Is the UVA and Charlottesville brand damaged forever?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our Black high school senior son is not applying, and we completely back his decision. The school has long had a Southern white boy prepster thing going on, which excluded those not in its retro circle. But now that culture seems to have spawned support the current mess. There's long been a self-selecting dynamic between UVA and William and Mary. That seems to have accelerated in the past year.

I'm sure that UVA can eventually figure out how to change its culture, but it hasn't done so thus far. For now, my son and our family are staying away.

Positively sick to admit that I agree completely with all of this (from a white, male, HNW).

[Anonymous]

Yes. Beyond repair. FUBAR. Stay far, far away. Especially those of you with students graduating from HS in 2019.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The school is addressing its demons. In some areas, it is progressing. In others, it’s stumbling.

It sounds like some here would prefer a school that is ignoring these issues and not doing anything.

What demons does the school need to address?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our Black high school senior son is not applying, and we completely back his decision. The school has long had a Southern white boy prepster thing going on, which excluded those not in its retro circle. But now that culture seems to have spawned support the current mess. There's long been a self-selecting dynamic between UVA and William and Mary. That seems to have accelerated in the past year.

I'm sure that UVA can eventually figure out how to change its culture, but it hasn't done so thus far. For now, my son and our family are staying away.

You are literally an idiot, spouting nothing but the simplest of narratives.

If your son is no brighter than you, he’d have very little chance of being admitted.

[Anonymous]

They’ve reduced the number of serial killers so that’s a plus.

[Anonymous]

Stats in this year’s incoming class:

http://uvamagazine.org/articles/class_of_2022_demographics?utm_source=initial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=august-enews-18

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our Black high school senior son is not applying, and we completely back his decision. The school has long had a Southern white boy prepster thing going on, which excluded those not in its retro circle. But now that culture seems to have spawned support the current mess. There's long been a self-selecting dynamic between UVA and William and Mary. That seems to have accelerated in the past year.

I'm sure that UVA can eventually figure out how to change its culture, but it hasn't done so thus far. For now, my son and our family are staying away.

You are literally an idiot, spouting nothing but the simplest of narratives.

If your son is no brighter than you, he’d have very little chance of being admitted.

You sound like a racist. And most racists are insensitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One AA student I know there is now in her second year and says that she totally regrets it.

why? What specifically is the problem?

She said that the students are polarized.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One AA student I know there is now in her second year and says that she totally regrets it.

why? What specifically is the problem?

She said that the students are polarized.

Oh for God's sake, they are not. DC had three roommates of color last year. No issues. No students are there right now and no students were there in 2017. This is really a non-issue on campus. If An AA student is unhappy they should transfer. GMU, for example, is the most diverse of all the UVA schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One AA student I know there is now in her second year and says that she totally regrets it.

why? What specifically is the problem?

She said that the students are polarized.

Oh for God's sake, they are not. DC had three roommates of color last year. No issues. No students are there right now and no students were there in 2017. This is really a non-issue on campus. If An AA student is unhappy they should transfer. GMU, for example, is the most diverse of all the UVA schools.

You sound strangely over-defensive. Why is that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our Black high school senior son is not applying, and we completely back his decision. The school has long had a Southern white boy prepster thing going on, which excluded those not in its retro circle. But now that culture seems to have spawned support the current mess. There's long been a self-selecting dynamic between UVA and William and Mary. That seems to have accelerated in the past year.

I'm sure that UVA can eventually figure out how to change its culture, but it hasn't done so thus far. For now, my son and our family are staying away.

You are literally an idiot, spouting nothing but the simplest of narratives.

If your son is no brighter than you, he’d have very little chance of being admitted.

You sound like a racist. And most racists are insensitive.

That's interesting. I wonder if this comment would have been perceived as "racist" if the person to whom s/he was replying had not mentioned s/he was black. Or maybe you're suggesting the response needed to be softened or somehow worded differently because they did know the person was black?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Beyond repair. FUBAR. Stay far, far away. Especially those of you with students graduating from HS in 2019.

heh heh heh. Hoping to diminish competition there, PP? Won't work in Nova.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is for our family. I consider it to be a Southern state school and would be concerned about sending a non white child there. It also enjoys a high ranking on USNews. There are pros and (imho significant) cons. If I lived in VA in state tuition might prove tempting but as a MD resident I just don’t find the school appealing especially since last August

Truly, I think you’d have to worry more about a non-white kid in Boston vs. Charlottesville.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is for our family. I consider it to be a Southern state school and would be concerned about sending a non white child there. It also enjoys a high ranking on USNews. There are pros and (imho significant) cons. If I lived in VA in state tuition might prove tempting but as a MD resident I just don’t find the school appealing especially since last August

Truly, I think you’d have to worry more about a non-white kid in Boston vs. Charlottesville.

This is actually quite true. I went to Harvard undergrad and the law school and later practiced in Boston. Charlottesville is far more welcoming to people of color than Boston.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It a state school in the South.

Which caters to nova and various parts of NY and NJ.