Anonymous
05/20/2026 22:10
Subject: Re:Which DC, MD, and VA colleges or universities gave you pause/made you hesitate because of concerns?
Anonymous wrote:UMD-CP gave us pause due to its size and impersonal feel. Honestly it just seemed like a huge diploma-mill. And the surrounding neighborhood is not great.
What was wrong with the surrounding area?
Anonymous
05/20/2026 21:51
Subject: Which DC, MD, and VA colleges or universities gave you pause/made you hesitate because of concerns?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'd stay away from any place with less than a B safety rating.
https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/safest-colleges/s/virginia/?type=public
Lots of bullets have been flying around the UVA campus. Their C+ rating is grade inflation.
uh. UVA actually has an A+ rating on Niche (your own cite). https://www.niche.com/colleges/university-of-virginia/
Not pp, but they were clearly referencing the C+ safety rating, not the overall rating
Anonymous
05/20/2026 21:51
Subject: Which DC, MD, and VA colleges or universities gave you pause/made you hesitate because of concerns?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'd stay away from any place with less than a B safety rating.
https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/safest-colleges/s/virginia/?type=public
Lots of bullets have been flying around the UVA campus. Their C+ rating is grade inflation.
uh. UVA actually has an A+ rating on Niche (your own cite). https://www.niche.com/colleges/university-of-virginia/
DP. That's not the safety rating. The PP is correct, UVA has a C+ safety rating.
https://www.niche.com/colleges/university-of-virginia/campus-life/
Anonymous
05/20/2026 21:50
Subject: Which DC, MD, and VA colleges or universities gave you pause/made you hesitate because of concerns?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'd stay away from any place with less than a B safety rating.
https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/safest-colleges/s/virginia/?type=public
Lots of bullets have been flying around the UVA campus. Their C+ rating is grade inflation.
Not pp, but they were clearly referencing the C+ safety rating, not the overall rating.
uh. UVA actually has an A+ rating on Niche (your own cite). https://www.niche.com/colleges/university-of-virginia/
Anonymous
05/20/2026 21:49
Subject: Which DC, MD, and VA colleges or universities gave you pause/made you hesitate because of concerns?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Reports of jet noise over Georgetown have made me want to look more into the quality of life there.
the dorms at Georgetown gave me pause. Reports of mold, etc. sounds like a health hazard.
UVA dorms are full of mold too. Disgusting.
Anonymous
05/20/2026 21:48
Subject: Which DC, MD, and VA colleges or universities gave you pause/made you hesitate because of concerns?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’d love to know which local colleges gave you pause after you researched or read up on them?
(Local used broadly meaning anywhere in the DC, MD or VA areas)
What did you learn or find out that caused this pause in your consideration?
VA Tech after learning nearly all move off campus sophomore year, meaning you have to find roommates and housing October of freshman year. And the off campus housing isn't even walkable to campus, so you have to take a bus or have a car. The bus depot was a huge turnoff.
Didn't think my kid was ready to cook, grocery shop, live off campus etc so early on. And huge stress to have to find housing just after arriving at college.
There are several apartment and townhouse complexes close enough to campus to walk. The rest of them are all located along the very convenient bus line. Many/most larger schools have most students moving off campus after freshman year. This is not unusual. But understand if you have a kid incapable of cooking and grocery shopping (!) that living off campus might seem too daunting.
Anonymous
05/20/2026 21:46
Subject: Which DC, MD, and VA colleges or universities gave you pause/made you hesitate because of concerns?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'd stay away from any place with less than a B safety rating.
https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/safest-colleges/s/virginia/?type=public
Lots of bullets have been flying around the UVA campus. Their C+ rating is grade inflation.
There are shootings pretty frequently in the city of Charlottesville. I’d guess though that the C+ is due to strong reporting culture. Schools were kids report crimes tend to have higher crime rates than others.
Most reported crime is in Belmont, east of grounds, and a place that all students know not to go. My kid had 4 very safe years there, on grounds and off. Niche gives UVA an A+ rating.
Anonymous
05/20/2026 21:44
Subject: Which DC, MD, and VA colleges or universities gave you pause/made you hesitate because of concerns?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'd stay away from any place with less than a B safety rating.
https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/safest-colleges/s/virginia/?type=public
Lots of bullets have been flying around the UVA campus. Their C+ rating is grade inflation.
uh. UVA actually has an A+ rating on Niche (your own cite). https://www.niche.com/colleges/university-of-virginia/