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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC chose CNU over UVA. He liked the fit better and the vibe. UVA was larger than he wanted as well. 10K was his goal but other than Radford and WM not many schools in that range. He is thriving at CNU and (from my biased view) is a big fish there. He made a great decision. He also wants to be closer to the beach than the mountains. [/quote]

What a bizarre decision, sorry.  [/quote]

You’re a jerk, sorry. DP[/quote]

Preferring the beach to the mountains?  Sorry, that's one bizarre reason for picking CNU over UVA.  [/quote]

That’s your opinion. [/quote]

It’s ridiculous.  That’s what it is.  Who turns down one of the top universities in the country in favor of a no name school based on proximity to Virginia Beach?[/quote]

Holy smokes. In all honesty, step back for a minute and try to understand that your posts are the type that make UVA look bad. Seriously. [/quote]

I am a new poster but I totally hear where others are coming from. I can fully understand why a student would pick W&M or VT over UVA, but I am having a really hard time understanding the CNU over UVA decision. Barring a cost factor (not sure if CNU is materially less expensive), 99.9% of people would not choose CNU. I always considered it similar to a community college. The academic experience and outcomes are very different from the other Virginia schools. I do not think this is snobby at all. It is just a realistic assessment of the differences in the quality of the education.[/quote]

DP. I have worked for several different universities in Virginia and attended the one in question myself, and I really believe a highly capable and motivated student can get the same quality education at any of them. Better outcomes are often associated with socioeconomic factors that students at UVA arrive with on day one. Some very bright kids just won’t thrive there, though. [/quote]

I think it’s much more about readiness for a high-ranking college. So if you go to a mediocre high school (much more likely for low socioeconomic kids), the same AP classes may be dumbed down a lot to adjust for the average quality of students (vs. a selective magnet, where they teach much deeper than what’s needed for a 5 in AP). The benefit of going to a much higher-ranking college is the quality of your peers, in addition to the quality of faculty/grad students.[/quote]

You’re forgetting that high-ranking colleges admit athletes, donor kids, legacy kids, kids of famous people, political VIP kids, etc all the time. I wouldn’t assume the teaching at selective colleges is different being under qualified kids are in those classes. [/quote]
Sadly, the reality is that the recruited athletes, and the kids of donors, legacies, and political VIPs are much less unprepared than those with lower grades scores and from grossly dumbed down schools, as the former kids tend to go to much better private high schools. Ask me how I know![/quote]

Ok, how do you know?[/quote]

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