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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UVA boosters are desperate as ever. No one cares about your silly state school outside of Virginia, seriously.[/quote]

Tell that to Oxford and Cambridge. Lots of UVA graduates are there. My DD joins them at the end of this month. Also UVA has produced more Rhodes Scholar than any other public university.  Two Rhodes were awarded this year. Also it’s law school is now the no. 1 public in the nation.[/quote]

elitist much? tattoo that to your forehead!

Quality of post-graduate education at Oxford

In 2007, an op-ed in The Harvard Crimson by two American Rhodes Scholars[81] caused an "international row over Oxford's status as a top university"[82] when they criticised the university's post-graduate education as "outdated" and "frustrating" in comparison to their education in the United States, specifically pointing to the perceived low quality of instruction and an insufficient scholarship stipend for living expenses. They also criticised the Rhodes application process itself, arguing that potential applicants should not apply unless they are "ready to study and live in Oxford."[81][83]

The original op-ed[81] spurred responses on both sides of the Atlantic.[84][85][86] Other students criticised the authors for their tone of "ingratitude and entitlement," while The Sunday Times noted that it fuelled the "long rivalry between Harvard, Cambridge and Oxford" and existing concerns about the quality of British graduate education. In response, the Rhodes Trust released two statements, one to The Sunday Times saying that "the criticisms ... are unrepresentative of the vast majority of Americans" studying at Oxford,[87] and another as a reply to the original op-ed arguing that "false expectations," particularly for those uncertain about their degree choice, and going to Oxford for the "wrong reasons," could contribute to dissatisfaction.[88] [/quote]

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