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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Talent in what? 
UVA specializes in easy majors. That's why it is poorly regarded worldwide.[/quote]

YOu again?  What is your problem?  My DC at UVA is in aerospace engineering.  You try to take his classes.[/quote]

Why didn't he go to tech for the higher ranked program?[/quote]

One of my HS friends went to UVA for aerospace engineering.  He always joked that VT trains you to be an engineer, UVA trains you to be an engineering leader.  I always scoffed, but he's now VP of engineering at a pretty big company.  I'd bet if you looked at the average stats of the VT engineering majors they're probably still lower than the UVA engineering majors even though tech is more highly "ranked", so the peer group at UVA is probably brighter on average.

Just to check, I looked up some SAT scores.

The average SAT scores for VT engineering students in 2017 was 1340 (significantly higher than general population)  (https://irweb.ir.vt.edu/webtest/FreshmenSummary.aspx)

The average SAT scores for ALL UVA students is over 1400.  I'm sure it's higher for engineering.

So, someone might want to go to UVA for engineering instead of VT to be around a brighter peer group.[/quote]

Actually UVA has zero Nobel laureates and an suprisingly low number of pulitzers or Emmys and no academy award alumni. Along with no highly impactful alumni for the last 100 years.  They may be bright going in but seem to lose focus or are inherently risk averse.
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