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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We also visited UVA two weeks ago. We liked it overall, it is a good safety school for us and they do have a program that my child is interested in. The only thing that really jumped up to me is how white is the student body. We've spent on the campus the entire day, and then ate a dinner near UVA and probably saw 3 asian kids and one or two AA. It is such a big difference from what we've seen in Harvard or Columbia. [/quote]

I'm Asian and I hear this all the time from current students at UVA.  How white UVA is. [/quote]

Here is UVA's demographic breakdown:

0.1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
13.1% Asian
6.5% Black/African-American
6.4% Hispanic/Latino
4.7% Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino)
0.0% Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander
63.3% White
5.8% Unknown

It's also about 8 percent Jewish, and when I went there a decade ago had the most active Jewish campus life at any Virginia school, FWIW.

So it's less diverse than Harvard or Columbia but hardly all southern WASPs.[/quote]

I attended UVA and most of my friends were Asian or black. I participated in a sorority but did not have a drinking problem. Definitely went to parties but there's a lot to do and lots of other groups and outlets other than Greek. I played a lot of IM sports, a lot of students volunteer, participate in music, singing, the arts, student government, radio, newspaper, U Guides, and more. I didn't know any slackers but I did know a lot of people who would work hard and play hard. My college friends have all been very successful adults. [/quote]

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