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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]
I'm not sure what you mean by "executive recruiting business", but to say UVA, UNC etc. are looked more highly than schools like UIUC, University of Washington, Texas, Minnesota, etc. in the business world for executive recruitment i.e. Fortune 500 is incorrect.

Whats true though is that Michigan and UVa have significant alumni bases in NYC metro area because wealthy students use them as "good enough state schools" for back-up to the Ivies. 
Because NYC is the hub of finance, high-end consulting and media - all prestige-obsessed industries - this generally helps graduates from Michigan and UVA through recruiting, networking, etc. UNC, despite being a far stronger STEM and research school than UVA, does not gain the same benefits.

You will be hard-pressed to find anyone that thinks UVA is a "step above" University of Washington, UT-Austin, etc. in Silicon Valley though. Most will either have never heard of the school, think it's just another Southern flagship like UGA (weak in research, academic rigor and STEM, focused on antebellum-type college societies), or consider it a weaker school than the likes of University of Washington & UT-Austin.

In terms of prestige with the top privates like Harvard, MIT, etc., Berkeley is the only school that stands out in that regard internationally. [/quote]

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