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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]

OP, Starbucks, Really?  The recruiter has some sound advice... for the narrow set of fields that recruit that way.  If your kid wants to do STEM and have that style of college education, your kid should do that at at STEM school.  [/quote]

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