Arlington’s Top 20 colleges
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Anonymous
Not "brother". NP. UVA IS ranked above UNC and Wisconsin. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/top-public?_sort=rank&_sortDirection=asc. UVA is ranked 4; UNC 5 and Wisconsin at 13. |
Anonymous
VT is ranked above W&M. Do you agree VT is better? |
Anonymous
Ranked? More kids apply to VT because it has popular programs - like engineering - that WM doesn’t have, and non-engineering programs have lower admission standards. For the liberal arts WM is better, both in actual experience and rigor and reputation. |
Anonymous
| The data here are from the school district. That means they're very accurate as to the number of applications submitted to each of these schools--because the school district knows where it has released transcripts, etc.--but acceptances will be under counted, especially at less selective, lower yielding schools--because kids need to tell them where to send that final transcript in June, but there's no requirement to tick the boxes indicating that you also were accepted to JMU and ODU, e.g., if you're going to UVA. |
Anonymous
VT is better ranked than W&M if you want to cite UNSWR. Don’t cite USNWR to say UVA is better than UNC and Wisconsin if you can’t also acknowledge USNWR says VT is better than W&M. |
Anonymous
lol in what world is Wisconsin even in the same sentence as UVA. |
Anonymous
lol it’s like the W&M trying to ride VT’s coattails. Same idea |
Anonymous
You cannot be serious. Wisconsin has an outstanding academic reputation for undergraduate education and world class graduate schools. That it’s not as selective in admissions doesn’t mean it’s not in UVA’s league. Of course it is. |
Anonymous
Better for what and who? Since my child wants to study chemical engineering, VT is better for him than W&M would be. For someone else, W&M would potentially be better. |
Anonymous
Also, kids that were accepted ED somewhere withdrew from other schools so they are, I think. counted as applications to those other schools but then it looks like they didn't get in....because they dropped their applications. The reasons are all recorded in Naviance so the schools know how many were accepted/rejected/withdrawn etc., but all you see in the magainze are "number applied" and "number accepted." The difference isn't necessarily rejections. |
Anonymous
You’re missing the point. The uva booster is blindly following USNWR. If that’s their argument then they have to also acknowledge VT is ranked better than W&M in USNWR. |
Anonymous
+1 Happens every.single.year. |
Anonymous
Trust a UVA booster to claim there's any significant difference in schools ranked one digit apart. So ludicrous. DP |
Anonymous
Except, as the PP stated, VT is ranked higher than W&M. So if you're the PP saying UVA is "better" than UNC and Wisconsin because it's ranked higher, then you would have to agree, VT is better than W&M. And plenty of students choose VT for liberal arts, not engineering. It's an all-around excellent school. |
Anonymous
Precisely. |