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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of our kids is an upperclassman there. Loves it, but VT is a perfect fit for kid's personality. Kid is self sufficient (kid applied to colleges all on their own, said they didn't need our help at all and got it done solo other than needing our debit card for the application fee), disciplined, competitive, smart, driven, independent, humorous, down to earth, a hard worker but doesn't boast, has stepped up and slayed in the hardest classes, can pull an all nighter as need be, works a retail job like it's a real job without complaint, is planning to get a Ph.D.[b] Is smart enough for UVA, but would be highly, HIGHLY repelled by the haughty atmosphere there. [/b] Go Hokies. It's a great school![/quote]

I'm sure your kid is smart enough, but how do you know so much about the "haughty" atmosphere there? Lol. [/quote]

I, like my kid, have met UVA people. In our own neighborhood, for starters. Not just one, but a dozen. [b]They are, [b]without exception, [/b]quite haughty. Always have to one-u[/b]p. Never can be down to earth, or light in step. Always have a condescending veneer. Never really have much of a sense of humor. Take themselves WAY too seriously. Always need to appear superior to others. It's all in the eyes. I see it in their eyes. I met a neighbor for the first time and it was in the eyes. I thought to myself "Hmm, I wonder if they went to UVA" and sure enough, within a few minutes, they announced how they went to UVA. Ding, ding, ding for the win. Like a Canadian mentioning they're from Canada, or someone who does Cross Fit mentioning they do Cross Fit, the UVA person cannot keep it to themselves. They. Have. To. Let. You. Know. They are obnoxious. They are all similar.[/quote]

No, they are not.  This is a myth perpetrated by moms whose kids were rejected, were not contenders (like one of my kids) or were rejected themselves.  WITHOUT EXCEPTION.  My other kid did go to UVA, so I met manystudents and their parents, have now served on parent groups, have gotten to know the faculty, and now counsel the new students.  I have never met a "haughty" person amongst them.  It is a PUBLIC school with almost 1/3 from OOS.  How on earth can you conclude that all 26,000 students are "haughty".  The students there are grateful to have gotten in.  And very nice.  So please go fling your trash elsewhere.[/quote]

Anyone who trades in always/never is bound to be wrong. There are shitty people who go to VT, and there are nice people who go to UVA. But I have more experiences of haughtiness from UVA people than VT. I have literally lost count of the UVA people who've smugly commented about what a shame is that people who went to other schools weren't able to get into The University (and if you can't see how even the phrasing the school uses to talk about itself isn't a bit haughty, your vibe-checker may be off).  If you're not tingling with just the tiniest bit of irony, too, at refuting an assertion of UVA snobbery with the just-jealous approach, well, again, recalibrate that vibe-checker, my friend, you may be one of the haughty.[/quote]

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