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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m from the west coast but spent most of my adult life in the Midwest before moving here. My husband grew up here.

He was shocked by how little we in the rest of the country think of UVA (he’s not an alum but like a lot of people in this thread has an inflated opinion of them).

Everywhere in the country recognizes Berkeley as elite. Probably UT and Michigan too. UVA is just plain regional. [/quote]

UT is not considered elite anywhere outside of Texas.  And Michigan is nationally known by the common man/woman more for football than academics.  Plus, as you say, you spent most of your adult life in the midwest.  Why wouldn't you know more about Michigan?

That UVA gets tens of thousands of applicants every year from the very top students in every state in the country speaks volumes.  It's nationally known and respected among the group that matters.[/quote]

What a weird rebuttal.

I worked in Chicago and PacNW doing hiring and both UT and Mich were more respected by hiring managers than UVA.

I’ve never been to Texas, but I’m sure they’re even more impressed with UT than the rest of us.

All of these schools gets loads of out of state applicants. [/quote]

I worked for years doing hiring in DC and UT isn't even on the radar.

UT and Michigan are both huge, twice the size of UVA.  Michigan is a couple hours' drive from Chicago and a major destination for UM grads.  UVA grads typically look at DC, NYC and CA for employment -- not Washington state or Chicago.  It's not surprising that your silly hiring managers are more familiar with UT and UM.

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UT is a formidable school in a lot of areas.  The business school is excellent and the undergraduate honors students are extremely select.  The engineering school dwarfs UVA in breadth and depth.  UVA is pretty strong in biomedical engineering, but outside of that doesn't stack up too well to UT (or Berkeley or Michigan or GT or Illinois).  UT computer science is top notch (when the buildings are named Gates and Dell it is a pretty good indicator).  They have a highly-regarded honors program.   Michigan is formidable across the board.   [/quote]

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