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[quote=Anonymous]Obviously between the two schools I would pick whichever is the in-state. No question about that.

Now if both are OOS, these factors should be in the consideration:

1. UVA is more like a private school. As matter of fact UVA was considering at one point fully becoming a private school. With that kind of school vibe in mind, you get the idea that it will be more like Brown, Dartmouth type. Very different from some other state schools at the extreme, like UIUC, Purdue, Michigan, etc, which are huge but research strong, less emphasizing on undergraduates. UNC is somewhere in the middle between UVA and those large state schools. UVA has an enrollment of 16,777 and UNC 19,117, according to usnews. Both are in preferred size compared to the other humongous state schools.

2. Endowment rather than state funding. UVA depends on state funding much less than UNC. You know how state budget fighting works every year. It creates a lot of uncertainty in university funding. You may have a nice senior research program this year and suddenly next year it may be in limbo.

3. A brutally research heavy school can bring opportunities to undergrads and can bring apathy toward undergrads as well. The research heavy state schools typically have many young research faculties in the middle of establishing themselves in their careers. Their first concern is their own research output (that's why the schools are very active in research), and they have their eyes much more on their research assistants (graduate students) than undergrad teaching. There is just that tendency that many f these faculty members teach bad courses as their minds are not on the minimumly required undergrad teaching responsibilities, if any. So you may really want to reconsider if too much a research heavy is a good thing for you.

4. Ratio of out state students vs in state. This is why typically private schools are better than state schools in this regard. An overwhelming number of in state students spells less competency in student selection for the school.

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