UVA ED on Friday at 5 pm

[Anonymous]

UNC literally had fake classes for their athletes. Make no mistake, allowances for revenue sports athletes has to be given for any Div I school. This goes for all of them, including Stanford.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Gossip from DD, lots of girls getting in ED engineering,

This would be good. Every young woman I know from TJ who went off to UVA ... did not end up in STEM. It's like UVA sucked all the ambition out of them.

I read something by Malcolm Gladwell about this idea. Hard to do STEM at an academic powerhouse.

It's hard to do STEM at any university. it will be slightly easier if you attend a school where you are truly Tops (think with a wider distribution of students), then it's easier to be in the A/A- range of the curve. Much harder at a school where everyone was near perfect in HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Gossip from DD, lots of girls getting in ED engineering,

This would be good. Every young woman I know from TJ who went off to UVA ... did not end up in STEM. It's like UVA sucked all the ambition out of them.

I read something by Malcolm Gladwell about this idea. Hard to do STEM at an academic powerhouse.

The video of his lecture about this is online, search:
Malcolm Gladwell on why you should never study at an elite college, but should rather choose a college where you are sure you can be the top student in your program.

I think there’s a lot of truth to this. Go where your talents and academic strengths will stand out. Find mentors in your department who will use their connections to help you get ahead. I firmly believe it’s better to be a big fish in a small pond vs just one of many stellar students.

Professors at non-elite colleges do not have as good a set of connections to help you get ahead as do the professors at elite colleges. Professors at an elite school can get you an internship, a fellowship, or a job with a single phone call. Professors at Podunk State simply can't.

This is like the most 1970s view of professors and how the world works that I could possibly imagine.

It literally worked that way for me twice, much more recently than the 1970s. I sat in the room while the professor called his connection and recommended that I get the job. If you don't think that still happens you are very naive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Gossip from DD, lots of girls getting in ED engineering,

This would be good. Every young woman I know from TJ who went off to UVA ... did not end up in STEM. It's like UVA sucked all the ambition out of them.

I read something by Malcolm Gladwell about this idea. Hard to do STEM at an academic powerhouse.

The video of his lecture about this is online, search:
Malcolm Gladwell on why you should never study at an elite college, but should rather choose a college where you are sure you can be the top student in your program.

I think there’s a lot of truth to this. Go where your talents and academic strengths will stand out. Find mentors in your department who will use their connections to help you get ahead. I firmly believe it’s better to be a big fish in a small pond vs just one of many stellar students.

Professors at non-elite colleges do not have as good a set of connections to help you get ahead as do the professors at elite colleges. Professors at an elite school can get you an internship, a fellowship, or a job with a single phone call. Professors at Podunk State simply can't.

This is like the most 1970s view of professors and how the world works that I could possibly imagine.

There’s “elite” and there’s “podunk” and that leaves a huge number of excellent schools in between. Professors at those schools can often get your foot in the door for decent internships and jobs. It’s a fallacy to believe that only students at elite schools have good opportunities. [That's not what I said. ] Social skills and personality are just as important to future success as academic achievement - maybe even more so. [Yeah, sure, send your kid to Radford then, no doubt their social skills and personality will carry them to success despite their mediocre education.]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Gossip from DD, lots of girls getting in ED engineering,

This would be good. Every young woman I know from TJ who went off to UVA ... did not end up in STEM. It's like UVA sucked all the ambition out of them.

I read something by Malcolm Gladwell about this idea. Hard to do STEM at an academic powerhouse.

The video of his lecture about this is online, search:
Malcolm Gladwell on why you should never study at an elite college, but should rather choose a college where you are sure you can be the top student in your program.

I think there’s a lot of truth to this. Go where your talents and academic strengths will stand out. Find mentors in your department who will use their connections to help you get ahead. I firmly believe it’s better to be a big fish in a small pond vs just one of many stellar students.

Professors at non-elite colleges do not have as good a set of connections to help you get ahead as do the professors at elite colleges. Professors at an elite school can get you an internship, a fellowship, or a job with a single phone call. Professors at Podunk State simply can't.

This is like the most 1970s view of professors and how the world works that I could possibly imagine.

There’s “elite” and there’s “podunk” and that leaves a huge number of excellent schools in between. Professors at those schools can often get your foot in the door for decent internships and jobs. It’s a fallacy to believe that only students at elite schools have good opportunities. [That's not what I said. ] Social skills and personality are just as important to future success as academic achievement - maybe even more so. [Yeah, sure, send your kid to Radford then, no doubt their social skills and personality will carry them to success despite their mediocre education.]

What's mediocre about a Radford education? Is the teaching quality subpar?

[Anonymous]

Who is in in WITHOUT 3-4 years of language?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Gossip from DD, lots of girls getting in ED engineering,

This would be good. Every young woman I know from TJ who went off to UVA ... did not end up in STEM. It's like UVA sucked all the ambition out of them.

I read something by Malcolm Gladwell about this idea. Hard to do STEM at an academic powerhouse.

The video of his lecture about this is online, search:
Malcolm Gladwell on why you should never study at an elite college, but should rather choose a college where you are sure you can be the top student in your program.

I think there’s a lot of truth to this. Go where your talents and academic strengths will stand out. Find mentors in your department who will use their connections to help you get ahead. I firmly believe it’s better to be a big fish in a small pond vs just one of many stellar students.

Professors at non-elite colleges do not have as good a set of connections to help you get ahead as do the professors at elite colleges. Professors at an elite school can get you an internship, a fellowship, or a job with a single phone call. Professors at Podunk State simply can't.

This is like the most 1970s view of professors and how the world works that I could possibly imagine.

There’s “elite” and there’s “podunk” and that leaves a huge number of excellent schools in between. Professors at those schools can often get your foot in the door for decent internships and jobs. It’s a fallacy to believe that only students at elite schools have good opportunities. [That's not what I said. ] Social skills and personality are just as important to future success as academic achievement - maybe even more so. [Yeah, sure, send your kid to Radford then, no doubt their social skills and personality will carry them to success despite their mediocre education.]

What's mediocre about a Radford education? Is the teaching quality subpar?

The teaching quality at Radford is better than the uninformed snob is implying. The nursing, criminal justice, and business programs at Radford are an excellent value, and I know several alumni who are doing quite well in their chosen fields. Some people think merely getting a degree in any field from UVA will get them a ride on the gravy train, but that’s not the case. It takes drive and ambition to be successful, which graduates of lesser institutions often have more of, because they haven’t been handed all the advantages in life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who is in in WITHOUT 3-4 years of language?

Not even three?

[Anonymous]

So no one got in ED? Because almost no stats were posted here.

Can someone link the correct Reddit thread? I can’t seem to find the right one with actual stats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So no one got in ED? Because almost no stats were posted here.

Can someone link the correct Reddit thread? I can’t seem to find the right one with actual stats.

The A2C reddit thread is almost empty. Just seems like people are not posting about this stuff in general online this year. Or at least not on the previously traditional platforms

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
The teaching quality at Radford is better than the uninformed snob is implying.

Sure it is, idiot, that's why your kid is going there, right? 🤣🤣🤣

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congratulations to everyone that got accepted! And whatever the result here's hoping all of our kiddos find their perfect fit!

17 and 18yo aren’t kiddos. Please stop using this stupid word - it’s bizarre even when talking about younger children. And stop saying “littles” too.

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Wow this thread is awful even by DCUM standards. Is Jeff in a coma?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Congratulations to everyone that got accepted! And whatever the result here's hoping all of our kiddos find their perfect fit!

17 and 18yo aren’t kiddos. Please stop using this stupid word - it’s bizarre even when talking about younger children. And stop saying “littles” too.

Thank you.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know the percentage/number of deferred

I’m interested in this, too. DD was deferred in the ED round. UVA is/was her 1st choice, but now I’m excited for her to hear from other schools. I’m kind of glad that she’s no longer obligated to attend if accepted. One of her other applications may actually turn out to be better for her.

We are in the boat too. UVA is great, and it would have been nice not to have to think about this college crap anymore, but the idea of having choices is also nice.

Did UVA defer from ED to RD this year? I had a kid go through the process last year who did EA for UVA and they only accepted, waitlisted or rejected--no deferrals. I have a second child going through the process again next year and hope they keep the deferral vs just waitlist.