Anonymous wrote:If your kid is savvy enough to get into a top tier Greek house, yeah, prestigious. Greek life owns the university.

Anonymous wrote:So many parents are jealous of UVA. It’s incredible.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA engineering is not ranked as high as the few other public schools, like Berkeley, Michigan and UIUC, but you don't want to discount the overall environment and experience of the school like UVA.

The problem with those public colleges is that they are too large. Each of those schools has almost twice as many undergrads as UVA. Overcrowding is generally a characteristic of a public school, which sometime makes the students feel they are left on their own to float or sink. No one cares because the classes are too big and there are too many students for professors to know a student's existence (if professors teach at all). But UVA, with its much smaller student body, is significantly better in this regard. Plus, UVA has a very tight knit community (maybe due to its unique college town setting that is not too far or too close to a metropolitan city) and its widely publicized beautiful campus helps too. Students generally feel warm and cozy on the campus of this size. You will cherish this 4 year college experience in your whole life. I think this is important too when one considers which college to go.

In terms of prestige (which in essence is more a perception), I would agree with the notion that the top bracket probably goes to the traditional top 5 (HYMPS, which is world wide famous). The next 25 on the US News ranking list is no significant difference with some stronger than other in certain area and vice versa. UVA is in that category.

Why do people say it’s beautiful? Parts of it are historically significant and pleasant, but I wouldn’t say beautiful. More like charming in a shabby way.

Anonymous wrote:UVA engineering is not ranked as high as the few other public schools, like Berkeley, Michigan and UIUC, but you don't want to discount the overall environment and experience of the school like UVA.

The problem with those public colleges is that they are too large. Each of those schools has almost twice as many undergrads as UVA. Overcrowding is generally a characteristic of a public school, which sometime makes the students feel they are left on their own to float or sink. No one cares because the classes are too big and there are too many students for professors to know a student's existence (if professors teach at all). But UVA, with its much smaller student body, is significantly better in this regard. Plus, UVA has a very tight knit community (maybe due to its unique college town setting that is not too far or too close to a metropolitan city) and its widely publicized beautiful campus helps too. Students generally feel warm and cozy on the campus of this size. You will cherish this 4 year college experience in your whole life. I think this is important too when one considers which college to go.

In terms of prestige (which in essence is more a perception), I would agree with the notion that the top bracket probably goes to the traditional top 5 (HYMPS, which is world wide famous). The next 25 on the US News ranking list is no significant difference with some stronger than other in certain area and vice versa. UVA is in that category.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA engineering is not ranked as high as the few other public schools, like Berkeley, Michigan and UIUC, but you don't want to discount the overall environment and experience of the school like UVA.

The problem with those public colleges is that they are too large. Each of those schools has almost twice as many undergrads as UVA. Overcrowding is generally a characteristic of a public school, which sometime makes the students feel they are left on their own to float or sink. No one cares because the classes are too big and there are too many students for professors to know a student's existence (if professors teach at all). But UVA, with its much smaller student body, is significantly better in this regard. Plus, UVA has a very tight knit community (maybe due to its unique college town setting that is not too far or too close to a metropolitan city) and its widely publicized beautiful campus helps too. Students generally feel warm and cozy on the campus of this size. You will cherish this 4 year college experience in your whole life. I think this is important too when one considers which college to go.

In terms of prestige (which in essence is more a perception), I would agree with the notion that the top bracket probably goes to the traditional top 5 (HYMPS, which is world wide famous). The next 25 on the US News ranking list is no significant difference with some stronger than other in certain area and vice versa. UVA is in that category.

Why do people say it’s beautiful? Parts of it are historically significant and pleasant, but I wouldn’t say beautiful. More like charming in a shabby way.

Anonymous wrote:UVA engineering is not ranked as high as the few other public schools, like Berkeley, Michigan and UIUC, but you don't want to discount the overall environment and experience of the school like UVA.

The problem with those public colleges is that they are too large. Each of those schools has almost twice as many undergrads as UVA. Overcrowding is generally a characteristic of a public school, which sometime makes the students feel they are left on their own to float or sink. No one cares because the classes are too big and there are too many students for professors to know a student's existence (if professors teach at all). But UVA, with its much smaller student body, is significantly better in this regard. Plus, UVA has a very tight knit community (maybe due to its unique college town setting that is not too far or too close to a metropolitan city) and its widely publicized beautiful campus helps too. Students generally feel warm and cozy on the campus of this size. You will cherish this 4 year college experience in your whole life. I think this is important too when one considers which college to go.

In terms of prestige (which in essence is more a perception), I would agree with the notion that the top bracket probably goes to the traditional top 5 (HYMPS, which is world wide famous). The next 25 on the US News ranking list is no significant difference with some stronger than other in certain area and vice versa. UVA is in that category.

Anonymous wrote:UVA engineering is not ranked as high as the few other public schools, like Berkeley, Michigan and UIUC, but you don't want to discount the overall environment and experience of the school like UVA.

The problem with those public colleges is that they are too large. Each of those schools has almost twice as many undergrads as UVA. Overcrowding is generally a characteristic of a public school, which sometime makes the students feel they are left on their own to float or sink. No one cares because the classes are too big and there are too many students for professors to know a student's existence (if professors teach at all). But UVA, with its much smaller student body, is significantly better in this regard. Plus, UVA has a very tight knit community (maybe due to its unique college town setting that is not too far or too close to a metropolitan city) and its widely publicized beautiful campus helps too. Students generally feel warm and cozy on the campus of this size. You will cherish this 4 year college experience in your whole life. I think this is important too when one considers which college to go.

In terms of prestige (which in essence is more a perception), I would agree with the notion that the top bracket probably goes to the traditional top 5 (HYMPS, which is world wide famous). The next 25 on the US News ranking list is no significant difference with some stronger than other in certain area and vice versa. UVA is in that category.

Anonymous wrote:UVA is a good regional school but it’s hardly prestigious. Just a good to very good public university.