Will riots/demonstrations affect UVA reputation/applications?

[Anonymous]

The protests were very bad for Mizzou. People won't apply to places that don't seem safe. I bet he hat OOS applies cations go down. UGA probably won't lose many in state know da. And even if they did, they have too many qualified in state kids as it is. There won't be too much if a loss from this as far as numbers goes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not going to make any bit of difference, nor has it been. There are PLENTY of qualified kids in VA (and probably even more outside of VA) who would be thrilled to have the opportunity to attend UVA, especially at its price point... riots or no riots.

-Educational Consultant here

+1. UVA isn't involved. this is about the removal of the Lee statue from Emancipation Parrk in Charlottesville. President Sullivan of UVA has been all over this issue since first announced. She sent out letters asking the UVA community not to return to campus early (no one returns until next weekend). Today she has also been sending out letters asking the community not to engage. The march on the lawn last night was unexpected. The alt-right did it for the powerfulvisuals but there were only about 200 of them. Now they are at the Park and getting dispersed. This has nothing to do with UVA.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wrong. This will definitely affect out of state top student interest in UVA unless of course those students are White neo Nazi supremacists who abhor diversity in preference for apartheid.

UVA may release trend data in future. Stay tuned.

The White supremacists are there because they are protesting actions that the Charlottesville community, which is pretty intertwined with the UVA community has taken to remove statues celebrating Confederate leaders.

The UVA community is not neo Nazi, the protesters are coming from outside of the area.

[Anonymous]

Would the same ninicompoops show up if the community was retiring Nazi momentos and statutes? Why even retire the latter in the name of the first amendment?

[Anonymous]

The white nationalists walked thru UVA, and that's the association. I do not know why they were allowed to walk thru UVA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would the same ninicompoops show up if the community was retiring Nazi momentos and statutes? Why even retire the latter in the name of the first amendment?

Nincompoop? I'd hate to hear what you'd call MLK for wanting to retire segregation. But that's another topic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How will out of state vs in state applicants view UVA after riots?

Not good. Why didn't the police keep the groups apart?
Who exactly told them to let it go that far?

[Anonymous]

Would the same ninicompoops show up if the community was retiring Nazi momentos and statutes? Why even retire the latter in the name of the first amendment?
Nincompoop? I'd hate to hear what you'd call MLK for wanting to retire segregation. But that's another topic.

If only Abraham Lincoln had not supported the movement and civil war to abolish slavery in America we would not have all these problems with White nationalists and neo Nazis...wistfully wanting to turn back the clock and make America great again?

[Anonymous]

Make America great again ... for whom?

Goes back to who the framers of the US constitution really meant by "we" the people?

[Anonymous]

I'm out of state...I had always viewed UVA as one of the top publics in the nation--up there with Michigan, Berkeley, etc. However, this kind of incident would make me think twice about sending my kids there (assuming they get in and have other choices). There's no comparison between anti-war protests, environmental issues, etc at Berkeley and neo-nazis. Posters who think that those are comparable probably don't understand the mindset of the demographic who wants their kids to attend top schools.

[Anonymous]

That's why UVA is not a "top" school, the character, and mindset of their students differ from those at Berkeley. It is a top school in Virginia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No affect. Berkeley has gone through eras of protests for decades and still ranks in the top ten of best universities in the world. I would have had no issue with any of my DCs going to Berkeley.

It depends on how the leadership of the university handles things.

After their protests, Mizzou took a huge hit in enrollment that they are still dealing with. They somehow took a stance that managed to piss off both BLM and moderates/conservatives all in one fell swoop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UVA promotes a culture that hates women and blacks and the people that go there don't care.

UVA is the South and comes with all the "charm" of the South.

You're insane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm out of state...I had always viewed UVA as one of the top publics in the nation--up there with Michigan, Berkeley, etc. However, this kind of incident would make me think twice about sending my kids there (assuming they get in and have other choices). There's no comparison between anti-war protests, environmental issues, etc at Berkeley and neo-nazis. Posters who think that those are comparable probably don't understand the mindset of the demographic who wants their kids to attend top schools.

But at the schools with the other protests, it's the STUDENTS doing the protesting. The protests in Charlottesville have nothing to do with the students or the University.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm out of state...I had always viewed UVA as one of the top publics in the nation--up there with Michigan, Berkeley, etc. However, this kind of incident would make me think twice about sending my kids there (assuming they get in and have other choices). There's no comparison between anti-war protests, environmental issues, etc at Berkeley and neo-nazis. Posters who think that those are comparable probably don't understand the mindset of the demographic who wants their kids to attend top schools.

But at the schools with the other protests, it's the STUDENTS doing the protesting. The protests in Charlottesville have nothing to do with the students or the University.

+1 UVA students don't even return to campus until next week.