Why deny UVA?

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Anonymous wrote:A university with a 26% acceptance rate isn't considered prestigious.

I remember when the Ivies had 26% acceptance rates.... and when Chicago admitted more than half. I think even up to 60%.

Acceptance on their own are pretty meaningless. It really comes down to the quality of the admitted students. There was pretty much an arms race on lowering acceptance rates driven by USNews (which has now dropped it) causing schools to take actions to drive up the denominator. UVA's acceptance rate actually breaks down to 36% in-state and 19% OOS. The 36% may sound high, but there is a lot of self-selection.

Seriously. The U of C kids in the 80s were a pretty impressive bunch, even if getting in wasn't so hard. Staying in, another matter.

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Anonymous wrote: Serious question here, not trying to troll. Why do so many on DCUM insist that UVA is not a prestigious school? I just don’t get it. It clearly is. I remember deciding to move to Virginia over Maryland 35 years ago because of the University of Virginia and the College of William and Mary. UVA being a top dog is nothing new.

Why so much animosity? Why so much denial?

nobody is denying anything that is true - we are just trying to balance out UVA boosters all of whom happen to be from Virginia. if UVA is so prestigious why aren’t people from Cali and Florida coming here to praise it? there are none. Every single one is a parent from NOVa

Because this is a DC centric board. UVA, is among the top universities in the nation for many disciplines. Not all. But many. And there are people in FL, in CA, in MA, in NY coming to UVA for College.

Similarly, there are people who get into UVA and decide it is not for them. My DD preferred the atmosphere at Va Tech over UVA.

it’s a DC centric board but people from MD Zaire decidedly less impressed by UVA. why is that?

MD is hard science crazy.

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I have degrees from Harvard, Yale, and UVA. I am proud of my UVA degree and was very happy with my time there. It was and remains a great choice.

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Anonymous wrote:I have degrees from Harvard, Yale, and UVA. I am proud of my UVA degree and was very happy with my time there. It was and remains a great choice.

Nobody is saying it’s not a good choice.

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Anonymous wrote:I have degrees from Harvard, Yale, and UVA. I am proud of my UVA degree and was very happy with my time there. It was and remains a great choice.

Nobody is saying it’s not a good choice.

+1

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Anonymous wrote: Serious question here, not trying to troll. Why do so many on DCUM insist that UVA is not a prestigious school? I just don’t get it. It clearly is. I remember deciding to move to Virginia over Maryland 35 years ago because of the University of Virginia and the College of William and Mary. UVA being a top dog is nothing new.

Why so much animosity? Why so much denial?

nobody is denying anything that is true - we are just trying to balance out UVA boosters all of whom happen to be from Virginia. if UVA is so prestigious why aren’t people from Cali and Florida coming here to praise it? there are none. Every single one is a parent from NOVa

Because this is a DC centric board. UVA, is among the top universities in the nation for many disciplines. Not all. But many. And there are people in FL, in CA, in MA, in NY coming to UVA for College.

Similarly, there are people who get into UVA and decide it is not for them. My DD preferred the atmosphere at Va Tech over UVA.

it’s a DC centric board but people from MD Zaire decidedly less impressed by UVA. why is that?

MD is hard science crazy

not at all in my experience. it’s because they look at it from a distance and without the good deal VA residents are getting.

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Anonymous wrote:It is prestigious. And it’s now a long shot for most VA students (all but the elite in NoVa).

It is a good school, but not prestigious. If you are from Virginia, it's an excellent choice.

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Anonymous wrote: Serious question here, not trying to troll. Why do so many on DCUM insist that UVA is not a prestigious school? I just don’t get it. It clearly is. I remember deciding to move to Virginia over Maryland 35 years ago because of the University of Virginia and the College of William and Mary. UVA being a top dog is nothing new.

Why so much animosity? Why so much denial?

nobody is denying anything that is true - we are just trying to balance out UVA boosters all of whom happen to be from Virginia. if UVA is so prestigious why aren’t people from Cali and Florida coming here to praise it? there are none. Every single one is a parent from NOVa

Because this is a DC centric board. UVA, is among the top universities in the nation for many disciplines. Not all. But many. And there are people in FL, in CA, in MA, in NY coming to UVA for College.

Similarly, there are people who get into UVA and decide it is not for them. My DD preferred the atmosphere at Va Tech over UVA.

it’s a DC centric board but people from MD Zaire decidedly less impressed by UVA. why is that?

Because UVA isn't worth out of school tuition.

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Anonymous wrote: Serious question here, not trying to troll. Why do so many on DCUM insist that UVA is not a prestigious school? I just don’t get it. It clearly is. I remember deciding to move to Virginia over Maryland 35 years ago because of the University of Virginia and the College of William and Mary. UVA being a top dog is nothing new.

Why so much animosity? Why so much denial?

nobody is denying anything that is true - we are just trying to balance out UVA boosters all of whom happen to be from Virginia. if UVA is so prestigious why aren’t people from Cali and Florida coming here to praise it? there are none. Every single one is a parent from NOVa

Because this is a DC centric board. UVA, is among the top universities in the nation for many disciplines. Not all. But many. And there are people in FL, in CA, in MA, in NY coming to UVA for College.

Similarly, there are people who get into UVA and decide it is not for them. My DD preferred the atmosphere at Va Tech over UVA.

it’s a DC centric board but people from MD Zaire decidedly less impressed by UVA. why is that?

MD is hard science crazy

not at all in my experience. it’s because they look at it from a distance and without the good deal VA residents are getting.

Md has always been NSA, NIH, NCI, biomedical ...


They are more about engineering, math, commuter science

Also agriculture..,

UVA is more about business school

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Literally nobody cares. It’s an adequate college; signals your kid likely has above average drive & your family is likely at least upper middle class. Nothing more.

“Top” public colleges are Asian grinds at the top and mostly partying white kids in the middle. That’s the truth.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd be beyond happy if my kids went to school there. I'm not from this area but moved to Virginia from the Midwest.
UVA is known as a good school where I'm from.

OP, the simple fact of the matter is that haters are gonna hate. No reason to try to change their minds.

Good post. To tailgate state alums from the Midwest, who feel like jefes because they moved to DC, UVA is a very big deal. To more worldly folks, it’s just a good public college, nothing more.

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Anonymous wrote:Admissions rates are higher in state, which might be why the locals don't see it as big of a deal?

Total applications: 40,869 (37,182 last year)
Total number of VA apps: 12,010
Total number of OOS apps: 28,859

Overall offers: 9,787
Total VA offers: 4,331 (36% offer rate)
Total OOS offers: 5,456 (19% offer rate)

60% of acceptees choose other schools. 40% yield rate tells me that people are using UVA as their safety. I know my kid did.

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Is this for seniors this year (Class of 2019)? It didn’t seem that many kids had true safeties this year.

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Anonymous wrote: Serious question here, not trying to troll. Why do so many on DCUM insist that UVA is not a prestigious school? I just don’t get it. It clearly is. I remember deciding to move to Virginia over Maryland 35 years ago because of the University of Virginia and the College of William and Mary. UVA being a top dog is nothing new.

Why so much animosity? Why so much denial?

nobody is denying anything that is true - we are just trying to balance out UVA boosters all of whom happen to be from Virginia. if UVA is so prestigious why aren’t people from Cali and Florida coming here to praise it? there are none. Every single one is a parent from NOVa

Because this is a DC centric board. UVA, is among the top universities in the nation for many disciplines. Not all. But many. And there are people in FL, in CA, in MA, in NY coming to UVA for College.

Similarly, there are people who get into UVA and decide it is not for them. My DD preferred the atmosphere at Va Tech over UVA.

it’s a DC centric board but people from MD Zaire decidedly less impressed by UVA. why is that?

MD is hard science crazy

not at all in my experience. it’s because they look at it from a distance and without the good deal VA residents are getting.

Md has always been NSA, NIH, NCI, biomedical ...


They are more about engineering, math, commuter science

Also agriculture..,

UVA is more about business school

I live in MD and I had no clue UVA was weak in science. It’s pretty good but not among the very best in my own field (social science).

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UVA suffers from the “13th grade” syndrome. A lot of people believe college is a time to expand your horizons and move away from the bubble you’ve been living in, but the kids you will be interacting with at UVA will mostly be a lot like the ones you’ve been interacting with your whole life if you’re from nova.

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The most uninteresting people go to UVA, at least those from Northern Virginia. They leave NoVa, go to UVA, and return to NoVa. Dull. Dull and pompous. A bad combination.