Anonymous
Post 09/23/2025 21:13     Subject: UVA out of top 25
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have no ties to UVA and don’t live in VA, but consider it a top 2 public. The CA schools are hugely overrated. UVA benefits from being half the size.


Ridiculous assertion....ludicrous really. Berkeley, UCLA, and Michigan are patently better than UVA and other state schools arguably are as well.



You're an idiot. UVA is consistently USNWR no 2,3, 4, 5 top public (depending on algorithms having to do with Pell grant numbers, which UVA cannot control). https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/top-public?myCollege=national-universities&_sort=myCollege&_sortDirection=asc), UVA is a top public school in american and produces more rhodes scholars than any of the other publics (with the exceptions of West Point)


And you are misinformed with anger issues. This list is pretty good and UVA is below all of the schools I mentioned and others. It is a very good school but you are delusional placing it at #2. Who is #1 by the way?

https://blog.prepscholar.com/top-public-universities
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2025 20:24     Subject: UVA out of top 25
Anonymous wrote:Soon they’ll be calling it the Bucknell of the Shenandoah


It prob because of the President. Remember?
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2025 20:18     Subject: UVA out of top 25
Rice should be booted, but otherwise it kinda makes sense.
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2025 20:16     Subject: UVA out of top 25
Actually, this list is finally closer to what the rankings should be. No more Wash U in the top 10, etc.
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2025 19:32     Subject: UVA out of top 25
Anonymous wrote:The editors probably cried over getting sumary rejection letters from the best school on the hemisphere and had to lower it so their kids would have better odds, too bad UVA will get 100k applications this fall



Oh joy, the "sumary rejection" (sic) troll is back!
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2025 19:25     Subject: UVA out of top 25
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have no ties to UVA and don’t live in VA, but consider it a top 2 public. The CA schools are hugely overrated. UVA benefits from being half the size.


Ridiculous assertion....ludicrous really. Berkeley, UCLA, and Michigan are patently better than UVA and other state schools arguably are as well.



You're an idiot. UVA is consistently USNWR no 2,3, 4, 5 top public (depending on algorithms having to do with Pell grant numbers, which UVA cannot control). https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/top-public?myCollege=national-universities&_sort=myCollege&_sortDirection=asc), UVA is a top public school in american and produces more rhodes scholars than any of the other publics (with the exceptions of West Point)
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2025 19:23     Subject: UVA out of top 25
Anonymous wrote:it doesnt matter most people who hate uva are nova folks whose children could not get in. At the end of the day the ranking doesnt matter at all. because they still have the best professional schools - darden, law school and med schools for their undergraduates who place well into them.


NOVA family here. We have a kid at UVA, and couldn’t be happier. It is a great fit for her. Also, the distance is perfect too. Many of her friends are NOVA kids, from different high schools. No downside for us. Wahoowa!
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2025 19:13     Subject: UVA out of top 25
it doesnt matter most people who hate uva are nova folks whose children could not get in. At the end of the day the ranking doesnt matter at all. because they still have the best professional schools - darden, law school and med schools for their undergraduates who place well into them.
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2025 15:58     Subject: UVA out of top 25
I'm a Pomona Parent, so I understand how you feel lol. It's dumb that people put so much attention on individual placements year over year.
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2025 15:57     Subject: UVA out of top 25
According to a C’ville local article:

Where UVA falls way behind its peers in the rankings. and has since these rankings began the new category in 2020, is social mobility. The category evaluates how universities serve low-income students, and UVA has traditionally fallen behind in this metric because of its relatively small proportion of Pell Grant students. The University of Virginia ranks in a tie for 173rd in that metric. The number is not too far below Michigan’s 166th, but is way below UC-Berkeley’s 87th, UNC’s 77th, and UCLA’s 30th rank.
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2025 15:49     Subject: UVA out of top 25
Anonymous wrote:I have no ties to UVA and don’t live in VA, but consider it a top 2 public. The CA schools are hugely overrated. UVA benefits from being half the size.


Ridiculous assertion....ludicrous really. Berkeley, UCLA, and Michigan are patently better than UVA and other state schools arguably are as well.
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2025 13:19     Subject: UVA out of top 25
I fear this will make the UVA trolls even more vitriolic.
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2025 13:18     Subject: UVA out of top 25
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Virginia and Michigan need a top private to knock them down to reality a little. I think that’s part of problem. I guess that doesn’t explain Penn State though.


There are plenty of private schools that are ranked higher than either of those two. Penn State alarm love their school and that is a wonderful thing. I don’t think anyone from Penn State is claiming that it is the most academically challenging school out there, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a great place. Michigan alarm also love their school and it happens to be an academic powerhouse. UVA alarm also our passionate about their school, but there are just a lot fewer of them and this board attracts people who want to be obnoxious because we are based in the DC area.


I meant in-state like how Duke keeps UNC in check.
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2025 12:56     Subject: UVA out of top 25
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Now ranked 26th. Are the haters happy?
OP=hater


Absolutely. His/her kid was rejected and it still stings.
Anonymous
Post 09/23/2025 12:54     Subject: UVA out of top 25
Anonymous wrote:I’m curious about her major. My kid has a friend who is taking a premed type pathway and their classes have been super easy so far.


Some may find pre-med courses easy; others not so much. It’s like this for any school no matter the major.