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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not about the numbers and scores. It's about how the grads think the world revolves around UVa. Seriously, UVa grads think it's equal to Harvard. It's not. It just one of many state universities.[/quote]

No, UVA grads think it's equal to Berkeley or Michigan. It's not. They are delusional.[/quote]

I get the sense that people enjoy putting schools just outside the top-tier in their place,  reminding anyone who will listen that it's not HYP (says the Ivy grad) or that it's not Michigan or Berkeley (says the striving UCLA grad). It definitely isn't like other high-end publics when it comes to research dollars and pulling great faculty, but that arguably makes its ranking even more interesting.

In the end, there's a population who likes it and, really, that's fine. I'm not trying to scream can't we all just get along, but why is it so important to get anonymous people you don't know to admit that a shook you didn't attend isn't "really" that good? [/quote]

Because UVA grads tend to be obnoxious and pretentious without even earning the privilege and it's annoying when false statement is repeated over and over again so that some ignorant people actually believe the false statement (e.g. Cheney & Company). UNC, Illinois, Washington, Wisconsin etc. grads don't appear to give off the same obnoxious vibe. In fact, these schools may enjoy better overall academic reputation than UVA nationally outside of VA. [/quote]

The rankings speak for themselves.  You sound bitter and unhinged.[/quote]

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