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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UNC without a doubt and regardless of the cost differential.

Have you toured the campuses?  UNC wins hands down.  The campus is beautiful and well-kept.  There is a lot of money being poured into it and you can see it everywhere on campus.  Whereas UVA is really run down and it has a strong hard-luck vibe now that it didn't have back when I was a student there.  I wish I could say that UVA has done a good job keeping up appearances but it just hasn't.  Enough said.

There also is a lot to be said for the easy drive to UNC.  A straight shot down 95 to 84 on nice straight interstate highways.  It is pretty much a piece of cake.

Although in this area there are a lot of UVA supporters it is my opinion that UNC has a better national/international profile and name recognition.[/quote]

UVA’s campus is not “really run down”.  WTF?[/quote]

Have you been there recently?  The last time I was there was in the beginning of March on a beautiful sunny day.  The campus looked horrible.  I mean it always has looked bad (and I am a UVA alum) but it looked even worse than normal.  It reeked of "I've given up."  The next day we went to UNC and it was a really stinky rainy day but the campus was gorgeous.  The green space was well-groomed the facilities were well-maintained, and it looked about 1000 times better than UVA.  We were at both schools showing a cousin's kid around.  At that point we didn't know he would get in to both but it was pretty clear after those two days that UNC was going to be his first choice just based on the campus feel.  Coupled with the fact that it will give him a better graduate school path, it is a no-brainer.[/quote]

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