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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UVA has a certain snobby reputation in Virginia, so if you aren't a certain type of person you might not be interested. I was never interested and only focused on W&M.[/quote]

[b]False. [/quote][/b]

+1.  It's not snobby.  I am there.  Some women on DCUM want to believe in the stereotype [b]because it protects them and their kids from rejection.[/b] They might say, "Oh, I wouldn't want to go there because ...." However, when pressed on the issue and asked why they think "snobbery", they can't point to anything concrete.

The truth is that UVA has 26,000 students, some 900 clubs, and endless activities, concerts.  Any capable student will find their own people.  Greek is only some 26% participation.  My own DD was anti-Greek from the start (I had had a bum experience as president of a sorority, so she learned from my mistake) and found her own people in her humanities major, the Jefferson Society (the longest established debate society in America), overseas study at Oxford, which led to an Oxford MPhil and DPhil.

My daughter and I, along with the families I know at UVA, have never experienced this "snobbery".  When it comes up, press the person and ask "Why, exactly, do you think that?" They won't be able to answer.  The students I have known have been uniformly well-rounded (a characteristic UVA looks for) and smart.  It's true that UVA has become very difficult to get into.  My other DC would never have even been a contender, and it is from that disappointment that the stereotype of "snobbiness " comes.  [b]It's simple jealousy.[/b][/quote]

Again, cut out this nonsense. Several people posting on this thread whose kids are not interested in EDing went there ourselves. I went there and I worked there. I understand quite well where the stereotypes come from.

If your kid loves it, that is fantastic. Many, many kid absolutely love it there. But that you can’t even fathom that others might not love it is indicative of the general vibe there. [/quote]

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