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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]UVA is going to struggle in the coming decade.  Parents will push students to get degrees in fields that are likely to be stable or grow - the areas that are not UVA's strengths.[/b]

Directly comparing the two schools, CMUs strengths, are those growing sectors.  Additionally, even some of its arts programs - graphic design, architecture, will still be pretty stable.   [/quote] That’s an absurd statement by someone who has an axe to grind. UVA has consistently been ranked as the no. 2 or no 3 public university in the United  States. It has gotten to be almost impossible to get into unless you are in the top 5 percent of your class ( if not URM etc). I’ve watched the requisite GPA and test scores hit new highs every year while my DD was in aerospace engineering there. All the programs are excellent. The business and undergrad law programs are the best in the nation. A donation of $120M is building a new data science school (that has a Master’s program as well). All of my DC’s friends did extremely well landing great positions, especially from the business major. Three of her friends have Fulbrights; another is a Marshall scholar. One is a Rhodes.  Two of her friends are going to Oxford for M.Phils.  I’ve seen the engineering programs up close and personal and they are xlnt. I dint know why some bitter person has to come in her and say otherwise except to note that there are a lot of angry parents in NoVa because their student didn’t get in.

Every year I’ve seen the number of applications increase. UVA received a record 41,000 applications for class if 2024. Most educators believe that there will a
tremendous jump in  interest for in-state schools because parents’ savings have been hammered by corona virus. [/quote

Your child then, is quite literally, friends with every kid that got one of these fellowships from UVA.  If this is the case, might this be affecting your opinion of the school?

Sorry, your kid chose engineering at UVA- hopefully you only paid in-state tuition.

Anytime someone says something negative about UVA, Virginians say they are UVA-haters, non-Virginians just don't care that much. [/quote]No. DC is headed to Princeton for grad work in electrical engineering [/quote]

Sure.  [/quote]

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