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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]There is not a huge difference between the schools in terms of academics/prestige.[/b] They should go where they think they will be happy. Especially since UVA is so different from Penn/Columbia in terms of not being in a big city.[/quote]

Wait - what?[/quote]
Most people would agree that there's a difference, but what evidence supports your view that it's "huge"?[/quote]

The data someone else posted upthread, the top quarter of uva is on par with the top 75% at uva. Plus, looking at who attends from the area schools. Granted these are in state, but the uva admits are a much lower level overall than ivy/top 10. Uva accepts about 25% of our private school not counting athletic recruiting. Top 10/ivy are accepted from the top few, super-smart kids with straight A in hard courses where As are not easy, and impressive resumes to boot. Admittedly there are OOS at uva that are closer to ivy kids but that is not the majority of the student body[/quote]

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