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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, the UVA boosters on this board really are something else , especially with how they taunt everyone who says anything even slightly negative about the school

Ps I have zero connection - didn’t apply there myself (I attended a different ACC school) and my child isn’t going to even look [/quote]

( not the PP) but when people on this board day that UVA is first at [b]graduating jerks[/b] (over W&M), clearly you’re gonna get a reaction no?  My kids attend (I didn’t) and they are absolutely not jerks, neither are their friends. [/quote]

You might want to look at what the poster was responding to. [b]UVA boosters are always starting nonsense[/b].[/quote]

No, they are not.  there is a distinct pattern on this board.  Someone says something nasty about UVA and those who understand college admissions correct them.  It's that simple.  There is a lot of envy in the DCUM area because the entering class at UVA is so small compared to other state flagships and because it has gotten so difficult to get in.  Many Virginian families cannot afford the difference in tuition between $35k (all in) and $80K at the privates.  Bear in mind that the difference is often paid in after tax dollars, so you aren't talking about just $45K difference per year (we had to refinance our home to send our kids to college; fortunately we could do it). So many Virginians really want to get their children into UVA, W&M, Virginia Tech and the others.  We have a superb system.  But the availability of slots is not like Texas, California or Michigan.  Hence the bitterness that sometimes pops up on this board.  [b]Also, Virginia Tech is a rival as is UMD so those students often come on here and make "jerk" comments.  [/b]

Those parents that are fortunate enough to get their kids into these schools bank the difference if they have it.  We did, so have $200K+ to pay now for grad school overseas then law school.  That's why you see such bitterness here .... because a lot of money is at stake.[/quote]
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DP.  I agree with you to some extent, but the bolded is ridiculous.  I have seen just as many "jerk comments" from UVA boosters/parents/students about those rival schools - anything to put down a school that isn't UVA.

It's clear to me that anyone trashing another school - unless there is obvious reason to (like Oberlin, for instance) - is simply bitter that they or their kids didn't get accepted.  [/quote][/b]

DP.  No, the students from rival schools do frequent here and college confidential and reddit.  They are the ones who write the insipid comments like "jerks".[/quote]

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