University of Richmond thoughts

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve lived in Virginia for about 30 years altogether—northern, central and southeastern—and the only two people I’ve ever met who went to U of Richmond were from NJ and Pennsylvania.

This explains it.
The entire school comes from New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Jersey Shore U.

It is kind of funny because the area it’s in—directly nextdoor to the Country Club of Virginia—is so quintessentially old money Virginia. They don’t generally take kind to Yanks.

[Anonymous]

Not surprised. It’s the old south. Capital of the Confederacy. Still fighting Civil War.

[Anonymous]

Don’t equate Richmond the city with Richmond the University. Richmond is a nice city. Lots of diversity. VCU is nice school.

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It’s the kids at UR from Pennsylvania and New Jersey who act like it’s 1862. Not the kids from Virginia or the Carolinas, who generally go to other schools and don’t look at Richmond.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t equate Richmond the city with Richmond the University. Richmond is a nice city. Lots of diversity. VCU is nice school.

VCU is fine, but the top quartile there is barely equivalent to the bottom quartile at Richmond.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t equate Richmond the city with Richmond the University. Richmond is a nice city. Lots of diversity. VCU is nice school.

VCU is fine, but the top quartile there is barely equivalent to the bottom quartile at Richmond.

The kids at VCU are going to be more down to earth and less entitled. And as others have pointed out, the “stats” are really pretty meaningless.

[Anonymous]

Stats and rankings = smoke and mirrors.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t equate Richmond the city with Richmond the University. Richmond is a nice city. Lots of diversity. VCU is nice school.

VCU is fine, but the top quartile there is barely equivalent to the bottom quartile at Richmond.

The kids at VCU are going to be more down to earth and less entitled. And as others have pointed out, the “stats” are really pretty meaningless.

So Richmond's graduation rate isn't actually 20 points higher than VCU's? That's just smoke and mirrors and gaming the numbers? How so?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t equate Richmond the city with Richmond the University. Richmond is a nice city. Lots of diversity. VCU is nice school.

VCU is fine, but the top quartile there is barely equivalent to the bottom quartile at Richmond.

The kids at VCU are going to be more down to earth and less entitled. And as others have pointed out, the “stats” are really pretty meaningless.

So Richmond's graduation rate isn't actually 20 points higher than VCU's? That's just smoke and mirrors and gaming the numbers? How so?

It’s a lot easier to graduate when mommy and daddy are covering tuition and your car, phone, insurance, spending money, vacations while you drink your face off and get gentlemen’s Cs.

[Anonymous]

The choices isn’t necessarily between Richmond and VCU. It’s UVA, WM and VT vs UR. When looking at those schools, UR is the outlier answer the clear cut loser.

[Anonymous]

Richmond is what it is. A school for frat boys and sorority girls from New Jersey/Pa/NYC. Nothing more. Nothing less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Richmond is what it is. A school for frat boys and sorority girls from New Jersey/Pa/NYC. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Yep

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Anonymous wrote:Just visited. It’s lovely and I have no idea why there’s so much hate about it.

Over $80,000 for state school! That’s insane.

It’s a private school. If that’s out of budget, don’t consider it. That’s the way this process works.

That’s even worse! $80,000 a year for a non-name regional college. I guess there’s a sucker born every minute.

No-name regional college? Are you 'tarted? It's the #22 ranked LAC. It ranks higher than Haverford, Colby, and Bates! Your kid must not have gotten in.

Rankings mean nothing. Easily manipulated. It’s mid-tier. Always has been. Always will be. But you do you.

You wish, geed. The only way to "manipulate," for instance, graduation rate, retention rate, and per-student endowment, three of USNWR's weightiest metrics, is to retain more students, graduate more students, and have more money. All of which directly speak to the quality of education and the student experience. It isn't just shuffling numbers on a spreadsheet.

Per student endowment is not a USNWR metric.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t equate Richmond the city with Richmond the University. Richmond is a nice city. Lots of diversity. VCU is nice school.

VCU is fine, but the top quartile there is barely equivalent to the bottom quartile at Richmond.

The kids at VCU are going to be more down to earth and less entitled. And as others have pointed out, the “stats” are really pretty meaningless.

So Richmond's graduation rate isn't actually 20 points higher than VCU's? That's just smoke and mirrors and gaming the numbers? How so?

It’s a lot easier to graduate when mommy and daddy are covering tuition and your car, phone, insurance, spending money, vacations while you drink your face off and get gentlemen’s Cs.

Gentleman's C's? You wish, geed. The average fraternity man at Richmond has around a 3.5 GPA:

https://involved.richmond.edu/fsl/resources/scorecards/spring-2023.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj24YSb36-MAxWeRTABHdmgOMgQFnoECBwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2O50nNCES0ZwdK86aTJZ-Q

[Anonymous]

This school sucks. Enough said.