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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People on here way overestimate the quality of students at Ivies.  I have kids a year apart-one Ivy and one UVA and honestly the UVA kid works harder for their grades in the same types of classes (both kids are the same major) and I would say the UVA kid is smarter at baseline. The Ivy kid is an athletic admit.

Ivies are not filled with brilliant kids in 2026. There are very smart kids but there are plenty of pretty darn "normal smart" kids as well and even many very average kids.

DCUM worships the Ivies but the reality on the ground is much different. [/quote]

Completely disagree and that is not to say there aren’t very smart kids at UVA, but complete opposite experience. It puzzles me and makes me wonder what classes your athlete is taking.
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Agree. One at an ivy in the top 10 unhooked, another at UVA. Similar stem majors. Ivy is much much harder with regard to pace of the classes, the difficulty of Psets, labs, and the competition among peers to be the best of the best in an outside the classroom. Thankfully the ivy has many more research positions, more paid LA/ TA spots, much smaller classes (12-15 is common) and more connected professors. [/quote]

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