Underwhelming campus experience

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown. Trash everywhere. Graffiti. Lots of vagrants, homeless and random tourists roaming around a "campus" . This "campus" is actually just a corner of a city block, with great free parking if you want to roam M street.

Where is the free parking at Georgetown?

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown. Trash everywhere. Graffiti. Lots of vagrants, homeless and random tourists roaming around a "campus" . This "campus" is actually just a corner of a city block, with great free parking if you want to roam M street.

Where is the free parking at Georgetown?

From VA, turn left into the school, there is a underground parking garage. Just park there.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA

It's a world unesco site. And Poe's room is on display. And Montecello. And the vineyards around C'vile. And the beauty of the countryside. If you can't appreciate any of that then the problem is you so I can tell your kid didn't get in. Take your sour grapes elseshere.

World unesco site doesn’t make something pretty. Why you’re the only one defensive on this thread should really be called to question.

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UVA boosters are always so aggressive

We found much of UVA to have an odd aroma. Like something between moldy and an old shoe. So off putting. The tour guide said it’s petty regular.

Odd aroma? Our family has spent considerable time on grounds in various buildings (including dorm buildings). Not our experience at all.

DP. I’m sorry, but “on grounds” is utterly pretentious. It’s a campus, like every other school.

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It's a world unesco site. And Poe's room is on display. And Montecello. And the vineyards around C'vile. And the beauty of the countryside. If you can't appreciate any of that then the problem is you so I can tell your kid didn't get in. Take your sour grapes elseshere.

World unesco site doesn’t make something pretty. Why you’re the only one defensive on this thread should really be called to question.

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UVA boosters are always so aggressive

We found much of UVA to have an odd aroma. Like something between moldy and an old shoe. So off putting. The tour guide said it’s petty regular.

Odd aroma? Our family has spent considerable time on grounds in various buildings (including dorm buildings). Not our experience at all.

DP. I’m sorry, but “on grounds” is utterly pretentious. It’s a campus, like every other school.

Welcome to UVA. Btw, PP, it makes sense that you couldn't smell anything under the white hood.

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Bennington. Almost left tour early. Beautiful but pretentious, did not show dorms, only discussed their architecture.

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It's a world unesco site. And Poe's room is on display. And Montecello. And the vineyards around C'vile. And the beauty of the countryside. If you can't appreciate any of that then the problem is you so I can tell your kid didn't get in. Take your sour grapes elseshere.

World unesco site doesn’t make something pretty. Why you’re the only one defensive on this thread should really be called to question.

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UVA boosters are always so aggressive

We found much of UVA to have an odd aroma. Like something between moldy and an old shoe. So off putting. The tour guide said it’s petty regular.

Odd aroma? Our family has spent considerable time on grounds in various buildings (including dorm buildings). Not our experience at all.

DP. I’m sorry, but “on grounds” is utterly pretentious. It’s a campus, like every other school.

Why not look up why it’s grounds and not campus…I’ll give you a hint. Thomas Jefferson. He’s also the reason the students are not referred to as freshman, sophomore, etc, but rather first/second years etc. nothing pretentious about this. Simply UVA tradition.

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It's a world unesco site. And Poe's room is on display. And Montecello. And the vineyards around C'vile. And the beauty of the countryside. If you can't appreciate any of that then the problem is you so I can tell your kid didn't get in. Take your sour grapes elseshere.

World unesco site doesn’t make something pretty. Why you’re the only one defensive on this thread should really be called to question.

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UVA boosters are always so aggressive

We found much of UVA to have an odd aroma. Like something between moldy and an old shoe. So off putting. The tour guide said it’s petty regular.

Odd aroma? Our family has spent considerable time on grounds in various buildings (including dorm buildings). Not our experience at all.

DP. I’m sorry, but “on grounds” is utterly pretentious. It’s a campus, like every other school.

Why not look up why it’s grounds and not campus…I’ll give you a hint. Thomas Jefferson. He’s also the reason the students are not referred to as freshman, sophomore, etc, but rather first/second years etc. nothing pretentious about this. Simply UVA tradition.

I'm well aware of the utterly pretentious UVA traditions, thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA

It's a world unesco site. And Poe's room is on display. And Montecello. And the vineyards around C'vile. And the beauty of the countryside. If you can't appreciate any of that then the problem is you so I can tell your kid didn't get in. Take your sour grapes elseshere.

World unesco site doesn’t make something pretty. Why you’re the only one defensive on this thread should really be called to question.

+1000
UVA boosters are always so aggressive

We found much of UVA to have an odd aroma. Like something between moldy and an old shoe. So off putting. The tour guide said it’s petty regular.

Odd aroma? Our family has spent considerable time on grounds in various buildings (including dorm buildings). Not our experience at all.

DP. I’m sorry, but “on grounds” is utterly pretentious. It’s a campus, like every other school.

Why not look up why it’s grounds and not campus…I’ll give you a hint. Thomas Jefferson. He’s also the reason the students are not referred to as freshman, sophomore, etc, but rather first/second years etc. nothing pretentious about this. Simply UVA tradition.

I'm well aware of the utterly pretentious UVA traditions, thanks.

Yeah seriously…
“We aren’t pretentious, we just have pretentious reasons for the terms we use!”

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Why no dorm tour when we did the UVA tour.

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Anonymous wrote:Bates was pretty underwhelming and Lewiston was ugh.

Connecticut - mundane, tired.

I really liked the Trinity (CT) campus but my God that could not make up for the horror of the surrounding ghetto.

Connecticut College was awful. Everything looked dated.

I think the exterior of the buildings are beautiful and the setting is gorgeous

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It's a world unesco site. And Poe's room is on display. And Montecello. And the vineyards around C'vile. And the beauty of the countryside. If you can't appreciate any of that then the problem is you so I can tell your kid didn't get in. Take your sour grapes elseshere.

World unesco site doesn’t make something pretty. Why you’re the only one defensive on this thread should really be called to question.

+1000
UVA boosters are always so aggressive

We found much of UVA to have an odd aroma. Like something between moldy and an old shoe. So off putting. The tour guide said it’s petty regular.

Odd aroma? Our family has spent considerable time on grounds in various buildings (including dorm buildings). Not our experience at all.

DP. I’m sorry, but “on grounds” is utterly pretentious. It’s a campus, like every other school.

Why not look up why it’s grounds and not campus…I’ll give you a hint. Thomas Jefferson. He’s also the reason the students are not referred to as freshman, sophomore, etc, but rather first/second years etc. nothing pretentious about this. Simply UVA tradition.

I'm well aware of the utterly pretentious UVA traditions, thanks.

Yeah seriously…
“We aren’t pretentious, we just have pretentious reasons for the terms we use!”

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Too funny.

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Amherst

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Anonymous wrote:Amherst

+10, where is the campus? It’s just a few buildings and a science center tethered by acres of undeveloped sprawl.

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Anonymous wrote:"Ghetto" is very offensive and not PC.

Thanks, language police.

Duke still makes the underwhelming list for many of us.

Duke campus is nice. Surrounding area isn’t. Not a lot to do off campus. Many of the activities listed in the website that drew my kid in were defunct. Very hard to meet people as there is a huge class divide. A little better sophomore year but it was a waste of $$$. Also, how is ghetto offensive? It’s anthem used to describe a shitty neighborhood. They exist and trying to come up with a nicer way to describe it takes away from what it really is.

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Anonymous wrote:"Ghetto" is very offensive and not PC.

Thanks, language police.

Duke still makes the underwhelming list for many of us.

Duke campus is nice. Surrounding area isn’t. Not a lot to do off campus. Many of the activities listed in the website that drew my kid in were defunct. Very hard to meet people as there is a huge class divide. A little better sophomore year but it was a waste of $$$. Also, how is ghetto offensive? It’s anthem used to describe a shitty neighborhood. They exist and trying to come up with a nicer way to describe it takes away from what it really is.

Can you name the defunct activities? Class barriers exist everywhere.