University of Virginia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The VA big 3: UVA, VT, JMU all have very insecure boosters.

Wrong. Big 3 are:

1. GMU (40k students)
2. VT (40k students)
3. VCU (30k students)

UVA would be #4, rounding up to 30k students but technically 2k less than VCU. So no, JMU nor UVA make the cut.

Big 3 is prestige and popularity so UVA, VT, JMU

Don't embarrass yourself like this....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t go to UVA if you want to support a winning football team.

At least, as a student, you will have no trouble getting tickets to games.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t go to UVA if you want to support a winning football team.

At least, as a student, you will have no trouble getting tickets to games.

Nobody goes to games, it’s really sad. UVA lost to JMU which was the final straw for the few that actually still went to games.

[Anonymous]

OP, as a fellow ex-west coasters, I had the exact same opinion of UVA. But, I was told on this forum that UVA produces "polished" grads, so I guess people like it because it's like a finishing school with some academics. Also, the "prestige" is that it's really hard to get into, and apparently they produce a lot of Rhodes scholars. That's also something I learned from the UVA booster here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UVAers call it "prestigious" because it's a closed club for hyper-competitive kids who couldn't quite get into a real Ivy. There's a definite cutthroat atmosphere for meaningless club positions. Graduates have a chip on their shoulder and no real skills beyond networking with other equally insufferable alums. It's an average state school...great PR team though.

Native (Northern) Virginian here; smug and insufferable are the words I’d use to describe a UVA student and/or graduate.

How do you know someone has graduated from UVA? They’ll tell you within minutes of meeting.

The character of Andy from “The Office” reminds me of a stereotypical UVA grad - replace Cornell with UVA.

It was a common practice in the early 1980s to cut off “Virginia” and display The University in your car window.

JMU = Just Missed UVA taunt

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVAers call it "prestigious" because it's a closed club for hyper-competitive kids who couldn't quite get into a real Ivy. There's a definite cutthroat atmosphere for meaningless club positions. Graduates have a chip on their shoulder and no real skills beyond networking with other equally insufferable alums. It's an average state school...great PR team though.

Native (Northern) Virginian here; smug and insufferable are the words I’d use to describe a UVA student and/or graduate.

How do you know someone has graduated from UVA? They’ll tell you within minutes of meeting.

The character of Andy from “The Office” reminds me of a stereotypical UVA grad - replace Cornell with UVA.

It was a common practice in the early 1980s to cut off “Virginia” and display The University in your car window.

JMU = Just Missed UVA taunt

It really bothers the UVA boosters that JMU has become just as popular.

[Anonymous]

UVA was at the bottom of my NOVA kids college lists.

Last thing they want was stuck in VA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVAers call it "prestigious" because it's a closed club for hyper-competitive kids who couldn't quite get into a real Ivy. There's a definite cutthroat atmosphere for meaningless club positions. Graduates have a chip on their shoulder and no real skills beyond networking with other equally insufferable alums. It's an average state school...great PR team though.

Native (Northern) Virginian here; smug and insufferable are the words I’d use to describe a UVA student and/or graduate.

How do you know someone has graduated from UVA? They’ll tell you within minutes of meeting.

The character of Andy from “The Office” reminds me of a stereotypical UVA grad - replace Cornell with UVA.

It was a common practice in the early 1980s to cut off “Virginia” and display The University in your car window.

JMU = Just Missed UVA taunt

It really bothers the UVA boosters that JMU has become just as popular.

UVA has long been out of the big 3

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm from the west coast and honestly had someone told me they went to the University of Virginia I would have reacted the same way as if they'd gone to the University of Oregon or the University of Arizona.

Now that I have been here over a decade, I get it, it's super prestigious and incredibly hard to get into.

Please explain to me why it is so prestigious, and why if my kid gets in, they should automatically take it (cost not a factor). My spouse is pushing it hard. I would never say this out loud, but to me it feels like all the smartest kids at all the northern Virginia schools go to UVA, making it a place of sharp elbows. I've heard it's hard to even join clubs there because everything is so competitive. Tell me why it is a great school - are the professors great? Campus seems fine to me, but I have seen prettier. What makes it so much better than other state universities? I get the William and Mary thing because it's this small, public liberal arts school.

I don't want to start a huge argument. Please just educate me on what makes UVA so strong. Why do your kids who go there love it? What do they love about it that is unique to UVA?

Hey. Also from west coast (Marin; then undergrad in Eugene).

Might also want to consider UVA has a rep of being on the conservative side, if you catch my drift.

Say no more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The VA big 3: UVA, VT, JMU all have very insecure boosters.

LOL you got confused W&M with JMU.

[Anonymous]

UVA is good for liberal arts degrees and maybe their business school.....look at the degree your kid wants to major in. UVA might not be the best fit if they want to study water propulsion engineering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The VA big 3: UVA, VT, JMU all have very insecure boosters.

LOL you got confused W&M with JMU.

When was the last time a kid wanted to go be a colonial? LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The VA big 3: UVA, VT, JMU all have very insecure boosters.

LOL you got confused W&M with JMU.

When was the last time a kid wanted to go be a colonial? LOL

W&M has the highest public 75th percentile SAT in VA. Says a lot that it doesn't appeal to you.

[Anonymous]

I agree. I think most folks outside of the Northeast assume UVA is your run of the mill state school. As in, "Well, worst case your kid will just go to UVA, right?"

If only that cap didn't exist. I will say at an admission session, my DD and I were definitely in the minority as in-state residents. Most attending were from out of state, competing for the 33% of spots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The VA big 3: UVA, VT, JMU all have very insecure boosters.

LOL you got confused W&M with JMU.

When was the last time a kid wanted to go be a colonial? LOL

W&M has the highest public 75th percentile SAT in VA. Says a lot that it doesn't appeal to you.

Yawn