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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UVA is very weak in STEM areas. Top 20-30% of TJ kids are not interested in attending UVA. TJ is still a safety for at least 50% of the TJ students and attending UVA is regarded as a failure by TJ students.[/quote]

Just curious, what do the TJ students who go to UVA generally major in?[/quote]

Engineering, or I know several who are in McIntire and a few of those are double majoring in Comp Sci through Arts and Sciences.[/quote]

Why would anybody go to UVA to study engineering or Computer Science? I know of a UVA grad in computer science who could not find a job in the computer field.[/quote]

Must not have done well in college because the top companies all recruit at UVA.

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:roll:  we know-- UVA is the best at everything. But not Engineering, where it is ranked 32 (US New, Engineeering with grad programs list). Vs. VT (16).  No love for GT (4th, tie), or UT Austin (11), Northwestern (13).  Lots of TJ love for MIT, Stanford, Cal Tec, Berkeley, (1-4) Also, lots of love UCIC and Michigan (tie 6th), CMU, Cornell and Purdue (8-10).

Also weird, because:

UM. 132/65/17
UICU. 68/48/11
CMU. 140/36/15
Purdue. 71/6/7
Berkeley. 97/34/11

But GT. 123/46/6. (2016-- more normal year). 111/35/1. (2017)
UT Austin. 28/9/1

And Northwestern.  46/1/0. (Huh???)

Also usually TJ interest in Harvey Mudd, Rose-Hulman and Olin (1,2,3 in engineering w/o grad school), with a couple kids going to each.

So why it UT Austin or GT?  Kids are admitted from TJ. It's either the south or crappy merit aid, I guess.

And I can't explain Northwestern.  At all. [/quote]

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