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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a third year there and that’s about right. The other day he remarked how students wear quarter zips to class as their regular daily wear. I agree that there is a level of elitism and he’s not white, so kind of on the outside looking in and trying to fit in?[/quote]

[b]What does a quarter zip have to do with anything[/b]? Because the kids don’t wear pajamas to class? I guess it is a social class thing. My high schooler wears quarter zips to school from October until May and has since 9th grade. So do all his friends. They have a dress code at their private school, so for them these clothes are a habit. [/quote]

It doesn't.  Ignore.  OP, there ARE thousands of threads on UVA because it is a great economic benefit IF your kid can get in. Do you need to know the admission stats?  UVA is plenty diverse with Black o[b]r African American at 12.6%; hispanic 3.45%; Two or three more races 3.25%; Asian 17.1% [/b]and white at 57.9%.  And also 30% OOS and international.  My kid had the best four years of her life there, but found her people in the debating societies.  I met all of her friends and they were all lovely. She says the charge of "elitism" is ridiculous because it is, after all, a public. That phrase is repeated by those who can't get in or aren't even contenders to apply.  And, as to dress, she dressed just the way she wanted to - only the Greek kids cared about what they wore, and they are only 26% of the student body.  You can have a great four years without ever stepping into Greek house.

Just google DCUrbanmom UVA and start reading.[/quote]

[b]That is not nearly the diversity of top 10/ivy. [/quote][/b]

It's a state public school and serves the diversity needs of the state. You never compare state schools to private schools or even state public schools to other state's public schools because each system set up by the state legislature is different.[/quote]

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