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Gossip from DD, lots of girls getting in ED engineering,

This would be good. Every young woman I know from TJ who went off to UVA ... did not end up in STEM. It's like UVA sucked all the ambition out of them.

I read something by Malcolm Gladwell about this idea. Hard to do STEM at an academic powerhouse.

The video of his lecture about this is online, search:
Malcolm Gladwell on why you should never study at an elite college, but should rather choose a college where you are sure you can be the top student in your program.

I think there’s a lot of truth to this. Go where your talents and academic strengths will stand out. Find mentors in your department who will use their connections to help you get ahead. I firmly believe it’s better to be a big fish in a small pond vs just one of many stellar students.

Professors at non-elite colleges do not have as good a set of connections to help you get ahead as do the professors at elite colleges. Professors at an elite school can get you an internship, a fellowship, or a job with a single phone call. Professors at Podunk State simply can't.

This is like the most 1970s view of professors and how the world works that I could possibly imagine.

There’s “elite” and there’s “podunk” and that leaves a huge number of excellent schools in between. Professors at those schools can often get your foot in the door for decent internships and jobs. It’s a fallacy to believe that only students at elite schools have good opportunities. Social skills and personality are just as important to future success as academic achievement - maybe even more so.

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Anonymous wrote:That is a crazy take football creates so many life lessons and I am so glad my DS played all four years. It taught him so many leadership skills and made him in a better person.

+1 playing football is good for the country

Great. But why is it important that they take spots at college over other kids? Why not just play pro then or play for fun and get into a college based on academic merit?

I recently read how much harder it is for football players to get into UVA than Duke and UNC. The admit standards for athletes are higher at UVA.

They are relatively higher than similar schools. But still much lower than a regular admit. That’s well known.

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Gossip from DD, lots of girls getting in ED engineering,

This would be good. Every young woman I know from TJ who went off to UVA ... did not end up in STEM. It's like UVA sucked all the ambition out of them.

I read something by Malcolm Gladwell about this idea. Hard to do STEM at an academic powerhouse.

The video of his lecture about this is online, search:
Malcolm Gladwell on why you should never study at an elite college, but should rather choose a college where you are sure you can be the top student in your program.

I think there’s a lot of truth to this. Go where your talents and academic strengths will stand out. Find mentors in your department who will use their connections to help you get ahead. I firmly believe it’s better to be a big fish in a small pond vs just one of many stellar students.

Professors at non-elite colleges do not have as good a set of connections to help you get ahead as do the professors at elite colleges. Professors at an elite school can get you an internship, a fellowship, or a job with a single phone call. Professors at Podunk State simply can't.

This is like the most 1970s view of professors and how the world works that I could possibly imagine.

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Gossip from DD, lots of girls getting in ED engineering,

This would be good. Every young woman I know from TJ who went off to UVA ... did not end up in STEM. It's like UVA sucked all the ambition out of them.

I read something by Malcolm Gladwell about this idea. Hard to do STEM at an academic powerhouse.

The video of his lecture about this is online, search:
Malcolm Gladwell on why you should never study at an elite college, but should rather choose a college where you are sure you can be the top student in your program.

I think there’s a lot of truth to this. Go where your talents and academic strengths will stand out. Find mentors in your department who will use their connections to help you get ahead. I firmly believe it’s better to be a big fish in a small pond vs just one of many stellar students.

Professors at non-elite colleges do not have as good a set of connections to help you get ahead as do the professors at elite colleges. Professors at an elite school can get you an internship, a fellowship, or a job with a single phone call. Professors at Podunk State simply can't.

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Gossip from DD, lots of girls getting in ED engineering,

This would be good. Every young woman I know from TJ who went off to UVA ... did not end up in STEM. It's like UVA sucked all the ambition out of them.

I read something by Malcolm Gladwell about this idea. Hard to do STEM at an academic powerhouse.

The video of his lecture about this is online, search:
Malcolm Gladwell on why you should never study at an elite college, but should rather choose a college where you are sure you can be the top student in your program.

This is pretty stupid. Yes, let your kid be the "top student" at one of those crappy colleges that keeps spamming him (Bridgewater, Grove City, Wayne State, etc.) and let us know how being a superstar there works out for him.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA admits recruited athletes in the EA round, not ED. You all are arguing with a troll.

Does UVA even have EA?

Yes, absolutely

Anonymous wrote:UVA admits recruited athletes in the EA round, not ED. You all are arguing with a troll.

Does UVA even have EA?

Anonymous wrote:3.9, 1600, national level ECs at a rigorous private school… rejected. We are furious!

What are “national level ECs”?

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Gossip from DD, lots of girls getting in ED engineering,

This would be good. Every young woman I know from TJ who went off to UVA ... did not end up in STEM. It's like UVA sucked all the ambition out of them.

I read something by Malcolm Gladwell about this idea. Hard to do STEM at an academic powerhouse.

The video of his lecture about this is online, search:
Malcolm Gladwell on why you should never study at an elite college, but should rather choose a college where you are sure you can be the top student in your program.

I think there’s a lot of truth to this. Go where your talents and academic strengths will stand out. Find mentors in your department who will use their connections to help you get ahead. I firmly believe it’s better to be a big fish in a small pond vs just one of many stellar students.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know the percentage/number of deferred

In fall 2022 there were 643 Virginians deferred and 523 out of state deferred.

The bad news is last year when they didn’t defer the reason was that only about 5% of deferred got in during RD.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know the percentage/number of deferred

I’m interested in this, too. DD was deferred in the ED round. UVA is/was her 1st choice, but now I’m excited for her to hear from other schools. I’m kind of glad that she’s no longer obligated to attend if accepted. One of her other applications may actually turn out to be better for her.

We are in the boat too. UVA is great, and it would have been nice not to have to think about this college crap anymore, but the idea of having choices is also nice.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know the percentage/number of deferred

I’m interested in this, too. DD was deferred in the ED round. UVA is/was her 1st choice, but now I’m excited for her to hear from other schools. I’m kind of glad that she’s no longer obligated to attend if accepted. One of her other applications may actually turn out to be better for her.

Does anyone know the percentage/number of deferred

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Gossip from DD, lots of girls getting in ED engineering,

This would be good. Every young woman I know from TJ who went off to UVA ... did not end up in STEM. It's like UVA sucked all the ambition out of them.

I read something by Malcolm Gladwell about this idea. Hard to do STEM at an academic powerhouse.

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Anonymous wrote:Congratulations to everyone that got accepted! And whatever the result here's hoping all of our kiddos find their perfect fit!

17 and 18yo aren’t kiddos. Please stop using this stupid word - it’s bizarre even when talking about younger children. And stop saying “littles” too.

Agreed