Could you expand on the academic weaknesses part |
STEM STEM STEM The other top publics are all string in this very important area. UVA is not. |
Absolutely! Stop the presses! Do you hear that, all you top 5% of Virginia high school students who are applying and accepted to UVA??? STOP! Do not attend UVA bc it’s on the decline; you need to believe an anonymous poster. I’ve told my two current Hoos that they need to withdraw immediately and not to bother finishing their finals since UVA has declined so much that no other school will accept the credit. Oy vey, why did I waste so much money??? |
Oddly, USNWR does not factor its own undergraduate teaching rating in its overall undergraduate rating. If you compare UVA teaching to the schools above it (Berkeley, UCLA, UNC, etc.), I doubt that it is worse in undergraduate teaching. It doesn't factor. |
There's nothing scientific about the ranking. It's just how college officials feel about a school.
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This is not a factor in USNWR undergraduate rankings. UVA is now behind UNC, which barely has engineering. The USNWR shakeups have largely been driven by the deemphasis of factors like student-faculty ratio, class size, alumni giving rates, etc., and the elevation of factors like social mobility driven by Pell Grants. |
It is the same as the reputational rankings. |
Does UVA trail other publics in what STEM graduates are paid (considering prevailing cost of living)? Does it have a lower rate of pre-meds getting accepted to medical school? Does it have a lower rate of graduates getting PhDs in STEM fields? |