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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a UVA alum that grew up in FL - there are a lot of weird things I see on this board about the school that I truly don't understand/didn't encounter at all.

Some thoughts -

1) Yes, CVille is hard to get to. I used to fly into Dulles then take the train to CVille. There is an Amtrak station very close to Grounds so it was never a huge problem but definitely a pain in the ass.

2) It's not that huge. There are 11kish undergrads. That's solidly a medium sized school. Speaking as someone who went there, it seemed TINY. You always ran into people you knew, everyone seemed to know everyone, classes were for the most part small (or a lecture with a small discussion in years 1 and 2).

3) It is a lot of kids from Arlington and Westchester who are pretending to be southern. Seriously - almost everyone I met was from outside DC, Richmond, Westchester, or Greenwich. Your DD will not be "exotic" at all.

I absolutely loved UVA and studied International Affairs and Anthropology. Made wonderful friends, created wonderful contacts with professors, studied abroad, and it prepared me very well for a great career. I also got 4 years of a very, very "traditional" college experience which is great or horrible, depending on the person. You can't go wrong with either school.

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Um... The "exotic" comment was just a joke. Not to be taken seriously.

And as another PP note, UVA is big. That's not a criticism, just a fact. I've been on both campuses (UVA and NU) a lot and both in terms of numbers of students and campus layout, UVA's big. In fall 2019 there were 17,000 undergrads and 8,000 grad students listed as "on grounds" (present on campus). At NU in 2019 there were 8,000 undergrads and 13,000 grad students. The grad students include the dental and medical schools (both in Chicago, so not on the main undergrad campus). So NU for undergrads is smaller. [/quote]

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