University of Richmond thoughts

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Surrounded by 2 fine state schools UVa and William and Mary. They made a good choice o leave the Colonial Athletic Conference and next year will be a full time member of more prestigious Patriot League-Colgate and Holy Cross.

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Anonymous wrote:Surrounded by 2 fine state schools UVa and William and Mary. They made a good choice o leave the Colonial Athletic Conference and next year will be a full time member of more prestigious Patriot League-Colgate and Holy Cross.

They were only in the CAA for football, I believe.

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I grew up right next to UR. Used to go hang out there as a teen. My dad is an alumni. Personally, I would never have considered it for me or my kid because it always seemed really preppy, and that’s not our vibe. My dad loves it, though! He eats cheap at the dining hall all the time. 🤣 It is very pretty, and I think it’s well ranked. I don’t know anyone from Richmond personally who sent their kid there because those families tend to be aiming for UVA, WM, VT and JMU. I do know someone who attended law school there and someone who attended business school there. It’s in the near west end of Richmond which is kind of the old money. It’s right near the Country Club of Virginia. But if you had a car you could be in carytown and other more fun area of the city in 15-20 minutes.

I was actually surprised when I heard Lil Dicky went there! It did not seem like the vibe of either a rapper or neurotic Jewish kid (speaking as a neurotic Jewish kid).

Anecdotally a friend said her son from Richmond was offered a big merit scholarship which he turned down. But I don’t know if that’s true or not.

I sense the kind of kid who would thrive there would be into Greek life but not obsessively so, not be very political to perhaps leaning kind of conservative, and just generally get good grades but be more interested than a college degree than being nerdy.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up right next to UR. Used to go hang out there as a teen. My dad is an alumni. Personally, I would never have considered it for me or my kid because it always seemed really preppy, and that’s not our vibe. My dad loves it, though! He eats cheap at the dining hall all the time. 🤣 It is very pretty, and I think it’s well ranked. I don’t know anyone from Richmond personally who sent their kid there because those families tend to be aiming for UVA, WM, VT and JMU. I do know someone who attended law school there and someone who attended business school there. It’s in the near west end of Richmond which is kind of the old money. It’s right near the Country Club of Virginia. But if you had a car you could be in carytown and other more fun area of the city in 15-20 minutes.

I was actually surprised when I heard Lil Dicky went there! It did not seem like the vibe of either a rapper or neurotic Jewish kid (speaking as a neurotic Jewish kid).

Anecdotally a friend said her son from Richmond was offered a big merit scholarship which he turned down. But I don’t know if that’s true or not.

I sense the kind of kid who would thrive there would be into Greek life but not obsessively so, not be very political to perhaps leaning kind of conservative, and just generally get good grades but be more interested than a college degree than being nerdy.

Your father is an alumnus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surrounded by 2 fine state schools UVa and William and Mary.

Surrounded? UR is an hour away from both and all three are in totally different cities.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay if choice is [/b]between Richmond with merit and state flagship in the current economy with expected funding cuts what is best. Down to these two.

State flagship.
Easy call.

Only if that flagship is UCLA, Michigan, UVA, UNC, or possibly UF. Richmond clears the rest, and with merit, it's a no brainer.

Let’s be real. No one is picking UR over any one of those schools. However, if you are getting a huge scholarship, and the costs are the same, I’d like the kid pick between UR and a UMD or Penn State based on fit. I would be okay with choosing UR if the cost is the same.

Are they really even drawing from the same pool of applicants? UR is a private SLAC and those are very large publics.

No - state flagships and UR not drawing from same kids. ]UR bringing in prep schools from the northeast. New Jersey. Philly. Connecticut. That's their market.
Kids with average grades who can't get into better school but have money and want to drink and party[/b][b].

Nothing wrong with UR. Expensive. But decent. This seems right to me.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay if choice is [/b]between Richmond with merit and state flagship in the current economy with expected funding cuts what is best. Down to these two.

State flagship.
Easy call.

Only if that flagship is UCLA, Michigan, UVA, UNC, or possibly UF. Richmond clears the rest, and with merit, it's a no brainer.

Let’s be real. No one is picking UR over any one of those schools. However, if you are getting a huge scholarship, and the costs are the same, I’d like the kid pick between UR and a UMD or Penn State based on fit. I would be okay with choosing UR if the cost is the same.

Are they really even drawing from the same pool of applicants? UR is a private SLAC and those are very large publics.

No - state flagships and UR not drawing from same kids. ]UR bringing in prep schools from the northeast. New Jersey. Philly. Connecticut. That's their market.
Kids with average grades who can't get into better school but have money and want to drink and party[/b][b].

Nothing wrong with UR. Expensive. But decent. This seems right to me.

Honestly, UR is a strange school. 40% of kids do business. Big party and drinking school. Not. True SLAC. Small business school. Bucknell is only other school I know of that is like this.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay if choice is [/b]between Richmond with merit and state flagship in the current economy with expected funding cuts what is best. Down to these two.

State flagship.
Easy call.

Only if that flagship is UCLA, Michigan, UVA, UNC, or possibly UF. Richmond clears the rest, and with merit, it's a no brainer.

Let’s be real. No one is picking UR over any one of those schools. However, if you are getting a huge scholarship, and the costs are the same, I’d like the kid pick between UR and a UMD or Penn State based on fit. I would be okay with choosing UR if the cost is the same.

Are they really even drawing from the same pool of applicants? UR is a private SLAC and those are very large publics.

No - state flagships and UR not drawing from same kids. ]UR bringing in prep schools from the northeast. New Jersey. Philly. Connecticut. That's their market.
Kids with average grades who can't get into better school but have money and want to drink and party[/b][b].

Nothing wrong with UR. Expensive. But decent. This seems right to me.

Honestly, UR is a strange school. 40% of kids do business. Big party and drinking school. Not. True SLAC. Small business school. Bucknell is only other school I know of that is like this.

Seems like they are competing with Bucknell for same kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay if choice is [/b]between Richmond with merit and state flagship in the current economy with expected funding cuts what is best. Down to these two.

State flagship.
Easy call.

Only if that flagship is UCLA, Michigan, UVA, UNC, or possibly UF. Richmond clears the rest, and with merit, it's a no brainer.

Let’s be real. No one is picking UR over any one of those schools. However, if you are getting a huge scholarship, and the costs are the same, I’d like the kid pick between UR and a UMD or Penn State based on fit. I would be okay with choosing UR if the cost is the same.

Are they really even drawing from the same pool of applicants? UR is a private SLAC and those are very large publics.

No - state flagships and UR not drawing from same kids. ]UR bringing in prep schools from the northeast. New Jersey. Philly. Connecticut. That's their market.
Kids with average grades who can't get into better school but have money and want to drink and party[/b][b].

Nothing wrong with UR. Expensive. But decent. This seems right to me.

Honestly, UR is a strange school. 40% of kids do business. Big party and drinking school. Not. True SLAC. Small business school. Bucknell is only other school I know of that is like this.

So perplexing that kids who come from money want to prepare to get jobs where they will have money, and meanwhile have fun in college. A true mystery. Further anthropological research necessary to unravel their obscure motives.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay if choice is [/b]between Richmond with merit and state flagship in the current economy with expected funding cuts what is best. Down to these two.

State flagship.
Easy call.

Only if that flagship is UCLA, Michigan, UVA, UNC, or possibly UF. Richmond clears the rest, and with merit, it's a no brainer.

Let’s be real. No one is picking UR over any one of those schools. However, if you are getting a huge scholarship, and the costs are the same, I’d like the kid pick between UR and a UMD or Penn State based on fit. I would be okay with choosing UR if the cost is the same.

Are they really even drawing from the same pool of applicants? UR is a private SLAC and those are very large publics.

No - state flagships and UR not drawing from same kids. ]UR bringing in prep schools from the northeast. New Jersey. Philly. Connecticut. That's their market.
Kids with average grades who can't get into better school but have money and want to drink and party[/b][b].

Nothing wrong with UR. Expensive. But decent. This seems right to me.

Honestly, UR is a strange school. 40% of kids do business. Big party and drinking school. Not. True SLAC. Small business school. Bucknell is only other school I know of that is like this.

Seems like they are competing with Bucknell for same kids.

Sadly, UR cannot hope to compete with Bucknell's Strong Pipeline To The Street.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay if choice is [/b]between Richmond with merit and state flagship in the current economy with expected funding cuts what is best. Down to these two.

State flagship.
Easy call.

Only if that flagship is UCLA, Michigan, UVA, UNC, or possibly UF. Richmond clears the rest, and with merit, it's a no brainer.

Let’s be real. No one is picking UR over any one of those schools. However, if you are getting a huge scholarship, and the costs are the same, I’d like the kid pick between UR and a UMD or Penn State based on fit. I would be okay with choosing UR if the cost is the same.

Are they really even drawing from the same pool of applicants? UR is a private SLAC and those are very large publics.

No - state flagships and UR not drawing from same kids. ]UR bringing in prep schools from the northeast. New Jersey. Philly. Connecticut. That's their market.
Kids with average grades who can't get into better school but have money and want to drink and party[/b][b].

Nothing wrong with UR. Expensive. But decent. This seems right to me.

Honestly, UR is a strange school. 40% of kids do business. Big party and drinking school. Not. True SLAC. Small business school. Bucknell is only other school I know of that is like this.

Seems like they are competing with Bucknell for same kids.

Sadly, UR cannot hope to compete with Bucknell's Strong Pipeline To The Street.

Agree. Richmond = Bucknell Lite

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Anonymous wrote:Okay if choice is [/b]between Richmond with merit and state flagship in the current economy with expected funding cuts what is best. Down to these two.

State flagship.
Easy call.

Only if that flagship is UCLA, Michigan, UVA, UNC, or possibly UF. Richmond clears the rest, and with merit, it's a no brainer.

Let’s be real. No one is picking UR over any one of those schools. However, if you are getting a huge scholarship, and the costs are the same, I’d like the kid pick between UR and a UMD or Penn State based on fit. I would be okay with choosing UR if the cost is the same.

Are they really even drawing from the same pool of applicants? UR is a private SLAC and those are very large publics.

No - state flagships and UR not drawing from same kids. ]UR bringing in prep schools from the northeast. New Jersey. Philly. Connecticut. That's their market.
Kids with average grades who can't get into better school but have money and want to drink and party[/b][b].

Nothing wrong with UR. Expensive. But decent. This seems right to me.

Honestly, UR is a strange school. 40% of kids do business. Big party and drinking school. Not. True SLAC. Small business school. Bucknell is only other school I know of that is like this.

Seems like they are competing with Bucknell for same kids.

Sadly, UR cannot hope to compete with Bucknell's Strong Pipeline To The Street.

There’s always Norfolk and Roanoke

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Anonymous wrote:Surrounded by 2 fine state schools UVa and William and Mary.

Surrounded? UR is an hour away from both and all three are in totally different cities.

UR is surrounded by trees, a rich suburb, and a tony country club.

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Anonymous wrote:Surrounded by 2 fine state schools UVa and William and Mary.

Surrounded? UR is an hour away from both and all three are in totally different cities.

UR is surrounded by trees, a rich suburb, and a tony country club.

That neighborhood is all Old Southern Money.

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It always strikes me as funny when DCUM thinks “rich kids school” is an insult. I gotta think these are the same posters who complain their straight A student can’t get a job out of college. The value of networking totally dismissed by people who spend their life posting online.