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Let's set the record straight. UVA is a perfectly fine state school, but at the end of the day, it's a state school like any other. Nobody outside of the mid-Atlantic thinks of UVA as being particularly interesting or prestigious. Locals always think their own backyard is well-known to outsiders, it's a common bias.

And yes, there is more to life than STEM. I'm a research scientist, and even I know this :-)
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well at the risk of devolving into a UVA fight as usual, all state schools are NOT created equal and people know that.  I don't know who you all talk to, but UVA, UNC, Michigan, UCLA etc all are considered to be a step above other state universities.  That's just a fact. I'm in the executive recruiting business and I talk to hiring managers all over the country sand they know what the top state schools are and what they aren't.[/quote]

OP here.. The first "non-defensive, non knee-jerk" response.  Thanks for that.  Completely agree with your point.  I'd love for DC to go to UVA just for this reason.  I also understand that "STEM is not everything" as a few others passive-aggressively pointed out.  My point is that given the rise in the importance of STEM, shouldn't it play a stronger role in how schools are ranked?  After all, one of the most important reasons everyone goes to college is to get a job that pays well.  A top school may teach you have to analyze [i]The Illiad [/i] in 200 different ways but what's the point in that if you end up working at Starbucks after that (extreme example of course).[/quote]

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