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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Virginia native, age 52.

[b]I have YET to meet a UVA graduate who doesn’t somehow drop this fact into an initial meeting within 5-10 minutes[/b]. Nearly as reflexive as a handshake and always unsolicited. Reminiscent of Andy from The Office name-dropping Cornell!

Also remember the 80s trend (pre magnet decals) when college students affixed sticker decals across their rear windshields with college name. [b]UVA students intentionally chopped off “…of Virginia” and so displayed only “The University.”[/b]

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Um, sorry but no.  The decals were sold that way.  Nobody "intentionally chopped off" anything.  I agree that it was ridiculous, and didn't have one on my car for just that reason.

I guess we've never met, because I don't ever mention being a UVA alum unless asked.  I don't donate, don't own a single piece of UVA merchandise unless you count my diploma and haven't been back to Charlottesville since I graduated.  In fact, it's such a non-issue that one of my own kids forgot I went there when she was talking with her summer swim coach, who is a current UVA student.  I can see why VA students are attracted to it; I received a solid education at a good price, and the school had a decent reputation even where I'm from (I was an OOS student) but I didn't particularly love it there and was very happy to see my rising college freshman enroll somewhere else.[/quote]

This PP and NO the decals were NOT sold this way. Perhaps later on they were made this way. Also UVA students are always so pretentious and love to correct 
anyone who says freshman v. first yr, campus v. grounds…

And UVA grad who says we haven’t met; truly you’d be a first and and I’d find your humility refreshing. It seems that UVA graduates always lead with this “impressive” information and it’s actually hilarious how this factoid gets dropped - I swear you could be talking about something unrelated and start a timer…

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