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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cheating[/quote]

We know honest kids who go there, but we also know of a good number of  kids who cheated their way through high school that are also going there.  But, that's probably b/c[b] we are in Nova[/b].  [/quote]

I think this is the key to UVA's "overrating." Northern Virginia.
Northern Virginia likes to think UVA is a bargain Yale or Harvard or Princeton or Brown. UVA is an excellent school, but it's very competitive particularly for northern Virginia students. So it evokes the impression of being more elite and prestigious in this geographical area than it warrants. [b]I'm sure if you ask people in California to name the top public universities in the country, UVA would not come to mind.[/b][/quote]

I’m actually fairly sure they would, because UVA has been a top public for decades. I’m always amazed when people don’t realize this (and that’s coming from someone who didn’t go there, doesn’t have kids there, and only moved to Virginia in the last five years).[/quote]

Some Californians known UVA is a top school but many don't.  More interest in Michigan and Texas Austin than UVA because STEM.[/quote]

Outside the DMV, most people consider UVA on par with U of Florida.  It doesn’t register along with Michigan, UCLA, UCSD, Berkeley, or even UT Austin.  It is just pretty average.[/quote]

This is just not true for anyone that’s actually familiar with academia (i.e., not this forum).[/quote]

Nope, this is accurate.  Keep up with the changes.[/quote]

I have because I work in academia. This forum is like an alternate reality. I actually think people who don’t know any better end up less well informed from where they started.[/quote]

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