Prestige colleges

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's genuinely funny to see Virginians unironically believe they somehow live in the center of the universe and that their institutions (their high schools and universities) are somehow the best in the nation, envied by all, sitting at the nexus around which the rest of the bumpkins in the country revolve.

Newsflash: Seriously, no one outside of Virginia thinks or cares about Virginia as much as you think they do. If anything, most people would think Virginia is southern, and more commonly would associate it with being a little rural, a little uncultured, and a little unsophisticated. Get over yourselves.

That literally goes for every state. You’re on a dmv forum so get over yourself you beta male.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:UVA haters

yeah, i'd say more haters. i live in nyc and there are plenty of folks I know, probably any parent I know, in this last admission cycle who would have been thrilled if their DC had ended up at UVA given the dearth of choices for many after ED1/2. One of DD's BFF's picked it over Harvard.

Don't you mean that the entire Ivy admits pool rejected each and every Ivy to go to UVA? After all it's much better than any other school in the world because TJ sends students there and you need really high grades from VA public schools to get in....

No, that's not what I wrote. This last cycle was fairly brutal for some high achieving students. DD mentioned last night that one of her senior friends dinged at 11 schools and now headed to Wisconsin. She would be thrilled to be going to UVA. And yes, one of her friends is headed to UVA. Her parents went to Harvard and, at the end of the day, she decided that she didn't want that for her college experience. Sh*t happens.

FWIW, your shade didn't really fall. Most folks in NYC have no idea what TJ means with their kids enrolled at Stuy, Bronx Science, Brooklyn Tech, LaGuardia, etc and that's just the publics.

How does the child feel about Wisconsin? I get that it isn't a "prestige college" but it's a good school, isn't it? (She asks with trepidation, as that is the school her child has decided to attend . . .)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your kid can’t get into one, are you embarrassed?

I wouldn't know because all my kids got in.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA haters

yeah, i'd say more haters. i live in nyc and there are plenty of folks I know, probably any parent I know, in this last admission cycle who would have been thrilled if their DC had ended up at UVA given the dearth of choices for many after ED1/2. One of DD's BFF's picked it over Harvard.

Don't you mean that the entire Ivy admits pool rejected each and every Ivy to go to UVA? After all it's much better than any other school in the world because TJ sends students there and you need really high grades from VA public schools to get in....

No, that's not what I wrote. This last cycle was fairly brutal for some high achieving students. DD mentioned last night that one of her senior friends dinged at 11 schools and now headed to Wisconsin. She would be thrilled to be going to UVA. And yes, one of her friends is headed to UVA. Her parents went to Harvard and, at the end of the day, she decided that she didn't want that for her college experience. Sh*t happens.

FWIW, your shade didn't really fall. Most folks in NYC have no idea what TJ means with their kids enrolled at Stuy, Bronx Science, Brooklyn Tech, LaGuardia, etc and that's just the publics.

How does the child feel about Wisconsin? I get that it isn't a "prestige college" but it's a good school, isn't it? (She asks with trepidation, as that is the school her child has decided to attend . . .)

Follow-up-- we are in DC, so we get that DCTAG grant to bring down OSS costs a bit. He didn't apply to local schools as he wanted some distance. Wisconsin is a bit more distance than I like, but I'll support his decision. I guess he can always change his mind and transfer elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

No way will child transfer out of Madison—kids transfer INTO Madison because they want the full college experience and live in maybe the best college town in US.

[Anonymous]

Big 3 parent and 2 of my kids have attended Wisconsin. 2nd one because of visiting older sibling and fell in love with campus and the spirit. It is a great place to get a well-regarded degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's genuinely funny to see Virginians unironically believe they somehow live in the center of the universe and that their institutions (their high schools and universities) are somehow the best in the nation, envied by all, sitting at the nexus around which the rest of the bumpkins in the country revolve.

Newsflash: Seriously, no one outside of Virginia thinks or cares about Virginia as much as you think they do. If anything, most people would think Virginia is southern, and more commonly would associate it with being a little rural, a little uncultured, and a little unsophisticated. Get over yourselves.

You post this all the time and you’re literally on a dmv based site. Get over yourself you beta male.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No way will child transfer out of Madison—kids transfer INTO Madison because they want the full college experience and live in maybe the best college town in US.

You mean the full white student college experience. UW has zero diversity. Zero.

[Anonymous]

If my kid only got into like BC I'd consider shooting myself for a minute, but only for a minute.

[Anonymous]

Wisconsin and UVA are peer institutions. Fighting over which one is better is stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wisconsin and UVA are peer institutions. Fighting over which one is better is stupid.

Not when it comes to admissions.

[Anonymous]

Oh just MORTIFIED!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wisconsin and UVA are peer institutions. Fighting over which one is better is stupid.

Not when it comes to admissions.

WI is half as selective (but also twice as big). VA has more resources per student but WI had more resources overall. In my former academic field I came across interesting papers from WI faculty more often than VA. Quantity is it's own quality. It's true, otherwise you'd be visiting selective LACs over UVA. I'd say it's a wash and UVA boosters ought to be ashamed of themselves for trying to treat down another good state school.

[Anonymous]

I'm an HYPS grad and the only schools worth the premium (i.e. I would send my kid to) are the Ivies, Chicago, Duke, Stanford, Northwestern, MIT, Hopkins, Amherst, or Williams. Caltech and Harvey Mudd if they're engineers. These are the only true "prestige colleges" in America.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an HYPS grad and the only schools worth the premium (i.e. I would send my kid to) are the Ivies, Chicago, Duke, Stanford, Northwestern, MIT, Hopkins, Amherst, or Williams. Caltech and Harvey Mudd if they're engineers. These are the only true "prestige colleges" in America.

Hopkins is worth it for med school, not for undergrad.

- used to teach Hopkins undergrads