Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 12:01     Subject: UT Austin vs UVA?
They are such different schools when it comes to size, location, and culture that your kid MUST visit both. If a recruited athlete, how well they jive with the coaching staff of their sport is hugely important…a coaching staff you aren’t in sync with us miserable, even if the creature comforts are all there.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 12:01     Subject: Re:UT Austin vs UVA?
Any thread where UVA is discussed makes me want to choose any option other than UVA. I hope the children of the UVA boosters are less annoying than their parents. And why are there so many posts arguing about the business schools when we have no idea what OP’s kid would like to major in?

While I’m being cranky, I really hate the “don’t let your daughters go to school in Texas” posters. Every single poster on here is going to fly their kid home if they need reproductive services. Living in Texas is nothing like people here seem to imagine. It’s a massive and massively diverse state with all kinds of people. Should also be a destination for anyone who’d like to affect the political trajectory of a state that influences the US economy. There are lots of purple parts of TX where every vote makes a difference.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 12:00     Subject: Re:UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UVA-more prestige


No way. UT Austin is a global powerhouse and more recognized


I think UT has more notable alumni than UVA. UVA notable alumni from law school also seem disproportionate compared to undergraduate. UT is larger, though.



Not according to wiki:

Alumni


As of December 2014, the University of Virginia has 221,000 living graduates.[15] According to a study by researchers at the Darden School and Stanford University, UVA alumni have founded over 65,000 companies which have employed 2.3 million people worldwide with annual global revenues of $1.6 trillion.[15] Extrapolated numbers show companies founded by UVA alumni have created 371,000 jobs in the state of Virginia alone.[15] The relatively small amount that the Commonwealth gives UVA for support was determined by the study to have a tremendous return on investment for the state.[15]

Rhodes Scholarships are international postgraduate awards given to students to study at the University of Oxford. Since the scholarship program began in 1904, UVA has had fifty-five Rhodes Scholars,[214] the most of any university in the American South, eighth-most overall, and third-most outside the Ivy League (behind Stanford University and the United States Military Academy (West Point)).[14]

Eight NASA astronauts and launch directors are UVA alumni: Karl Gordon Henize, Bill Nelson, Thomas Marshburn, Leland Melvin, Jeff Wisoff, Kathryn Thornton, Patrick Forrester; and Michael Leinbach.

The Pulitzer Prize has been awarded to eight UVA alumni: Edward P. Jones, Ron Suskind, Virginius Dabney, Claudia Emerson, Henry Taylor, Lane DeGregory, George Rodrigue, and Michael Vitez.

Government leaders include 28th President of the United States Woodrow Wilson, former Special Counsel and FBI Director Robert Mueller; NATO Secretary General Javier Solana; U.S. Speaker of the House Robert M. T. Hunter; widely known United States Senators Harry Byrd, Robert F. Kennedy, and Ted Kennedy; first African American Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court Leroy Hassell; Delaware Court of Chancery Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster; United States Supreme Court Justices Howell Edmunds Jackson, James Clark McReynolds, and Stanley Forman Reed; President of the Supreme Court of Israel, Asher Grunis; and Premier and President of the First Republic of China, Yan Huiqing.

Thirty U.S. state or U.S. territorial Governors have graduated from UVA, including fifteen Governors of Virginia,[note 3] and fifteen Governors of other U.S. states and territories as well.[note 4]

UVA's alumni ranks also include others who have achieved widespread fame: computer science pioneer John Backus; polar explorer Richard Byrd; scientists Walter Reed, Stuart Schreiber, Daniel Barringer, Richard Lutz, and Francis Collins; artists Edgar Allan Poe and Georgia O'Keeffe; musicians Stephen Malkmus and Boyd Tinsley; self-made billionaire Paul Tudor Jones; national news anchors Katie Couric and Brit Hume; actors Tina Fey and Ben McKenzie; Team USA Olympic team captains John Harkes, Dawn Staley, and Claudio Reyna; NBA All-Star MVP Ralph Sampson and the NBA's eighth ever 50–40–90 shooter Malcolm Brogdon; and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champions Becky Sauerbrunn, Emily Sonnett and Morgan Brian as well as professional soccer player Danielle Colaprico.



Also UVA's law school ranks between 6 and 8 in the nation. My DS would kill to go there.


Funny that I don't see you making a good faith effort to evaluate UT Austin's alumni, or take a close look at this entry (Georgia O'Keefe - UVA was male only then and she took an extension class, Woodrow Wilson has no degree from UVA and attended for a semester, etc.).
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 11:57     Subject: UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:USNWR ranks UVA at 25 and Austin at 38. No contest, especially if instate.


UT ranks above UVA in many areas.




Nevertheless, UVA is a top 25 university. Austin is not


Yes, travel the world and they will roll out the red carpet for the UVA grad and ask the UT grad to carry their luggage. Not.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 11:55     Subject: Re:UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UVA-more prestige


No way. UT Austin is a global powerhouse and more recognized


I think UT has more notable alumni than UVA. UVA notable alumni from law school also seem disproportionate compared to undergraduate. UT is larger, though.



Not according to wiki:

Alumni


As of December 2014, the University of Virginia has 221,000 living graduates.[15] According to a study by researchers at the Darden School and Stanford University, UVA alumni have founded over 65,000 companies which have employed 2.3 million people worldwide with annual global revenues of $1.6 trillion.[15] Extrapolated numbers show companies founded by UVA alumni have created 371,000 jobs in the state of Virginia alone.[15] The relatively small amount that the Commonwealth gives UVA for support was determined by the study to have a tremendous return on investment for the state.[15]

Rhodes Scholarships are international postgraduate awards given to students to study at the University of Oxford. Since the scholarship program began in 1904, UVA has had fifty-five Rhodes Scholars,[214] the most of any university in the American South, eighth-most overall, and third-most outside the Ivy League (behind Stanford University and the United States Military Academy (West Point)).[14]

Eight NASA astronauts and launch directors are UVA alumni: Karl Gordon Henize, Bill Nelson, Thomas Marshburn, Leland Melvin, Jeff Wisoff, Kathryn Thornton, Patrick Forrester; and Michael Leinbach.

The Pulitzer Prize has been awarded to eight UVA alumni: Edward P. Jones, Ron Suskind, Virginius Dabney, Claudia Emerson, Henry Taylor, Lane DeGregory, George Rodrigue, and Michael Vitez.

Government leaders include 28th President of the United States Woodrow Wilson, former Special Counsel and FBI Director Robert Mueller; NATO Secretary General Javier Solana; U.S. Speaker of the House Robert M. T. Hunter; widely known United States Senators Harry Byrd, Robert F. Kennedy, and Ted Kennedy; first African American Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court Leroy Hassell; Delaware Court of Chancery Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster; United States Supreme Court Justices Howell Edmunds Jackson, James Clark McReynolds, and Stanley Forman Reed; President of the Supreme Court of Israel, Asher Grunis; and Premier and President of the First Republic of China, Yan Huiqing.

Thirty U.S. state or U.S. territorial Governors have graduated from UVA, including fifteen Governors of Virginia,[note 3] and fifteen Governors of other U.S. states and territories as well.[note 4]

UVA's alumni ranks also include others who have achieved widespread fame: computer science pioneer John Backus; polar explorer Richard Byrd; scientists Walter Reed, Stuart Schreiber, Daniel Barringer, Richard Lutz, and Francis Collins; artists Edgar Allan Poe and Georgia O'Keeffe; musicians Stephen Malkmus and Boyd Tinsley; self-made billionaire Paul Tudor Jones; national news anchors Katie Couric and Brit Hume; actors Tina Fey and Ben McKenzie; Team USA Olympic team captains John Harkes, Dawn Staley, and Claudio Reyna; NBA All-Star MVP Ralph Sampson and the NBA's eighth ever 50–40–90 shooter Malcolm Brogdon; and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champions Becky Sauerbrunn, Emily Sonnett and Morgan Brian as well as professional soccer player Danielle Colaprico.



Also UVA's law school ranks between 6 and 8 in the nation. My DS would kill to go there.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 11:52     Subject: UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:USNWR ranks UVA at 25 and Austin at 38. No contest, especially if instate.


UT ranks above UVA in many areas.




Nevertheless, UVA is a top 25 university. Austin is not
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 11:51     Subject: UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:USNWR ranks UVA at 25 and Austin at 38. No contest, especially if instate.


So nothing other than USNWR matters. Princeton should always be chosen over Harvard, Stanford, MIT, etc.




It is the first ranking system developed and remains the gold standard to this day. Ask any college counselor. all the others are copycats to sell ads and make money
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 11:49     Subject: UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:USNWR ranks UVA at 25 and Austin at 38. No contest, especially if instate.


UT ranks above UVA in many areas.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 11:47     Subject: UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:USNWR ranks UVA at 25 and Austin at 38. No contest, especially if instate.


So nothing other than USNWR matters. Princeton should always be chosen over Harvard, Stanford, MIT, etc.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 11:44     Subject: UT Austin vs UVA?
USNWR ranks UVA at 25 and Austin at 38. No contest, especially if instate.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 11:39     Subject: Re:UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UVA-more prestige


What do you mean by that? Serious question.




Not PP but UVA wins a lot more international scholarships and fellowships for its students. UVA has double the Rhodes Scholars. etc.


UT students have been awarded more Fulbright Scholarships than UVA over the past 10 years.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 11:29     Subject: UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I know five families who are leaving Austin because of the homeless and disease problem and the Californians moving in. It's not what it used to be. Read up on it before you decide. One of these families is even in a gated community but they are fed up. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/31/texas-austin-homeless-camping-ban/


This is 100% accurate.

Austin is becoming something different, but still something very dynamic. Let's be honest here - Tesla relocated to Austin. It was never relocating to Charlottesville.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 11:16     Subject: Re:UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UVA-more prestige


No way. UT Austin is a global powerhouse and more recognized


I think UT has more notable alumni than UVA. UVA notable alumni from law school also seem disproportionate compared to undergraduate. UT is larger, though.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 11:04     Subject: UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:I know five families who are leaving Austin because of the homeless and disease problem and the Californians moving in. It's not what it used to be. Read up on it before you decide. One of these families is even in a gated community but they are fed up. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/31/texas-austin-homeless-camping-ban/


This is 100% accurate.
Anonymous
Post 09/21/2022 10:58     Subject: Re:UT Austin vs UVA?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UVA-more prestige


What do you mean by that? Serious question.




Not PP but UVA wins a lot more international scholarships and fellowships for its students. UVA has double the Rhodes Scholars. etc.