Would you take Tufts, Emory, Wash U over UVA?

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Anonymous wrote:For what its worth, Emory does offer merit based scholarships. Believe the other two are need bssed only.

Yeah doubt he gets it. He will be a close call if he gets in. Expecting boost from ED. I am sure that is for ivy caliber kids that choose Emory.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is not that hard to get in, if you can get into the top 25. Not everyone wants a southern experience or the UVA social scene. It’s not a welcoming environment for many kids who have grown up in a multicultural environment and is extremely segregated. I don’t understand why the fact that something is cheap makes poster think everyone wants it. There is nothing wrong with Macy’s but the one at Tyson’s II closed. Why? People like Neiman’s and Saks more. Would it be cheaper to shop at Macy’s? Yes. But not enough people did. Some families like catholic colleges, LAC, Ivy+... not everyone poster that would not choose UVA is bitter. It’s unclear why so many make that assumption???

Your first sentence makes no sense. All top 25 schools are hard to get into.

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Yep, UVA is solid good quality. But not designer like HPY. Yet posters seems to think it’s every parents dream. For many parents it’s not even a thought. New parents might dream of HPY but most American parents do not have a baby and think UVA.

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Anonymous wrote:Look UVA bashers, say what you want about the school but it is a hell of a lot cheaper than comparable privates and you know it. You’re just jealous as hell because you can’t get your kids in.

Stop it, this is embarrassing for you.

I have 5 members in my family who went to UVA (including myself), and you all are acting like it’s Harvard. News flash, it’s a state school. A good one, but don’t get delusions of grandeur.

No one said it is, least of all me. But it is certainly recognized by academics as being on par with the schools that the OP has listed, at least at the undergraduate level, and it has very high admission standards. It’s absolutely the case that UVA bashers are jealous that they can’t get their kids in.

PP here: I’m a UVA alum, and so is my husband. We have 2 in college, one turned down UVA to attend a private.

College decisions are not made by just looking at rankings. There are myriad reasons to pick a school. The jealousy card you play is embarrassing because you won’t listen to the fact that people choose other schools for good reasons. Why would you immediately think it’s about jealousy?

Again, just stop.

Who said anything about rankings?

Oh and let me fill in the blanks: one of your kids turned down UVA to go to a private, and the other didn’t get into UVA.

We’re OOS. He went to UChicago., didn’t apply to UVA. Most kids in our area do not (crazy, I know!)

Sure.

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If money is not an issue, I wlll prefer to go to any of these universities over UVA.
They are not as big as UVA and your kid will not fall through the cracks.
Tufts is an amazing school and in Boston.
If your kid can get into any of them, including UVA, he/she will get a great education.

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Anonymous wrote:If money is not an issue, I wlll prefer to go to any of these universities over UVA.
They are not as big as UVA and your kid will not fall through the cracks.
Tufts is an amazing school and in Boston.
If your kid can get into any of them, including UVA, he/she will get a great education.

Thanks for the sensible post. Money is an object though be use for two years we will have two in college and then two years with three. But we want to ED so we have a better shot at one of the privates. However, once we ED we are commmitted.

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Anonymous wrote:If money is not an issue, I wlll prefer to go to any of these universities over UVA.
They are not as big as UVA and your kid will not fall through the cracks.
Tufts is an amazing school and in Boston.
If your kid can get into any of them, including UVA, he/she will get a great education.

One of my best friends kids went to Tufts and hated it. So she transferred. Guess to where? You got it. UVA.

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Anonymous wrote:If money is not an issue, I wlll prefer to go to any of these universities over UVA.
They are not as big as UVA and your kid will not fall through the cracks.
Tufts is an amazing school and in Boston.
If your kid can get into any of them, including UVA, he/she will get a great education.

One of my best friends kids went to Tufts and hated it. So she transferred. Guess to where? You got it. UVA.

Too bad.

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Excellent southern kid goes to southern school

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Anonymous wrote:If money is not an issue, I wlll prefer to go to any of these universities over UVA.
They are not as big as UVA and your kid will not fall through the cracks.
Tufts is an amazing school and in Boston.
If your kid can get into any of them, including UVA, he/she will get a great education.

One of my best friends kids went to Tufts and hated it. So she transferred. Guess to where? You got it. UVA.

Probably wanted to join her entire high school class at UVA. It happens. Sounds like she wasted a good opportunity at Tufts.

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Anonymous wrote:Wash U
Tufts
UVA
Emory

Agree

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If I were in state, UVA. Out of state, any of the others.

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Anonymous wrote:If money is not an issue, I wlll prefer to go to any of these universities over UVA.
They are not as big as UVA and your kid will not fall through the cracks.
Tufts is an amazing school and in Boston.
If your kid can get into any of them, including UVA, he/she will get a great education.

One of my best friends kids went to Tufts and hated it. So she transferred. Guess to where? You got it. UVA.

Yes, the close knit community, diversity, not enough frat parties, or sexual abuse at Tufts makes it hard for southern whites. Oh and lack of confederate flags.

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Anonymous wrote:If money is not an issue, I wlll prefer to go to any of these universities over UVA.
They are not as big as UVA and your kid will not fall through the cracks.
Tufts is an amazing school and in Boston.
If your kid can get into any of them, including UVA, he/she will get a great education.

One of my best friends kids went to Tufts and hated it. So she transferred. Guess to where? You got it. UVA.

Probably wanted to join her entire high school class at UVA. It happens. Sounds like she wasted a good opportunity at Tufts.

Her entire high school class except your kid, who didn’t get in.

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Anonymous wrote:If money is not an issue, I wlll prefer to go to any of these universities over UVA.
They are not as big as UVA and your kid will not fall through the cracks.
Tufts is an amazing school and in Boston.
If your kid can get into any of them, including UVA, he/she will get a great education.

One of my best friends kids went to Tufts and hated it. So she transferred. Guess to where? You got it. UVA.

Yes, the close knit community, diversity, not enough frat parties, or sexual abuse at Tufts makes it hard for southern whites. Oh and lack of confederate flags.

She was a Jewish girl from New Jersey