UVA vs Cornell, Georgetown, etc. for in-state

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Anonymous wrote:If you're going to major in something easy like English , business or history you can go to UVA or any school since nobody really cares. A business or history undergrad isn't so great wherever you go. If you are in a difficult Stem track you're better off at VT or Cornell.

A woman astronaut chairs the aerospace engineering department at UVA.

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It seems like it boils down to if you get Harvard, Yale, or Princeton, you go there over UVA. If you get lower tier ivies such as Penn, Cornell, you go to UVA because of cost difference.

The only people who talk like this are UVA parents. Nobody with a brain turns down Northwestern, Penn or Cornell for UVA.

+10000 post is obviously by a UVA booster. The only reason one would turn down any non-HYP ivy for UVA in-state is if they had a very hard time affording the ivy. But this is moot in most cases because such a family will likely qualify for some need-based at the non-HYP ivies.

or the parents can afford it but are incredibly stupid and cheap. Or simply their kids did not get into any of the lower ivies and they try to save face and rationalize it ex-post.

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Anonymous wrote:If you're going to major in something easy like English , business or history you can go to UVA or any school since nobody really cares. A business or history undergrad isn't so great wherever you go. If you are in a difficult Stem track you're better off at VT or Cornell.

Way to slide VT in there. Just wear the orange shirt with the logo obscured. Maybe folks will think you went to UVA.

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Anonymous wrote:If you're going to major in something easy like English , business or history you can go to UVA or any school since nobody really cares. A business or history undergrad isn't so great wherever you go. If you are in a difficult Stem track you're better off at VT or Cornell.

Way to slide VT in there. Just wear the orange shirt with the logo obscured. Maybe folks will think you went to UVA.

Very few in STEM would wear a UVA shirt for academics .

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Of course, I’d send DC to any ivy or other highly selective college over UVA.

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15:17 barf on the "woman astronaut" She's an astronaut, full stop. You remind me of my dad who still says "lady lawyer" or "lady doctor" when describing certain professional women. He always assumes female lawyers work for nonprofits or social service agencies. He also assumes that female doctors are pediatricians or OB/GYNs.

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It's not UVA but here in Texas, I know a lot of Asian parents whose kids have made it to an Ivy and elect to send their kids to UT Austin for engineering, business and Computer Science. They see it as a better value.

They apply to the Ivy, mostly for bragging rights and take even more pride in bragging about how clever they are for turning the Ivy down

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Anonymous wrote:15:17 barf on the "woman astronaut" She's an astronaut, full stop. You remind me of my dad who still says "lady lawyer" or "lady doctor" when describing certain professional women. He always assumes female lawyers work for nonprofits or social service agencies. He also assumes that female doctors are pediatricians or OB/GYNs.

I think it's pretty awesome. And a great role model for female students.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not UVA but here in Texas, I know a lot of Asian parents whose kids have made it to an Ivy and elect to send their kids to UT Austin for engineering, business and Computer Science. They see it as a better value.

They apply to the Ivy, mostly for bragging rights and take even more pride in bragging about how clever they are for turning the Ivy down

Good strategy. It gives the kid a mental boost/confidence - "I am good enough to go to an Ivy but I choose to go to this state school". For most things in life, confidence is half the battle won anyways.. They prob. leverage the savings later for grad school.

Having said that, UT Austin is nothing to sneeze at. It's at the same level as UVA, Tech, UIUC, Georgia Tech and other such solid schools. Their business school is supposedly pretty good as well and their hiring profile is also really good.

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Anonymous wrote:15:17 barf on the "woman astronaut" She's an astronaut, full stop. You remind me of my dad who still says "lady lawyer" or "lady doctor" when describing certain professional women. He always assumes female lawyers work for nonprofits or social service agencies. He also assumes that female doctors are pediatricians or OB/GYNs.

I think 15:17 was saying that a woman astronaut runs the program at UVA so don't go there if you want to really learn how to fly a space ship

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Anonymous wrote:It's not UVA but here in Texas, I know a lot of Asian parents whose kids have made it to an Ivy and elect to send their kids to UT Austin for engineering, business and Computer Science. They see it as a better value.

They apply to the Ivy, mostly for bragging rights and take even more pride in bragging about how clever they are for turning the Ivy down

I highly doubt there are a lot of Asian parents who do that, Asians are obsessed with prestige and the ivy league. The main reason a few do it is because it is much easier on their finances. Practically no Asian parent who could afford an ivy would go for UTAustin or UVa et al. Location has also a lot to do with it. The leap from texas to the east coast is huge on many levels (distance, culture etc).

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Anonymous wrote:You turn down UVA in state for HYP, Stanford, Cal Tech, or MIT. You turn down UVA for Wharton undergrad, I suppose. Turn it down for Duke? Tough one.

Nonsense. You turn down UVA for all ivies, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Duke, UChicago if you can afford them or if you need very small loans to afford them. If you cannot afford them, you will likely qualify for need-based aid at these elites so you turn down UVA in this case as well.

The notion that you wouldn't turn down UVA in state for places like Columbia, non-Wharton Penn, Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell, UChicago etc is beyond laughable. And why would you not turn down Duke but turn down the aforementioned schools? Complete nonsense.

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Agreed. Total nonsense. This thread has been entertainment today

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Anonymous wrote:You turn down UVA in state for HYP, Stanford, Cal Tech, or MIT. You turn down UVA for Wharton undergrad, I suppose. Turn it down for Duke? Tough one.

Nonsense. You turn down UVA for all ivies, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Duke, UChicago if you can afford them or if you need very small loans to afford them. If you cannot afford them, you will likely qualify for need-based aid at these elites so you turn down UVA in this case as well.

The notion that you wouldn't turn down UVA in state for places like Columbia, non-Wharton Penn, Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell, UChicago etc is beyond laughable. And why would you not turn down Duke but turn down the aforementioned schools? Complete nonsense.

Nope. I fully stand by my statement.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not UVA but here in Texas, I know a lot of Asian parents whose kids have made it to an Ivy and elect to send their kids to UT Austin for engineering, business and Computer Science. They see it as a better value.

They apply to the Ivy, mostly for bragging rights and take even more pride in bragging about how clever they are for turning the Ivy down

Good strategy. It gives the kid a mental boost/confidence - "I am good enough to go to an Ivy but I choose to go to this state school". For most things in life, confidence is half the battle won anyways.. They prob. leverage the savings later for grad school.

Having said that, UT Austin is nothing to sneeze at. It's at the same level as UVA, Tech, UIUC, Georgia Tech and other such solid schools. Their business school is supposedly pretty good as well and their hiring profile is also really good.

Nice try.