Anonymous
05/18/2026 10:49
Subject: Ivies vs State schools
You won’t miss anything not because UVA has the same pre-med opportunities (it doesn’t), but because you don’t have better alternatives. Some top private universities have much better pre-med resources than state schools like UVA, the chance of doing real research with a professor, to name a few.
Anonymous
05/18/2026 10:41
Subject: Ivies vs State schools
Anonymous wrote:UVA is ivy in others eyes, even though may not be in tier 1.
1. The Ivy League is an athletic conference, nothing more.
2. The top SLACs are better at undergraduate education than any Ivy for most subjects.
3. UVA is a top school but none of the Public schools are the equal to any of the top schools in either of the above categories.
4. You can get to any medical school from any of the above by working hard and taking advantage of what they offer.
Focus in where your kid is, not where they aren't. If they do the work they will be fine.
Anonymous
05/18/2026 10:38
Subject: Ivies vs State schools
FWIW, we had dinner last night with my son and his girlfriend, both a year out of college. He went to a state school and she went to an Ivy. Both have jobs but are seeing lots of friends from both schools struggling to launch. Kids working gig jobs, substitute teaching, applying for grad school/law school because they can't find a full time job. It's hard out there for lots of students, regardless of the brand on the diploma.
The Ivy grad did get her job via a connection, but it was through her family not anything to do with the school.
Your kid will have plenty of opportunities out of UVA.
The Ivy grad did get her job via a connection, but it was through her family not anything to do with the school.
Your kid will have plenty of opportunities out of UVA.
Anonymous
05/18/2026 10:35
Subject: Ivies vs State schools
You kid needs to take the opportunities they’ll have at UVA and run with them.
Anonymous
05/18/2026 10:34
Subject: Ivies vs State schools
You won't have grade inflation plus the automatic imprimatur that you are highly intelligent and motivated.
Anonymous
05/18/2026 10:31
Subject: Ivies vs State schools
UVA is ivy in others eyes, even though may not be in tier 1.
Anonymous
05/18/2026 10:29
Subject: Ivies vs State schools
I don’t know- but I can say the best non academic practicing bedside doctors are not out of Ivys, especially surgeons. Some skills and traits can’t be taught.
Anonymous
05/18/2026 10:28
Subject: Ivies vs State schools
Anonymous wrote:My child will be going to UVA. Got rejected from Ivies. What are we missing by not going to Ivies for pre-med. Outside of pre-med, do Ivies and other top schools create employers and other schools create employees
For pre med, your child is missing basically nothing.
Outside of pre med, ivies are feeders for certain elite companies in finance, consulting, and tech. Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, Google, etc. That is their main advantage. Ivies also attract type A personalities who go on to found companies, like Facebook and Microsoft. But they aren't magical founder factories - Gates and Zuckerberg notably dropped out. Your kid will get an amazing education and do great things in life from UVA.
Anonymous
05/18/2026 10:23
Subject: Ivies vs State schools
Anonymous wrote:My child will be going to UVA. Got rejected from Ivies. What are we missing by not going to Ivies for pre-med. Outside of pre-med, do Ivies and other top schools create employers and other schools create employees[/quote]
What a stupid thing to say. Both create both. Some of the smartest people are employees. Nobel prize winners are often employees of universities FFS. Doctors too.
Anonymous
05/18/2026 10:18
Subject: Ivies vs State schools
uva is fantastic
Anonymous
05/18/2026 10:16
Subject: Ivies vs State schools
UVA is good! It's good for pre-med.
Stop thinking about it that way. The Ivy League is just schools that long ago made an agreement to be bad at sports together. Generalizations like what you said are stupid and don't mean anything. Your son will be who.it is.
Stop thinking about it that way. The Ivy League is just schools that long ago made an agreement to be bad at sports together. Generalizations like what you said are stupid and don't mean anything. Your son will be who.it is.
Anonymous
05/18/2026 10:15
Subject: Ivies vs State schools
This 100%Anonymous wrote:UVA is a fantastic school. Help your kid and yourself by focusing on what you have rather than what you don't have.
Anonymous
05/18/2026 10:15
Subject: Ivies vs State schools
since your kid's college future has been set, why don't you google this query and see what you find rather than trust a bunch of DCUM randos to answer this for you.
this question has come up a gazillion times.
this question has come up a gazillion times.
Anonymous
05/18/2026 10:15
Subject: Ivies vs State schools
UVA is a fantastic school. Help your kid and yourself by focusing on what you have rather than what you don't have.
Anonymous
05/18/2026 10:13
Subject: Ivies vs State schools
My child will be going to UVA. Got rejected from Ivies. What are we missing by not going to Ivies for pre-med. Outside of pre-med, do Ivies and other top schools create employers and other schools create employees