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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is for our family. I consider it to be a Southern state school and would be concerned about sending a non white child there.   It also enjoys a high ranking on USNews.   There are pros and (imho significant) cons. If I lived in VA in state tuition might prove tempting but as a MD resident I just don’t find the school appealing especially since last August [/quote]

Truly, I think you’d have to worry more about a [b]non-white kid in Boston [/b]vs. Charlottesville.[/quote]

This is actually quite true.  I went to Harvard undergrad and the law school and later practiced in Boston.  Charlottesville is far more welcoming to people of color than Boston.[/quote]

[b]We're talking about schools and not towns[/b] (although if we are going to talk about towns, I'd rank Cambridge well ahead of Charlottesville (which I would agree is more tolerant than some parts of Boston).  If we are talking about schools, UVA is no Harvard.  UVA is a school that has long prided itself on its southern fratboy culture. And everyone is in on it---the students, the alumni (especially the alumni!), its board, and even some faculty. I agree with the PP who said it is self-selecting and self-perpetuating. Kids at places like Fairfax County public schools high schools all know which smart kids pick UVA and which ones pick W&M. The ones who pick UVA are same kids who spent their lives in Vienna or McLean, but land at UVA and end up acting like they just came from drinking mint juleps on daddy's plantation.  That's UVA, and until that culture is broken, it won't be a welcoming, inclusive place.[/quote]

Psst...read the thread title, smartie.

BC grad --&gt; HLS here, and I completely agree with PP. [/quote]

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