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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I took trips from my Ivy to visit some of the 30-plus kids from high school going to UVA years ago it didn’t seem all that preppy to me.  I mean lots of kids lived off campus in fairly basic apartments and the fraternity scene seemed very State U.

I can only surmise some of these comments are a reaction to its having become more selective over the years.[/quote]

[b]I was visiting the school about two years ago and couldn't believe the number of guys I saw wearing pastel polo shirts.  That's really not the type of thing you see on other college campuses. [/quote][/b]

Not true.  I wish bitter parents and students who did not get in would take their angst elsewhere.  It's not fair to UVA's volunteer Board of Trustees, faculty or students to make such broad assertions.  UVA can't be preppy because 2/3 of the students come from Virginia.  [/quote]

It’s not true that I saw a ton of guys in pastel polos? And what the hell does the fact that 2/3 of the students are from [b]Virginia have to do with whether they are preppy or not? [/b][/quote]

Virginians aren't pretty.  There might be four or five of them at Potomac but that's it.  It's absurd to call UVA students "preppy".  Maybe attractive, wealthy from NoVA, FCPS, but not preppy.[/quote]

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