Anonymous wrote:We also visited UVA two weeks ago. We liked it overall, it is a good safety school for us and they do have a program that my child is interested in. The only thing that really jumped up to me is how white is the student body. We've spent on the campus the entire day, and then ate a dinner near UVA and probably saw 3 asian kids and one or two AA. It is such a big difference from what we've seen in Harvard or Columbia.

Anonymous wrote:We also visited UVA two weeks ago. We liked it overall, it is a good safety school for us and they do have a program that my child is interested in. The only thing that really jumped up to me is how white is the student body. We've spent on the campus the entire day, and then ate a dinner near UVA and probably saw 3 asian kids and one or two AA. It is such a big difference from what we've seen in Harvard or Columbia.

probably saw 3 asian kids and one or two AA.

Anonymous wrote:So, UVA wasn't the school for you guys. There really is no need to put the school down or the Charlottesville area. The solution is to go look at other schools which may be a better fit. That seems a better use of time rather than posting about it on this forum. I'm sure there is a school that will be a good fit your kid, but make sure to get some input from him/her since they will be the one to actually attend the school. The overbearing and opinionated parent who doesn't respect a child's wishes never really wins in the end...

Also, I'm assuming you are looking at the UK for schools since you went to Oxford. Maybe that is the better option and more of what you are seeking.

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Anonymous wrote:Did you not attend college?

I attended Oxford University, thanks very much.

Brits are universally known as drunks.

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Anonymous wrote:It's a good value, I suppose, but locals go a bit overboard on its status. Outside of their law school, nothing about UVA or Charlottesville is elite by any stretch of the imagination.

Of course they are, but it's amusing to watch the usual crowd of bitter, left-leaning twits in DC and MD try to take down places that are not "elite" enough for them. Do you morons still not realize why the rest of the country hates you and your peculiar obsessions so much?

UVA is where rich parents bribe their slacker offspring into (see: Greek life), and where middle class have to send their kids because they can't afford any better.

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Anonymous wrote:And I was not impressed. Driving through town, past the frat and sorority houses was shocking. They looked like drug dens / flop houses with sheets tied up on some of the windows. On Sunday afternoon, the bars with seating outside were packed with students boozing. And this was around 4pm / 5pm. Completely tragic.

UVA's total enrollment is almost 22,000 students. Ridiculous for you to judge the school based on perhaps a couple hundred that you saw rather than the thousands you didn't.

Ridiculous statement. You can only judge what you do see, not what is hidden from view. Are you a UVA grad?

UVA is where rich parents bribe their slacker offspring into (see: Greek life), and where middle class have to send their kids because they can't afford any better.

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Anonymous wrote:Did you not attend college?

I attended Oxford University, thanks very much.

Bahahahahaha! You do know all we have to do is google 'Oxford drinking parties,' right?? Wow. Not very bright.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/26/drinking-societies-oxbridge-clubs-oxford-piers-gaveston-cambridge-wyverns

Hmmm.. I went to Cambridge, so v similar to Oxford. There was loads of drinking; many students and professors were completely wasted a lot of the time. As a Jew I had to learn the new skill of drinking slowly to seem to be keeping up because there was literally no way I could ingest that much alcohol in one go. I'm not particularly troubled by the idea of students in a bar at 4pm on a Sunday afternoon (actually, I'm not sure where else they are supposed to be?) But having recently visited some US universities including UVA, I think there is a different drinking culture in those schools that I don't really like - or maybe it's the frat boy thing. Anyway, just saying to the OP, I understand where you are coming from.

What does the bolded mean?

NP. Maybe it means...can't drink like WASPs?

This is enlightening! Had I known that I should drink slower, I would have graduated summa cum laude!

-A Jew

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Anonymous wrote:It's a good value, I suppose, but locals go a bit overboard on its status. Outside of their law school, nothing about UVA or Charlottesville is elite by any stretch of the imagination.

Of course they are, but it's amusing to watch the usual crowd of bitter, left-leaning twits in DC and MD try to take down places that are not "elite" enough for them. Do you morons still not realize why the rest of the country hates you and your peculiar obsessions so much?

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Anonymous wrote:And I was not impressed. Driving through town, past the frat and sorority houses was shocking. They looked like drug dens / flop houses with sheets tied up on some of the windows. On Sunday afternoon, the bars with seating outside were packed with students boozing. And this was around 4pm / 5pm. Completely tragic.

UVA's total enrollment is almost 22,000 students. Ridiculous for you to judge the school based on perhaps a couple hundred that you saw rather than the thousands you didn't.

Anonymous wrote:And I was not impressed. Driving through town, past the frat and sorority houses was shocking. They looked like drug dens / flop houses with sheets tied up on some of the windows. On Sunday afternoon, the bars with seating outside were packed with students boozing. And this was around 4pm / 5pm. Completely tragic.