Dp. It was tough socially at UVa for a serious student from a very rural county in SW Virginia. People here have no idea how desperately poor people living in rural Virginia can be. No fancy clothes or shoes. Most UVa students were from suburbia and had a lot more money. They could not relate to him. He was like a cast off. By the end of the semester, he had no cash left, so he only ate the 12 meals/week from his meal plan. He did graduate on time and had a challenging major.

I have often wondered how his life went later on. I know he was planning to send money home after he got a job, so they'd have money for food and heat in the winter. Yes, they were that poor. He was oldest of 3 kids.

+1 Mom of a rising “atypical for UVA as described by DCUM” third-year student

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Anonymous wrote:Kids at both Tech and JMU who don’t drink but whose friends do. Pretty similar level of partying. Lots of it.
And toured UVA this spring on a Saturday morning (spring game). Parties were on by noon. And looked fun, bands, etc.

Was this at the frat houses?

if you are at UVA on a game day, there will absolutely be "darties" at the frats starting at 11 AM on Saturday, some absolutely with bands.

I've had two kids at UVA and neither has mentioned that term. Both were serious students and not into Greek. Neither knew it. so I googled it. I guess it's now universal for daytime party. Oh, ok.

Haha guess they do not frequent Rugby rd on a Saturday afternoon. Just goes to show that not everyone has the same cookie cutter experience at UVA. There is a place for everyone from the partiers to the non and every one in between.

Sorry, but that is not true. UVA absolutely does not have a place for everyone. It is one of least friendly schools in the state, and a lot of kids can't fit in there.

If you say so? I was responding to the PP who said she has had two UVA students and neither knew anything about darties, so that obviously means they never did anything with the Greek life side of things at UVA. Do you have a specific story to tell as to why you consider it "one of the least friendly schools in the state"? I have two kids there now, both very different, and they love it and have made some amazing friends.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids at both Tech and JMU who don’t drink but whose friends do. Pretty similar level of partying. Lots of it.
And toured UVA this spring on a Saturday morning (spring game). Parties were on by noon. And looked fun, bands, etc.

Was this at the frat houses?

if you are at UVA on a game day, there will absolutely be "darties" at the frats starting at 11 AM on Saturday, some absolutely with bands.

I've had two kids at UVA and neither has mentioned that term. Both were serious students and not into Greek. Neither knew it. so I googled it. I guess it's now universal for daytime party. Oh, ok.

Haha guess they do not frequent Rugby rd on a Saturday afternoon. Just goes to show that not everyone has the same cookie cutter experience at UVA. There is a place for everyone from the partiers to the non and every one in between.

Sorry, but that is not true. UVA absolutely does not have a place for everyone. It is one of least friendly schools in the state, and a lot of kids can't fit in there.

Anonymous wrote:I would agree with JMU. I've had two kids go there, both not big drinkers, and both found that to be an issue

UVA is the same. Not drinking is a personality flaw.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of coke at JMU. (On the rise at all schools though.)

Lots of coke at Tech in the late 90s as well.

Big Greek life scene, bar scene... so to the PP who says its not a social school, wrong lol.

Huh? I graduated from Tech in 94 and never saw coke there.

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PP is the usual troll.

Not a troll, I went to VT late 90s and was in a sorority. PLENTY of my sisters did coke and E.

so sad for you. I went to a SLAC where lots of partying went on and was president of my sorority and never once imbibed which was fortunate because I had nothing to declare when I went through High security clearance back when they scrutinized every single time you used pot.

I got a TS clerance back in 1994 and they most definitely did NOT scrutinize every time I used pot. Don't know about coke, however -- never used it.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids at both Tech and JMU who don’t drink but whose friends do. Pretty similar level of partying. Lots of it.
And toured UVA this spring on a Saturday morning (spring game). Parties were on by noon. And looked fun, bands, etc.

Was this at the frat houses?

if you are at UVA on a game day, there will absolutely be "darties" at the frats starting at 11 AM on Saturday, some absolutely with bands.

I've had two kids at UVA and neither has mentioned that term. Both were serious students and not into Greek. Neither knew it. so I googled it. I guess it's now universal for daytime party. Oh, ok.

Haha guess they do not frequent Rugby rd on a Saturday afternoon. Just goes to show that not everyone has the same cookie cutter experience at UVA. There is a place for everyone from the partiers to the non and every one in between.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of coke at JMU. (On the rise at all schools though.)

Lots of coke at Tech in the late 90s as well.

Big Greek life scene, bar scene... so to the PP who says its not a social school, wrong lol.

Huh? I graduated from Tech in 94 and never saw coke there.

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PP is the usual troll.

Not a troll, I went to VT late 90s and was in a sorority. PLENTY of my sisters did coke and E.

so sad for you. I went to a SLAC where lots of partying went on and was president of my sorority and never once imbibed which was fortunate because I had nothing to declare when I went through High security clearance back when they scrutinized every single time you used pot.

lol what. So sad for you that your sorority sisters did drugs?

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Anonymous wrote:UVA. Polos and pearls.

This is so not accurate anymore, can you stop perpetuating? No they don’t “dress” for football games and no the girls don’t wear Lily Pulitzer and pearls.

What- they don't dress up for football games anymore at UVA? When did that stop?

- UVA grad but it's been a few years....

That stopped about 9 years ago

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Anonymous wrote:Kids at both Tech and JMU who don’t drink but whose friends do. Pretty similar level of partying. Lots of it.
And toured UVA this spring on a Saturday morning (spring game). Parties were on by noon. And looked fun, bands, etc.

Was this at the frat houses?

Yes, only, which are off campus. you can go all four years (as my kids did) without ever setting foot in a greek house or getting involved in a drunken brawl. Less than a third of UVA is greek.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of coke at JMU. (On the rise at all schools though.)

Lots of coke at Tech in the late 90s as well.

Big Greek life scene, bar scene... so to the PP who says its not a social school, wrong lol.

Huh? I graduated from Tech in 94 and never saw coke there.

+1
PP is the usual troll.

Not a troll, I went to VT late 90s and was in a sorority. PLENTY of my sisters did coke and E.

so sad for you. I went to a SLAC where lots of partying went on and was president of my sorority and never once imbibed which was fortunate because I had nothing to declare when I went through High security clearance back when they scrutinized every single time you used pot.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA. Polos and pearls.

This is so not accurate anymore, can you stop perpetuating? No they don’t “dress” for football games and no the girls don’t wear Lily Pulitzer and pearls.

What- they don't dress up for football games anymore at UVA? When did that stop?

- UVA grad but it's been a few years....

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Anonymous wrote:Kids at both Tech and JMU who don’t drink but whose friends do. Pretty similar level of partying. Lots of it.
And toured UVA this spring on a Saturday morning (spring game). Parties were on by noon. And looked fun, bands, etc.

Was this at the frat houses?

if you are at UVA on a game day, there will absolutely be "darties" at the frats starting at 11 AM on Saturday, some absolutely with bands.

I've had two kids at UVA and neither has mentioned that term. Both were serious students and not into Greek. Neither knew it. so I googled it. I guess it's now universal for daytime party. Oh, ok.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t mean party school in the derogatory sense, as in kids aren’t serious about their studies as well - but more in the sense that partying is a ubiquitous part of the culture

Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of coke at JMU. (On the rise at all schools though.)

Lots of coke at Tech in the late 90s as well.

Big Greek life scene, bar scene... so to the PP who says its not a social school, wrong lol.

Huh? I graduated from Tech in 94 and never saw coke there.

+1
PP is the usual troll.

Not a troll, I went to VT late 90s and was in a sorority. PLENTY of my sisters did coke and E.