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Marylanders: Did you regret not choosing Virginia when it came time to apply to college?
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Anonymous
| Umd 7 pulitzers on faculty ... UVA...1 |
Anonymous
complete and utter crap. Supply a source that shows this. Why the controversy. Everyone knows it's easy to get into UMD with a B average. That's virtually impossible at UVA. |
Anonymous
I apologize. When I'm wrong, Im wrong. 42% in-state acceptance rate at UVa this year. |
Anonymous
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Ultra-liberal in NOVA here. Would not live anywhere else. Anyone who thinks Alex or Arlington are dominated by republicans is nuts. Hey, John McCain's brother called this "communist country"!
However: I taught at UVa until moving here a few years ago, and it is accurate to say that there are plans to substantially raise both in state and out of state tuition. However, out of state tuition will rise more steeply than in-state tuition. And it is a pretty safe assumption that other states will be doing the very same thing (many already have done so). It also remains true that in-state applicants have a strong admisisons advantage at UVa -- and yes, despite the steeper competition, NOVA kids still have an edge over out of staters. |
Anonymous
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RE: UVa
What about county-by-county admissions quotas? I can say with confidence that a Rockbridge Co. student with same stats/activities/recs as my stellar DC from FFX Co. would have an admissions edge b/c NoVa students are overly represented. I thought the current student body breakdown at UVa is 1/3 NoVa, 1/3 rest of VA, 1/3 OOS. Would you say this is accurate, PP? |
Anonymous
| let's see. World rankings... Umd 103. Uva130. Acceptance rates umd 43%, UVA 43.3%. National champinships umd 37. UVA 19. Novels on faculty umd 4... UVA 0. Pulitzers on faculty umd 7 ....UVA 1. Innovations by graduates...umd google, underarmour, jumbotron, Seinfeld, the wire, Sirius satellite , universal price code, artificial pancreas, miniturized insulin pump, imbedded defibulator . Broke watergate, octane system...etc....UVA. ????????nothing????.seems like a blowout here. |
Anonymous
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moot point for most of you Marylanders, you can't get into UVa anyway.
Since U.S. News began a separate listing of the top 50 public universities, U.Va. has never been ranked lower than No. 2. I think the reason UVa's acceptance rate is so high is that only people with high GPA and high SATs bother to apply. Those who know they can't get in consider other places. |
Anonymous
ok...I'll spot you that....i don't agree but just to humor you... YOU STILL LOSE...look at the astounding results from UMD grads and the World rankings are less subjective. |
Anonymous
linear programming . pulse doppler radar, muppets, boondocks, syndicated baywatch, nautica....it goes on and on....... |
Anonymous
apollo 13, outback steakhouse, frequent flyer systems...I think it's 4 NOBELS on falculty umd vs 0 for uva right? |
Anonymous
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I have a simple answer to this one.
Assuming you could gain admission, where would you rather go to school - College Park, Md. or Charlottesville, Va? I would think the answer to that one's a no-brainer. 
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Anonymous
depends if you are a dreamer... producer...pursuer of excellance ...genius....entrepenour... .....or a laywer/polititian/good speller. |
Anonymous
| entrepreneur.....wait.....is this a trap? |
Anonymous
| I think I would like to be a lawyer and maybe work for Under Armour or Google someday, if I study Reeeeeeeaaaalllly hard . I am not very athletic so all those championships at Umd kind of intimidate me. Additionally, all those Nobel faculty at Umd teach really hard classes at Umd like engineering, physics and computer science...like I said, I want to be a lawyer, so I have no use for that hard stuff.....I PICK CHARLOTTESVILLE!!!!!! |
Anonymous
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don't like U.S New & World Report?
O.k., then see Princeton Review rankings: Rankings: Top 10 Best Value Public Colleges: # 1 UVa. |