Hypothesis: Peak UVA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I wasn't going to post again on this thread, but I felt I had to defend myself from all this hate. I merely posted a prediction, in a very dispassionate way, that there might be natural limits to UVA's upward trajectory. That's all I said and I gave what I still feel are cogent arguments why this is the case. I said and I say again that UVA is a fine school and I would have been fine with my own dd attending. Isn't this a college and university discussion forum?

For this I was called a freak, a UVA hater, a MD booster, that I didn't know what I was talking about (an idiot), someone who wants to stir the pot, someone who takes glee from predicting trouble ahead for a good state flagship and someone still bitter that he was denied acceptance to the "grounds". The same historical stats were thrown out again and again which say nothing about the future and the essential halt in the increase in the number of UVA apps this year and what it may mean was never addressed. So yeah, I guess I got a little sarcastic in some of my replies, but whatever.

I shall never understand the UVA "thing." Merely suggest anything that threatens the UVA uber alles mantra and you risk a hail of dismissive criticism and personal invective. I wasn't even criticizing the University at all.

I'm not from this area. My high school classmates were focused on LAC's and Ivy's. UVA wasn't even on their radar, so I have no personal history of people's strong reaction to UVA topics. I don't want to believe the stereotype of UVA people being arrogant blanks. It just got a little harder.

Let's see what happens over the coming years, if I'm wrong that's perfectly okay with me. If I'm right, you heard it here first.

Well, congrats. If you aren't the person who is ALWAYS writing about how weak UVA is, you are now part of his tiny club. Club activities include posting on DCUM constantly and being the Debbie Downer in any thread that mentions UVA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I wasn't going to post again on this thread, but I felt I had to defend myself from all this hate. I merely posted a prediction, in a very dispassionate way, that there might be natural limits to UVA's upward trajectory. That's all I said and I gave what I still feel are cogent arguments why this is the case. I said and I say again that UVA is a fine school and I would have been fine with my own dd attending. Isn't this a college and university discussion forum?

For this I was called a freak, a UVA hater, a MD booster, that I didn't know what I was talking about (an idiot), someone who wants to stir the pot, someone who takes glee from predicting trouble ahead for a good state flagship and someone still bitter that he was denied acceptance to the "grounds". The same historical stats were thrown out again and again which say nothing about the future and the essential halt in the increase in the number of UVA apps this year and what it may mean was never addressed. So yeah, I guess I got a little sarcastic in some of my replies, but whatever.

I shall never understand the UVA "thing." Merely suggest anything that threatens the UVA uber alles mantra and you risk a hail of dismissive criticism and personal invective. I wasn't even criticizing the University at all.

I'm not from this area. My high school classmates were focused on LAC's and Ivy's. UVA wasn't even on their radar, so I have no personal history of people's strong reaction to UVA topics. I don't want to believe the stereotype of UVA people being arrogant blanks. It just got a little harder.

Let's see what happens over the coming years, if I'm wrong that's perfectly okay with me. If I'm right, you heard it here first.

Well, congrats. If you aren't the person who is ALWAYS writing about how weak UVA is, you are now part of his tiny club. Club activities include posting on DCUM constantly and being the Debbie Downer in any thread that mentions UVA.

+1. PLEASE DON'T FEED THE TROLL!