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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UVA is weak in STEM. So much for academic ratings. Another BS ranking. [/quote]

Rankings are BS. No doubt about that. [b]But why do DCUM people say UVA is weak in STEM[/b]?  I’m not saying it is strong, I just don’t know. The same way I dint know about 99% of colleges.  [/quote]

Because they are ignorant.  Or their kid didn't get in and it's sour grapes.  Or they are old and haven't kept up. Or they are UVA's rivals, Virginia Tech students and love posting stuff like this.[/quote]

[b]Perhaps a school with a top 25 ranking should have at least a few STEM offerings rated in the top 25. [/quote][/b]

Not only is it in top 25 for our nation's universities, it is no. 3 for all publics.  It's also the greatest producer of Rhodes Scholars amongst the public and no. 8 right after the Ivies.  It also has a lot of STEM programs in the top 50 (of 4,000 instiuttions in the u.S I think that's pretty impressive).  And it sent my engineering kid to Princeton for a PhD in Electrical Engineering.  As to why UVA developed this way, it's because the Commonwealth also has Virginia Tech, duh.  Also, as others have pointed out, you don't need a wind tunnel for undergrad aerospace engineering work.  My DD is in the UVA aerospace engineering program now.  Being taught by a woman astronaut.[/quote]

UVA STEM programs are underwhelming to say the least.[/quote]

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