy restaurants, annoying people, and overpriced sh!tshacks.

I disagree. Nova is an economic powerhouse. It provides jobs to the DC region and shares income raxes with the rest of Va.

Plus development of Tysons as a destination city and all of the tech companies on the Dulles corridor. This has been particularly great for GMU grads. There's a lot of give and take with the business community and GMU.

Nobody cares about GMU. I think we can all agree about that!

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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.

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

If you don’t know that Virginia was playing in the ACC tournament, and not the NCAA tournament, last night, then you shouldn’t be posting. They do not have an impressive recent history in the NCAA tournament.

ACC tournament: UVA tromps Clemson (Friday night): http://www.richmond.com/sports/college/schools/university-virginia/uva-advances-to-acc-championship-game-with---win/article_171af053-ba54-5fb7-9552-2ea780f43c0b.html. Saturday night: UVA beats North Carolina. Care to apologize?

Why? I was referring to their history in the NCAA tournament, not the ACC tournament. Since you don’t seem to follow basketball except as a fair weather fan, that is the one you must win to win a national championship. Virginia has only won a conference championship. The NCAAs don’t start until next week. Can’t believe I have to explain this to another brilliant graduate of “The University.”

You never said NCAA. And now UVA, having won ACC, is on its way to the NCAA no matter what you say. And, BTW, I went to Yale Law not UVA. Some of us like college basketball. But by all means, keep throwing insults if it makes you feel better

DP. The discussion was about the NCAA tournament—as anyone with above average comprehension skills could tell—and you clearly don’t know the difference between that and a conference tournament. You are still struggling with this. UVA was on its way to the NCAA tournament regardless of what happened in the ACC tournament. Can your husband (or wife) help you out ugh this?

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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.

If you don’t know that Virginia was playing in the ACC tournament, and not the NCAA tournament, last night, then you shouldn’t be posting. They do not have an impressive recent history in the NCAA tournament.

ACC tournament: UVA tromps Clemson (Friday night): http://www.richmond.com/sports/college/schools/university-virginia/uva-advances-to-acc-championship-game-with---win/article_171af053-ba54-5fb7-9552-2ea780f43c0b.html. Saturday night: UVA beats North Carolina. Care to apologize?

Why? I was referring to their history in the NCAA tournament, not the ACC tournament. Since you don’t seem to follow basketball except as a fair weather fan, that is the one you must win to win a national championship. Virginia has only won a conference championship. The NCAAs don’t start until next week. Can’t believe I have to explain this to another brilliant graduate of “The University.”

You never said NCAA. And now UVA, having won ACC, is on its way to the NCAA no matter what you say. And, BTW, I went to Yale Law not UVA. Some of us like college basketball. But by all means, keep throwing insults if it makes you feel better

Most college basketball fans (as you claim you are) know what “the tournament” is. Since you went to Yale, this shouldn’t be this difficult.

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Well this thread sure jumped the shark.

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Anonymous wrote:"The University" is a Old over from the address from back in the day. Before there was a Charlottesville. The mail just went to "The University, Virginia."

And they dropped the semi-formal attire at football games two football coaches ago. The frat boys still do it, but most kids are in t-shirts.

+1. Also pick up the Harvard Crimson - they will refer to it in editorials throughout as "The College".or "The University". And the law school as "THE Harvard Law School" or "The Law School".

Huh? I graduated from UChicago and we always referred to undergrad as "the college" and law school as "the law school." I thought that was pretty standard campus lingo? If the article cited is the school newspaper, of course it's going to have on-campus lingo as the target audience is students and faculty.

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Anonymous wrote:"The University" is a Old over from the address from back in the day. Before there was a Charlottesville. The mail just went to "The University, Virginia."

And they dropped the semi-formal attire at football games two football coaches ago. The frat boys still do it, but most kids are in t-shirts.

+1. Also pick up the Harvard Crimson - they will refer to it in editorials throughout as "The College".or "The University". And the law school as "THE Harvard Law School" or "The Law School".

Huh? I graduated from UChicago and we always referred to undergrad as "the college" and law school as "the law school." I thought that was pretty standard campus lingo? If the article cited is the school newspaper, of course it's going to have on-campus lingo as the target audience is students and faculty.

Yes, it's a stupid article written by at 19 year old student on the Cavalier Daily who had a deadline who didn't bother to check facts. My DC is on the Cavalier Daily and says the op eds are "trash" and the editors don't edit, and the result is what some idiot posted here thinking this piece actually meant something "on the direction UVA is heading". Everyone in grade school should learn to always check the publication, then the author, and ask why is the author writing the piece before ever reading anything. It's too easy to get junk published nowadays.

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Anonymous wrote:Well this thread sure jumped the shark.

It was an irresponsible post started by someone who is anti-UVA, pro-Clemson, pro-N. Carolina, or otherwise tied up in March madness. Ignore the troll.

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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.

Not fair. NOVA is a bastion of lousy traffic, crappy restaurants, annoying people, and overpriced sh!tshacks.

I disagree. Nova is an economic powerhouse. It provides jobs to the DC region and shares income raxes with the rest of Va.

Plus development of Tysons as a destination city and all of the tech companies on the Dulles corridor. This has been particularly great for GMU grads. There's a lot of give and take with the business community and GMU.

Nobody cares about GMU. I think we can all agree about that!

It's been "up and coming" for years, but never seems to get there. But 23,000 undergrad enrollment suggests somebody cares about GMU.