| Both great schools -- typically they'd appeal to families with very different priorities. Villanova is much smaller, private, Catholic, primarily focused on undergrads vs. much larger, public, highly ranked state flagship. Culture is just very different. Both have very strong alum community/networking. |
THIS. |
Davidson is in the same region as UVA and has over 4X as many Rhodes Scholars on a per capita basis. Is it 4X as good as UVA? |
The University of Mississippi has the same number as Georgetown, and both have more than Berkeley. Sewanee has more than any of those. Clearly Rhodes scholarships are meaningful, but you shouldn't use it as the only indicator of institutional quality. |
| Davidson is in UVA's league. Villanova is not. It's a complete joke to suggest otherwise. Villanova is a fine school, but it's not a prestige school. UVA is, and has been for a long time. |
| Davidson can’t be that good or they would know about the moon landing. |
yes, and that's the thing. UVA surpasses Villanova on pretty much every objective measure of institutional quality, Rhodes Scholars included.. |
He didn't graduate. |
Here's a link to colleges ranked by Rhodes recipients The top ten: Harvard Yale Princeton Stanford West Point Dartmouth Brown UVA Chicago Navy That's pretty damned good company and means something. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/universities-by-number-of-rhodes-scholars.html |
He had a pretty good backup plan. |
Meh....it’s only meaningful if you adjust for student population. |
You people and your "prestige" are crazy. ACT 25 75 Villanova 30 - 33 UVA 29- 33 They are both good schools, but there is not a whole lot of difference in the kids that attend them. (Source Institutional CDS 2017) |
Duke has a flat-earther. |
| The UVA crazies are giving the school a bad name. It's fine to love your school but no need to bash other schools. |
Trump playbook. |