T20 Universities list predictions

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Anonymous wrote:The difference between Top 20 and Top 25 is not meaningful. In fact, most rankings talk about the Top 25, so it’s a little curious why OP chose to make this thread about the Top 20. My guess is that OP is one of a small number or perhaps THE one who starts these contentious ranking threads. In time, they always devolve into the same arguments: 1) some Ivies are not REAL Ivies; 2) Columbia and Chicago are not as good as other top-rated schools; 3) schools ranked 14-25 are unworthy; 4) UVA is overrated, racist, and unknown outside Virginia; 5) tech-focused schools are going to rise in the rankings at the expense of many others. When you see these themes pounded again and again, they are the same poster. The point of this thread being Top 20 is to exclude UVA as a top school and then to call supporters “boosters and strivers.” These are common code words of this highly repetitive poster. Basically, the ranking threads are troll posts hoping to stir the pot and create animosity towards certain schools. Don’t fall for it.

Why do UVA strivers always want to turn everything about UVA? Not everything revolves around UVA.

NP-Have no connection to UVA but the same can be said about you. Why do you always have to bash an obviously good school? PP's post is spot on and I give zero F's about UVA. This board is trolls, tiger mom's, day drinker's and losers...good riddance.

“Day drinkers and losers” - I like it! These threads are useless as everyone already knows or can easily access rankings. Also, anyone can read the methodology of a specific ranking. We don’t need trolls to tell us what we already know or pretend to be more informed than the poll publishers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The difference between Top 20 and Top 25 is not meaningful. In fact, most rankings talk about the Top 25, so it’s a little curious why OP chose to make this thread about the Top 20. My guess is that OP is one of a small number or perhaps THE one who starts these contentious ranking threads. In time, they always devolve into the same arguments: 1) some Ivies are not REAL Ivies; 2) Columbia and Chicago are not as good as other top-rated schools; 3) schools ranked 14-25 are unworthy; 4) UVA is overrated, racist, and unknown outside Virginia; 5) tech-focused schools are going to rise in the rankings at the expense of many others. When you see these themes pounded again and again, they are the same poster. The point of this thread being Top 20 is to exclude UVA as a top school and then to call supporters “boosters and strivers.” These are common code words of this highly repetitive poster. Basically, the ranking threads are troll posts hoping to stir the pot and create animosity towards certain schools. Don’t fall for it.

T20 is typical reference for ranking of schools. T25 is seldom used.

People just naturally think in the multiples of 10.
If you look at the colleges list T25 makes much more sense.

No

Then why is law school referred to t14?

T20 makes sense because that’s the historical cut off before you hit the first publics

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The difference between Top 20 and Top 25 is not meaningful. In fact, most rankings talk about the Top 25, so it’s a little curious why OP chose to make this thread about the Top 20. My guess is that OP is one of a small number or perhaps THE one who starts these contentious ranking threads. In time, they always devolve into the same arguments: 1) some Ivies are not REAL Ivies; 2) Columbia and Chicago are not as good as other top-rated schools; 3) schools ranked 14-25 are unworthy; 4) UVA is overrated, racist, and unknown outside Virginia; 5) tech-focused schools are going to rise in the rankings at the expense of many others. When you see these themes pounded again and again, they are the same poster. The point of this thread being Top 20 is to exclude UVA as a top school and then to call supporters “boosters and strivers.” These are common code words of this highly repetitive poster. Basically, the ranking threads are troll posts hoping to stir the pot and create animosity towards certain schools. Don’t fall for it.

Why do UVA strivers always want to turn everything about UVA? Not everything revolves around UVA.

NP-Have no connection to UVA but the same can be said about you. Why do you always have to bash an obviously good school? PP's post is spot on and I give zero F's about UVA. This board is trolls, tiger mom's, day drinker's and losers...good riddance.

I moved to the DMV a decade ago from NYC and did not know UVA was a top school. Over the years, I occasionally mentioned that outside the DC area, I don’t think UVA is considered a top school. I still believe this despite living in VA where people LOVE UVA.

I was just in Manhattan and many of my friends attended T20 schools. They all want to attend ivy schools like their parents. UVA is never mentioned as a safety or a target and definitely not as a reach.

I also have a teenager and of course he will apply to UVA but it is not somewhere he wants to go.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The difference between Top 20 and Top 25 is not meaningful. In fact, most rankings talk about the Top 25, so it’s a little curious why OP chose to make this thread about the Top 20. My guess is that OP is one of a small number or perhaps THE one who starts these contentious ranking threads. In time, they always devolve into the same arguments: 1) some Ivies are not REAL Ivies; 2) Columbia and Chicago are not as good as other top-rated schools; 3) schools ranked 14-25 are unworthy; 4) UVA is overrated, racist, and unknown outside Virginia; 5) tech-focused schools are going to rise in the rankings at the expense of many others. When you see these themes pounded again and again, they are the same poster. The point of this thread being Top 20 is to exclude UVA as a top school and then to call supporters “boosters and strivers.” These are common code words of this highly repetitive poster. Basically, the ranking threads are troll posts hoping to stir the pot and create animosity towards certain schools. Don’t fall for it.

Why do UVA strivers always want to turn everything about UVA? Not everything revolves around UVA.

NP-Have no connection to UVA but the same can be said about you. Why do you always have to bash an obviously good school? PP's post is spot on and I give zero F's about UVA. This board is trolls, tiger mom's, day drinker's and losers...good riddance.

I moved to the DMV a decade ago from NYC and did not know UVA was a top school. Over the years, I occasionally mentioned that outside the DC area, I don’t think UVA is considered a top school. I still believe this despite living in VA where people LOVE UVA.

I was just in Manhattan and many of my friends attended T20 schools. They all want to attend ivy schools like their parents. UVA is never mentioned as a safety or a target and definitely not as a reach.

I also have a teenager and of course he will apply to UVA but it is not somewhere he wants to go.

This is a repeat type of post. The old, “no one in the NE mentions UVA so it can’t be any good.” Totally false. Look at the college matriculations of the best boarding schools in the NE and UVA is always a prominent choice. Also, plenty of UVA alumni in the NE. How can a New Yorker claim to be educated and have no knowledge or respect for UVA?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The difference between Top 20 and Top 25 is not meaningful. In fact, most rankings talk about the Top 25, so it’s a little curious why OP chose to make this thread about the Top 20. My guess is that OP is one of a small number or perhaps THE one who starts these contentious ranking threads. In time, they always devolve into the same arguments: 1) some Ivies are not REAL Ivies; 2) Columbia and Chicago are not as good as other top-rated schools; 3) schools ranked 14-25 are unworthy; 4) UVA is overrated, racist, and unknown outside Virginia; 5) tech-focused schools are going to rise in the rankings at the expense of many others. When you see these themes pounded again and again, they are the same poster. The point of this thread being Top 20 is to exclude UVA as a top school and then to call supporters “boosters and strivers.” These are common code words of this highly repetitive poster. Basically, the ranking threads are troll posts hoping to stir the pot and create animosity towards certain schools. Don’t fall for it.

Why do UVA strivers always want to turn everything about UVA? Not everything revolves around UVA.

NP-Have no connection to UVA but the same can be said about you. Why do you always have to bash an obviously good school? PP's post is spot on and I give zero F's about UVA. This board is trolls, tiger mom's, day drinker's and losers...good riddance.

I moved to the DMV a decade ago from NYC and did not know UVA was a top school. Over the years, I occasionally mentioned that outside the DC area, I don’t think UVA is considered a top school. I still believe this despite living in VA where people LOVE UVA.

I was just in Manhattan and many of my friends attended T20 schools. They all want to attend ivy schools like their parents. UVA is never mentioned as a safety or a target and definitely not as a reach.

I also have a teenager and of course he will apply to UVA but it is not somewhere he wants to go.

This is a repeat type of post. The old, “no one in the NE mentions UVA so it can’t be any good.” Totally false. Look at the college matriculations of the best boarding schools in the NE and UVA is always a prominent choice. Also, plenty of UVA alumni in the NE. How can a New Yorker claim to be educated and have no knowledge or respect for UVA?

I have neighbors and close friends who attended UVA. We have professional colleagues who attended UVA. Our friends are starting to send their kids to college and I congratulate them.

I would be totally fine if one of my kids ends up at UVA.

I’m surprised Georgetown and Johns Hopkins isn’t mentioned as much and isn’t as boosted as UVA. Those are schools I was very familiar with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The difference between Top 20 and Top 25 is not meaningful. In fact, most rankings talk about the Top 25, so it’s a little curious why OP chose to make this thread about the Top 20. My guess is that OP is one of a small number or perhaps THE one who starts these contentious ranking threads. In time, they always devolve into the same arguments: 1) some Ivies are not REAL Ivies; 2) Columbia and Chicago are not as good as other top-rated schools; 3) schools ranked 14-25 are unworthy; 4) UVA is overrated, racist, and unknown outside Virginia; 5) tech-focused schools are going to rise in the rankings at the expense of many others. When you see these themes pounded again and again, they are the same poster. The point of this thread being Top 20 is to exclude UVA as a top school and then to call supporters “boosters and strivers.” These are common code words of this highly repetitive poster. Basically, the ranking threads are troll posts hoping to stir the pot and create animosity towards certain schools. Don’t fall for it.

Why do UVA strivers always want to turn everything about UVA? Not everything revolves around UVA.

NP-Have no connection to UVA but the same can be said about you. Why do you always have to bash an obviously good school? PP's post is spot on and I give zero F's about UVA. This board is trolls, tiger mom's, day drinker's and losers...good riddance.

I moved to the DMV a decade ago from NYC and did not know UVA was a top school. Over the years, I occasionally mentioned that outside the DC area, I don’t think UVA is considered a top school. I still believe this despite living in VA where people LOVE UVA.

I was just in Manhattan and many of my friends attended T20 schools. They all want to attend ivy schools like their parents. UVA is never mentioned as a safety or a target and definitely not as a reach.

I also have a teenager and of course he will apply to UVA but it is not somewhere he wants to go.

Back when I was a kid UVA and UC Berkeley were the top public universities. For a long time, UVA was the top public university period. Well it was the first public university but it still counts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The difference between Top 20 and Top 25 is not meaningful. In fact, most rankings talk about the Top 25, so it’s a little curious why OP chose to make this thread about the Top 20. My guess is that OP is one of a small number or perhaps THE one who starts these contentious ranking threads. In time, they always devolve into the same arguments: 1) some Ivies are not REAL Ivies; 2) Columbia and Chicago are not as good as other top-rated schools; 3) schools ranked 14-25 are unworthy; 4) UVA is overrated, racist, and unknown outside Virginia; 5) tech-focused schools are going to rise in the rankings at the expense of many others. When you see these themes pounded again and again, they are the same poster. The point of this thread being Top 20 is to exclude UVA as a top school and then to call supporters “boosters and strivers.” These are common code words of this highly repetitive poster. Basically, the ranking threads are troll posts hoping to stir the pot and create animosity towards certain schools. Don’t fall for it.

Why do UVA strivers always want to turn everything about UVA? Not everything revolves around UVA.

NP-Have no connection to UVA but the same can be said about you. Why do you always have to bash an obviously good school? PP's post is spot on and I give zero F's about UVA. This board is trolls, tiger mom's, day drinker's and losers...good riddance.

I moved to the DMV a decade ago from NYC and did not know UVA was a top school. Over the years, I occasionally mentioned that outside the DC area, I don’t think UVA is considered a top school. I still believe this despite living in VA where people LOVE UVA.

I was just in Manhattan and many of my friends attended T20 schools. They all want to attend ivy schools like their parents. UVA is never mentioned as a safety or a target and definitely not as a reach.

I also have a teenager and of course he will apply to UVA but it is not somewhere he wants to go.

This is a repeat type of post. The old, “no one in the NE mentions UVA so it can’t be any good.” Totally false. Look at the college matriculations of the best boarding schools in the NE and UVA is always a prominent choice. Also, plenty of UVA alumni in the NE. How can a New Yorker claim to be educated and have no knowledge or respect for UVA?

I didn’t know or I don’t remember where everyone from my high school went to college. UMich was the safety at my high school. All the smart kids who didn’t get into an ivy or t20 school either went to UMich, NYU or Tufts. Yes, I know UVA is ranked higher than Tufts. Tufts was considered a safety just like UMich. I also know college admissions today is vastly different from the 90s.

[Anonymous]

According to Exeter’s website, their students are matriculating at UVA in similar numbers to Dartmouth, Northwestern, and Williams, and at twice the rate of Stanford and Duke. So, how is it that no one in the NE wants to attend or respects UVA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The difference between Top 20 and Top 25 is not meaningful. In fact, most rankings talk about the Top 25, so it’s a little curious why OP chose to make this thread about the Top 20. My guess is that OP is one of a small number or perhaps THE one who starts these contentious ranking threads. In time, they always devolve into the same arguments: 1) some Ivies are not REAL Ivies; 2) Columbia and Chicago are not as good as other top-rated schools; 3) schools ranked 14-25 are unworthy; 4) UVA is overrated, racist, and unknown outside Virginia; 5) tech-focused schools are going to rise in the rankings at the expense of many others. When you see these themes pounded again and again, they are the same poster. The point of this thread being Top 20 is to exclude UVA as a top school and then to call supporters “boosters and strivers.” These are common code words of this highly repetitive poster. Basically, the ranking threads are troll posts hoping to stir the pot and create animosity towards certain schools. Don’t fall for it.

Why do UVA strivers always want to turn everything about UVA? Not everything revolves around UVA.

NP-Have no connection to UVA but the same can be said about you. Why do you always have to bash an obviously good school? PP's post is spot on and I give zero F's about UVA. This board is trolls, tiger mom's, day drinker's and losers...good riddance.

I moved to the DMV a decade ago from NYC and did not know UVA was a top school. Over the years, I occasionally mentioned that outside the DC area, I don’t think UVA is considered a top school. I still believe this despite living in VA where people LOVE UVA.

I was just in Manhattan and many of my friends attended T20 schools. They all want to attend ivy schools like their parents. UVA is never mentioned as a safety or a target and definitely not as a reach.

I also have a teenager and of course he will apply to UVA but it is not somewhere he wants to go.

This is a repeat type of post. The old, “no one in the NE mentions UVA so it can’t be any good.” Totally false. Look at the college matriculations of the best boarding schools in the NE and UVA is always a prominent choice. Also, plenty of UVA alumni in the NE. How can a New Yorker claim to be educated and have no knowledge or respect for UVA?

I have neighbors and close friends who attended UVA. We have professional colleagues who attended UVA. Our friends are starting to send their kids to college and I congratulate them.

I would be totally fine if one of my kids ends up at UVA.

I’m surprised Georgetown and Johns Hopkins isn’t mentioned as much and isn’t as boosted as UVA. Those are schools I was very familiar with.

Also, Georgetown and Hopkins were good schools but much easier to get into than UVA 30+ years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The difference between Top 20 and Top 25 is not meaningful. In fact, most rankings talk about the Top 25, so it’s a little curious why OP chose to make this thread about the Top 20. My guess is that OP is one of a small number or perhaps THE one who starts these contentious ranking threads. In time, they always devolve into the same arguments: 1) some Ivies are not REAL Ivies; 2) Columbia and Chicago are not as good as other top-rated schools; 3) schools ranked 14-25 are unworthy; 4) UVA is overrated, racist, and unknown outside Virginia; 5) tech-focused schools are going to rise in the rankings at the expense of many others. When you see these themes pounded again and again, they are the same poster. The point of this thread being Top 20 is to exclude UVA as a top school and then to call supporters “boosters and strivers.” These are common code words of this highly repetitive poster. Basically, the ranking threads are troll posts hoping to stir the pot and create animosity towards certain schools. Don’t fall for it.

Why do UVA strivers always want to turn everything about UVA? Not everything revolves around UVA.

NP-Have no connection to UVA but the same can be said about you. Why do you always have to bash an obviously good school? PP's post is spot on and I give zero F's about UVA. This board is trolls, tiger mom's, day drinker's and losers...good riddance.

I moved to the DMV a decade ago from NYC and did not know UVA was a top school. Over the years, I occasionally mentioned that outside the DC area, I don’t think UVA is considered a top school. I still believe this despite living in VA where people LOVE UVA.

I was just in Manhattan and many of my friends attended T20 schools. They all want to attend ivy schools like their parents. UVA is never mentioned as a safety or a target and definitely not as a reach.

I also have a teenager and of course he will apply to UVA but it is not somewhere he wants to go.

Back when I was a kid UVA and UC Berkeley were the top public universities. For a long time, UVA was the top public university period. Well it was the first public university but it still counts.

I didn’t apply to any publics. I always thought publics were for poor people and I wasn’t even rich.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to Exeter’s website, their students are matriculating at UVA in similar numbers to Dartmouth, Northwestern, and Williams, and at twice the rate of Stanford and Duke. So, how is it that no one in the NE wants to attend or respects UVA?

The bottom of the class at Exeter is going to UVA. I went to Harvard where also many Exeter students attend.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The difference between Top 20 and Top 25 is not meaningful. In fact, most rankings talk about the Top 25, so it’s a little curious why OP chose to make this thread about the Top 20. My guess is that OP is one of a small number or perhaps THE one who starts these contentious ranking threads. In time, they always devolve into the same arguments: 1) some Ivies are not REAL Ivies; 2) Columbia and Chicago are not as good as other top-rated schools; 3) schools ranked 14-25 are unworthy; 4) UVA is overrated, racist, and unknown outside Virginia; 5) tech-focused schools are going to rise in the rankings at the expense of many others. When you see these themes pounded again and again, they are the same poster. The point of this thread being Top 20 is to exclude UVA as a top school and then to call supporters “boosters and strivers.” These are common code words of this highly repetitive poster. Basically, the ranking threads are troll posts hoping to stir the pot and create animosity towards certain schools. Don’t fall for it.

Why do UVA strivers always want to turn everything about UVA? Not everything revolves around UVA.

NP-Have no connection to UVA but the same can be said about you. Why do you always have to bash an obviously good school? PP's post is spot on and I give zero F's about UVA. This board is trolls, tiger mom's, day drinker's and losers...good riddance.

I moved to the DMV a decade ago from NYC and did not know UVA was a top school. Over the years, I occasionally mentioned that outside the DC area, I don’t think UVA is considered a top school. I still believe this despite living in VA where people LOVE UVA.

I was just in Manhattan and many of my friends attended T20 schools. They all want to attend ivy schools like their parents. UVA is never mentioned as a safety or a target and definitely not as a reach.

I also have a teenager and of course he will apply to UVA but it is not somewhere he wants to go.

This is a repeat type of post. The old, “no one in the NE mentions UVA so it can’t be any good.” Totally false. Look at the college matriculations of the best boarding schools in the NE and UVA is always a prominent choice. Also, plenty of UVA alumni in the NE. How can a New Yorker claim to be educated and have no knowledge or respect for UVA?

I have neighbors and close friends who attended UVA. We have professional colleagues who attended UVA. Our friends are starting to send their kids to college and I congratulate them.

I would be totally fine if one of my kids ends up at UVA.

I’m surprised Georgetown and Johns Hopkins isn’t mentioned as much and isn’t as boosted as UVA. Those are schools I was very familiar with.

Also, Georgetown and Hopkins were good schools but much easier to get into than UVA 30+ years ago.

Is this still true? Is it easier to get into Georgetown and Hopkins over UVA?

My kid is only in middle school. We know a lot of siblings who got rejected from Georgetown and UVA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The difference between Top 20 and Top 25 is not meaningful. In fact, most rankings talk about the Top 25, so it’s a little curious why OP chose to make this thread about the Top 20. My guess is that OP is one of a small number or perhaps THE one who starts these contentious ranking threads. In time, they always devolve into the same arguments: 1) some Ivies are not REAL Ivies; 2) Columbia and Chicago are not as good as other top-rated schools; 3) schools ranked 14-25 are unworthy; 4) UVA is overrated, racist, and unknown outside Virginia; 5) tech-focused schools are going to rise in the rankings at the expense of many others. When you see these themes pounded again and again, they are the same poster. The point of this thread being Top 20 is to exclude UVA as a top school and then to call supporters “boosters and strivers.” These are common code words of this highly repetitive poster. Basically, the ranking threads are troll posts hoping to stir the pot and create animosity towards certain schools. Don’t fall for it.

Why do UVA strivers always want to turn everything about UVA? Not everything revolves around UVA.

NP-Have no connection to UVA but the same can be said about you. Why do you always have to bash an obviously good school? PP's post is spot on and I give zero F's about UVA. This board is trolls, tiger mom's, day drinker's and losers...good riddance.

I moved to the DMV a decade ago from NYC and did not know UVA was a top school. Over the years, I occasionally mentioned that outside the DC area, I don’t think UVA is considered a top school. I still believe this despite living in VA where people LOVE UVA.

I was just in Manhattan and many of my friends attended T20 schools. They all want to attend ivy schools like their parents. UVA is never mentioned as a safety or a target and definitely not as a reach.

I also have a teenager and of course he will apply to UVA but it is not somewhere he wants to go.

This is a repeat type of post. The old, “no one in the NE mentions UVA so it can’t be any good.” Totally false. Look at the college matriculations of the best boarding schools in the NE and UVA is always a prominent choice. Also, plenty of UVA alumni in the NE. How can a New Yorker claim to be educated and have no knowledge or respect for UVA?

I have neighbors and close friends who attended UVA. We have professional colleagues who attended UVA. Our friends are starting to send their kids to college and I congratulate them.

I would be totally fine if one of my kids ends up at UVA.

I’m surprised Georgetown and Johns Hopkins isn’t mentioned as much and isn’t as boosted as UVA. Those are schools I was very familiar with.

Also, Georgetown and Hopkins were good schools but much easier to get into than UVA 30+ years ago.

Another one is UCLA. It's come up a lot in the ratings but when I was a kid, it was just a party school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:The difference between Top 20 and Top 25 is not meaningful. In fact, most rankings talk about the Top 25, so it’s a little curious why OP chose to make this thread about the Top 20. My guess is that OP is one of a small number or perhaps THE one who starts these contentious ranking threads. In time, they always devolve into the same arguments: 1) some Ivies are not REAL Ivies; 2) Columbia and Chicago are not as good as other top-rated schools; 3) schools ranked 14-25 are unworthy; 4) UVA is overrated, racist, and unknown outside Virginia; 5) tech-focused schools are going to rise in the rankings at the expense of many others. When you see these themes pounded again and again, they are the same poster. The point of this thread being Top 20 is to exclude UVA as a top school and then to call supporters “boosters and strivers.” These are common code words of this highly repetitive poster. Basically, the ranking threads are troll posts hoping to stir the pot and create animosity towards certain schools. Don’t fall for it.

Why do UVA strivers always want to turn everything about UVA? Not everything revolves around UVA.

NP-Have no connection to UVA but the same can be said about you. Why do you always have to bash an obviously good school? PP's post is spot on and I give zero F's about UVA. This board is trolls, tiger mom's, day drinker's and losers...good riddance.

I moved to the DMV a decade ago from NYC and did not know UVA was a top school. Over the years, I occasionally mentioned that outside the DC area, I don’t think UVA is considered a top school. I still believe this despite living in VA where people LOVE UVA.

I was just in Manhattan and many of my friends attended T20 schools. They all want to attend ivy schools like their parents. UVA is never mentioned as a safety or a target and definitely not as a reach.

I also have a teenager and of course he will apply to UVA but it is not somewhere he wants to go.

This is a repeat type of post. The old, “no one in the NE mentions UVA so it can’t be any good.” Totally false. Look at the college matriculations of the best boarding schools in the NE and UVA is always a prominent choice. Also, plenty of UVA alumni in the NE. How can a New Yorker claim to be educated and have no knowledge or respect for UVA?

I have neighbors and close friends who attended UVA. We have professional colleagues who attended UVA. Our friends are starting to send their kids to college and I congratulate them.

I would be totally fine if one of my kids ends up at UVA.

I’m surprised Georgetown and Johns Hopkins isn’t mentioned as much and isn’t as boosted as UVA. Those are schools I was very familiar with.

Also, Georgetown and Hopkins were good schools but much easier to get into than UVA 30+ years ago.

Another one is UCLA. It's come up a lot in the ratings but when I was a kid, it was just a party school.

There was a recent thread about how great Northeastern was. Back in the day, Northeastern was slightly above community college if you went to school in Boston. BU was the party school with all the international students. Supposedly now are reach schools? Shrug.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:According to Exeter’s website, their students are matriculating at UVA in similar numbers to Dartmouth, Northwestern, and Williams, and at twice the rate of Stanford and Duke. So, how is it that no one in the NE wants to attend or respects UVA?

The bottom of the class at Exeter is going to UVA. I went to Harvard where also many Exeter students attend.

Look, no one is saying that UVA is Harvard. However, saying that UVA is not known or appreciated in the NE is untrue. As for Exeter matriculations, I’m sure the top 10-20% of the class goes to an Ivy, but there are MANY students who don’t, per the school’s website. As for where UVA falls in the mix, it is far more popular than many other schools, suggesting it is a desirable admit.