Anonymous wrote:UVA all the way- skip Hopkins- not well rounded experience. Georgetown not worth the money imo. Three kids at UVA- all in different majors- couldn't be happier. One decided on UVA over GU- so happy with decision.

Depends on the kid. Mine chose GU over UVA and absolutely loves it. He’s a kid that prefers cities to country.

UVA all the way- skip Hopkins- not well rounded experience. Georgetown not worth the money imo. Three kids at UVA- all in different majors- couldn't be happier. One decided on UVA over GU- so happy with decision.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is a party school. The students are simply not as serious as those at GU and JHU. I'd go with GU- for a solid, well-rounded education.

This. Your peer group at GU and JHU will be more uniformly brighter. They have 7k and 6k students versus 17k at UVA and are much more selective. The student bodies will also be geographically diverse at GU and UVA which is a plus.

Thinking that any of these differences is particularly meaningful between these schools is what happens when you go way too far down the rabbit hole. Some of you need to come up for air.

No UVA in-state acceptance rate is 23-28% and test optional.

Georgetown is 11-12%- not yet on common app (will shrink) and test required

Hopkins is 4-6%



If you don’t think those numbers and 10-11k less students at GU and JHU don’t reflect an elevated student intellect….

50th SAT percentile of 1540 at Hopkins vs 1470 at UVA with almost the same percentages reporting. Yes, it is different, but this is not a “particularly meaningful” difference for student interactions nor is the peer group “uniformly” brighter. You are dealing with smart kids at one and smart kids at the other. Some of you are really way, way too lost in trees.

UVA's 25 to 75th percentile range is 1410 to 1520. 84% of UVa Freshman are in top 10% of class.

Source: https://ira.virginia.edu/sites/ira/files/2025-03/CDS_2024-2025_508.pdf

JHU's 25 to 75th percentile range is 1530 to 1560. 100% of JHU freshman are in top 10% of class

Source: https://oira.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/CDS_2024-2025_JHU.pdf

That is a huge difference no matter how you spin it.

This means that about 50% of the class overlaps. So no, it isn’t a “huge difference” and JHU kids are not “uniformly brighter.” And most of the part that doesn’t overlap still has very smart students and the interactions amongst these kids are not going to be meaningfully different because human beings are not test scores. Some of you need to go outside, talk to other humans, get perspective, and stop obsessing over 50 points on the SAT or whatever.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is a party school. The students are simply not as serious as those at GU and JHU. I'd go with GU- for a solid, well-rounded education.

This. Your peer group at GU and JHU will be more uniformly brighter. They have 7k and 6k students versus 17k at UVA and are much more selective. The student bodies will also be geographically diverse at GU and UVA which is a plus.

Thinking that any of these differences is particularly meaningful between these schools is what happens when you go way too far down the rabbit hole. Some of you need to come up for air.

No UVA in-state acceptance rate is 23-28% and test optional.

Georgetown is 11-12%- not yet on common app (will shrink) and test required

Hopkins is 4-6%



If you don’t think those numbers and 10-11k less students at GU and JHU don’t reflect an elevated student intellect….

50th SAT percentile of 1540 at Hopkins vs 1470 at UVA with almost the same percentages reporting. Yes, it is different, but this is not a “particularly meaningful” difference for student interactions nor is the peer group “uniformly” brighter. You are dealing with smart kids at one and smart kids at the other. Some of you are really way, way too lost in trees.

UVA's 25 to 75th percentile range is 1410 to 1520. 84% of UVa Freshman are in top 10% of class.

Source: https://ira.virginia.edu/sites/ira/files/2025-03/CDS_2024-2025_508.pdf

JHU's 25 to 75th percentile range is 1530 to 1560. 100% of JHU freshman are in top 10% of class

Source: https://oira.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/CDS_2024-2025_JHU.pdf

That is a huge difference no matter how you spin it.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is a party school. The students are simply not as serious as those at GU and JHU. I'd go with GU- for a solid, well-rounded education.

This. Your peer group at GU and JHU will be more uniformly brighter. They have 7k and 6k students versus 17k at UVA and are much more selective. The student bodies will also be geographically diverse at GU and UVA which is a plus.

Thinking that any of these differences is particularly meaningful between these schools is what happens when you go way too far down the rabbit hole. Some of you need to come up for air.

+1. These are exactly the types of families we want to avoid. Thankfully DH and I attended top publics, saw the caliber of our peers and our professors and see the successes they have all had in life. Is this top-private-or-bust an immigrant mentality? Imposter-syndrome-I-used-to-be-poor? I don’t get it.

Ewww boy- you don’t think UVA ppl are like that??? Lmaof. They are some of the worst!

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is a party school. The students are simply not as serious as those at GU and JHU. I'd go with GU- for a solid, well-rounded education.

This. Your peer group at GU and JHU will be more uniformly brighter. They have 7k and 6k students versus 17k at UVA and are much more selective. The student bodies will also be geographically diverse at GU and UVA which is a plus.

Thinking that any of these differences is particularly meaningful between these schools is what happens when you go way too far down the rabbit hole. Some of you need to come up for air.

No UVA in-state acceptance rate is 23-28% and test optional.

Georgetown is 11-12%- not yet on common app (will shrink) and test required

Hopkins is 4-6%

If you don’t think those numbers and 10-11k less students at GU and JHU don’t reflect an elevated student intellect….

50th SAT percentile of 1540 at Hopkins vs 1470 at UVA with almost the same percentages reporting. Yes, it is different, but this is not a “particularly meaningful” difference for student interactions nor is the peer group “uniformly” brighter. You are dealing with smart kids at one and smart kids at the other. Some of you are really way, way too lost in trees.

Hopkins is test required next year, for those 2027 HS grads, Georgetown has always been test required. UVA will still be test optional in 2027…so they can drum up a ton of applications with no supplemental essays and no test scores.

Sour grapes?

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is a party school. The students are simply not as serious as those at GU and JHU. I'd go with GU- for a solid, well-rounded education.

This. Your peer group at GU and JHU will be more uniformly brighter. They have 7k and 6k students versus 17k at UVA and are much more selective. The student bodies will also be geographically diverse at GU and UVA which is a plus.

Thinking that any of these differences is particularly meaningful between these schools is what happens when you go way too far down the rabbit hole. Some of you need to come up for air.

No UVA in-state acceptance rate is 23-28% and test optional.

Georgetown is 11-12%- not yet on common app (will shrink) and test required

Hopkins is 4-6%

If you don’t think those numbers and 10-11k less students at GU and JHU don’t reflect an elevated student intellect….

50th SAT percentile of 1540 at Hopkins vs 1470 at UVA with almost the same percentages reporting. Yes, it is different, but this is not a “particularly meaningful” difference for student interactions nor is the peer group “uniformly” brighter. You are dealing with smart kids at one and smart kids at the other. Some of you are really way, way too lost in trees.

Hopkins is test required next year, for those 2027 HS grads, Georgetown has always been test required. UVA will still be test optional in 2027…so they can drum up a ton of applications with no supplemental essays and no test scores.

None of that matters, we are looking at recent years where the reporting percentages were essentially the same.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is a party school. The students are simply not as serious as those at GU and JHU. I'd go with GU- for a solid, well-rounded education.

This. Your peer group at GU and JHU will be more uniformly brighter. They have 7k and 6k students versus 17k at UVA and are much more selective. The student bodies will also be geographically diverse at GU and UVA which is a plus.

Thinking that any of these differences is particularly meaningful between these schools is what happens when you go way too far down the rabbit hole. Some of you need to come up for air.

+1. These are exactly the types of families we want to avoid. Thankfully DH and I attended top publics, saw the caliber of our peers and our professors and see the successes they have all had in life. Is this top-private-or-bust an immigrant mentality? Imposter-syndrome-I-used-to-be-poor? I don’t get it.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is a party school. The students are simply not as serious as those at GU and JHU. I'd go with GU- for a solid, well-rounded education.

This. Your peer group at GU and JHU will be more uniformly brighter. They have 7k and 6k students versus 17k at UVA and are much more selective. The student bodies will also be geographically diverse at GU and UVA which is a plus.

Thinking that any of these differences is particularly meaningful between these schools is what happens when you go way too far down the rabbit hole. Some of you need to come up for air.

No UVA in-state acceptance rate is 23-28% and test optional.

Georgetown is 11-12%- not yet on common app (will shrink) and test required

Hopkins is 4-6%

If you don’t think those numbers and 10-11k less students at GU and JHU don’t reflect an elevated student intellect….

50th SAT percentile of 1540 at Hopkins vs 1470 at UVA with almost the same percentages reporting. Yes, it is different, but this is not a “particularly meaningful” difference for student interactions nor is the peer group “uniformly” brighter. You are dealing with smart kids at one and smart kids at the other. Some of you are really way, way too lost in trees.

Hopkins is test required next year, for those 2027 HS grads, Georgetown has always been test required. UVA will still be test optional in 2027…so they can drum up a ton of applications with no supplemental essays and no test scores.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is a party school. The students are simply not as serious as those at GU and JHU. I'd go with GU- for a solid, well-rounded education.

This. Your peer group at GU and JHU will be more uniformly brighter. They have 7k and 6k students versus 17k at UVA and are much more selective. The student bodies will also be geographically diverse at GU and UVA which is a plus.

Thinking that any of these differences is particularly meaningful between these schools is what happens when you go way too far down the rabbit hole. Some of you need to come up for air.

No UVA in-state acceptance rate is 23-28% and test optional.

Georgetown is 11-12%- not yet on common app (will shrink) and test required

Hopkins is 4-6%

If you don’t think those numbers and 10-11k less students at GU and JHU don’t reflect an elevated student intellect….

50th SAT percentile of 1540 at Hopkins vs 1470 at UVA with almost the same percentages reporting. Yes, it is different, but this is not a “particularly meaningful” difference for student interactions nor is the peer group “uniformly” brighter. You are dealing with smart kids at one and smart kids at the other. Some of you are really way, way too lost in trees.

Anonymous wrote:VA resident. Only ~2% of students are from VA or MD at Georgetown vs 65% of Virginians at UVA (obviously). Staying nearby at GU turned out to be more mind broadening for me than a state school. I ultimately chose it for that reason. I also am more a city person and Charlottesville would have crushed me by year 2. It’s beautiful, but not urban enough for me.

Yes Williamsburg, Blacksburg and Charlottesville can be stifling for kids that grew up in a city and crave the urban living. Great, great publics—but I could see why some kids just don’t like the “fit” in those towns. If someone has the $ and not taking loans—let the kid pick.

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Anonymous wrote:Is OP instate? Did she say?

Instate UVA is a no brainer for anyone.

it’s not a no brainer. Most virginians at georgetown and especially hopkins likely had Uva as an option

That does not make that a wise decision or a good use of money.

Depends how much money you have

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Anonymous wrote:Is OP instate? Did she say?

Instate UVA is a no brainer for anyone.

it’s not a no brainer. Most virginians at georgetown and especially hopkins likely had Uva as an option

That does not make that a wise decision or a good use of money.

Anonymous wrote:Is OP instate? Did she say?

Instate UVA is a no brainer for anyone.

it’s not a no brainer. Most virginians at georgetown and especially hopkins likely had Uva as an option

Is OP instate? Did she say?

Instate UVA is a no brainer for anyone.