Why is Uvm much more popular than unh, umass, uri, uconn, or umaine?

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Anonymous wrote:Someone asked why it is called UVM vs UVT. UVM is Latin for university of the green mountains. Universitas Verdes Montis. Ancient school, founded in 1700s. Town of Burlington probably best college town in north east.

It is the largest city in Vermont. Yes, its population is small, but by northern New England standards it is not a college town. As for the best northern New England city with a college, Portland, ME probably wins (University of Southern Maine). As for the best New England college town, that’s a tough one, but I would probably go with Amherst (UMass). Certainly not Storrs!

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Anonymous wrote:UVM used to be the best public school in NE. It's fallen quite a bit but I think that reputation hangs on alot. Burlington is a great town, its a nice size etc. Probably feels a little more exotic and "away" than Storrs and Kingston.

There is no more "away" than Storrs. Can't be.

DP but they meant away in a good way. As opposed to Storrs.

storrs sucks

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Anyone who has a kid interested in going to UVM better visit during the winter. I am from the Boston area and my sister went there. We went up there for a hockey game in January one time and still to this day it is the coldest weather I have ever experienced. The layout of the campus means the wind whips off the lake very easily.

It makes DC winters feel like the tropics. On top of that it gets dark by 330/4 PM in the winter and can really be weird if you did not grow up with that.

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Burlington is a great small city if having off-campus destinations mean something to you. And UVM has an overall vibe that the other schools just don't. It has this prep/hippie/outdoorsy thing going on that a lot of kids like. It's also Vermont which is the coolest state in NE, IMO. Sure it's cold in the winter but you wouldn't go there if that bothers you anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:UVM is not a public university-it is part public and part private.

Are you sure ???

Are you confusing the University of Vermont with Cornell University ?

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The skiing

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Location. Lake Champlain, Green Mountains, Burlington, and Bernie are all nearby.

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For us? Merit awards.

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Anonymous wrote:UVM used to be the best public school in NE. It's fallen quite a bit but I think that reputation hangs on alot. Burlington is a great town, its a nice size etc. Probably feels a little more exotic and "away" than Storrs and Kingston.

There is no more "away" than Storrs. Can't be.

DP but they meant away in a good way. As opposed to Storrs.

storrs sucks

I"m a UConn grad. I can't argue that. I will also say that UConn is harder to get into than UVM, and higher ranked. But UVM is prettier.

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Anonymous wrote:Someone asked why it is called UVM vs UVT. UVM is Latin for university of the green mountains. Universitas Verdes Montis. Ancient school, founded in 1700s. Town of Burlington probably best college town in north east.

It is the largest city in Vermont. Yes, its population is small, but by northern New England standards it is not a college town. As for the best northern New England city with a college, Portland, ME probably wins (University of Southern Maine). As for the best New England college town, that’s a tough one, but I would probably go with Amherst (UMass). Certainly not Storrs!

UConn grad here. Nobody likes Storrs. But UConn is great. Win some, lose some.

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Anonymous wrote:UVM long had a somewhat better ‘reputation’ (ie one of the original ‘public Ivies,’ etc) than the other New England flagships which were overshadowed by better know private institutions in those states.

UVM is in a uniquely pleasant setting. The urban charms of Burlington combined with easy access to skiing make its location stand out in a way other NE flagships don’t. And the key buildings of the campus have a 19th century collegiate feel, not a lot of postwar concrete.

UVM administrators have long sought a significant OOS contingent to offset costs for instate VT students. The other New England state flagships were much more local until recently when decline in the instate college age population prompted them to start competing more actively for OOS students too.

Because UVM isn’t cheap for OOS students, and because skiing tends to attract the well heeled, UVM has tended to attract more wealthy and UMC students than other NE state flagships, which in turn amplified its reputation.

Actually, nowadays I think UVM stands out (relative to its peers) less than it did say a generation ago, as U Conn and U Mass in particular have upped their game.

They're both better schools now. But UVM remains popular for a lot of reasons. They charge an insane amount OOS though.

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Because it looks like a private school.

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We were very impressed with UVM when we visited. Modern facilities and Burlington was fun. Tour guide was fabulous and honest about how cold it gets there. That was the deciding factor for my daughter, otherwise she would have applied.

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It gives that mid-size private uni feel. Small classes, flexibility to change majors, attractive campus and nice town.