Globalist

1. Thomas Jefferson
2. Less expensive
2.5- ECHOLS AND RODMAN HONORS PROGRAMS !!!!!!!
3. Hot chicks
4. TOP NOTCH ACADEMICS and big time sports at the same school!
5. Dave Matthews Band
5.5- Larry Sabato !!!!!!!
6. it's not VT (lets not be too harsh about that !!)
7. Founded by a former U.S. president unlike Harvard. John Harvard, who ?
8. the beauty of the grounds
9. student self-governance
10. Charlottesville is AMAZING!
11. The Lawn
12. Honor System
13. Football tradition
14. relaxed atmosphere
15. The Corner
16. The people - the whole city is full of young, ambitious people
17. Bodos bagels- everytime i'm in charlottesville i get some of these, honestly some of the BEST bagels around
18. Great lacrosse team!
19. Film Festival in Charlottesville
20. John Paul Jones Arena-Chili Peppers and Billy Joel will be there this winter
21. Fitness Centers
22. UVA Bhangra!
23. UVA Model United Nations
24. Jefferson Literary and Debating Society
25. Beer flows like water
26. Tradition
27. McIntire School of Commerce - #2 according to Business Week after Wharton
28. Wireless Internet Everywhere
29. The Gardens
30. The Lawn is even more beautiful at night
31. Enormous hot tub at the AFC
32. Interesting professors
33. The abundance of "Virginia" hoodies
34. Cute guys!
35. The random philosophical conversations that pop up everywhere
36. The Good Ol' Song
37. Jumping during soccer games at Klockner
38. Painting Beta Bridge
39. The alumni professional & social connections rock...for the rest of your life!
40. UVa-VTech Rivalry
41. The Campaign for UVA
42. Echols Scholars Program
43. Meet 100% demonstrated financial need :-)
44. BROWN COLLEGE
45. UVA's endowment
46. UVA's desire to be the first privately-funded public university
47. The only US school named an architectural treasure by the United Nations
48. Great student/teacher interaction - some profs even invite their classes over to their homes for Thanksgiving
49. Alums that love to give their time and money back to the University
50. "For here, we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead nor to tolerate any error as long as reason is left free to combat it." - Jefferson
51. Talking to current students whose love for UVA satisfies all the senses
52. Universitas 21
53. Semester At Sea
54. Intense school spirit and pride to be UVA students
55. Incredible social life
56. The gorgeous natural beauty surrounding the city of Charlottesville
57. Humpback Rocks
58. Carter Mountain Apple Orchard
59. Monticello
60. The Lighting of the Lawn in Dec.
61. Mild weather
62. The sundresses/ties tradition for football games
63. Proximity to D.C.
64. Student body made up of attractive, smart, socially-apt people
65. Parties at President John T. Casteen III's house (I've been to 2, and it's only been a semester!!!)
66. The McGregor Room
67. I AM APPLYING
68. wogud644 isn't the only one applying
69. Cool J-Term classes
70. Streaking the Lawn
71. Seeing cute little kids Trick-or-Treating on the Lawn on Halloween
72. Watching your old professor Larry Sabato being interviewed on CNN for the hundredth time because he's the #1 politics professor in the country.
73. Watching Katie Couric asking Tina Fey if she too is a Wahoo on the Today Show
74. Knowing it was because of 1 UVA student just being called 'Macaca' by Senator Allen that started Allen's electoral free-fall and cost him his re-election thus changing the balance of power in the Senate in favor of the Democrats. (It was fascinating watching Sabato on TV confirm that Allen used racist remarks back when they both were students at UVA.)
75. Watching MSNBC's Tucker Carlson hosting his show at UVA because UVA was so weirdly linked to the hotly-contested senatorial race.
76. "I graduated from UVA, doctor. It is no charm school." - from Silence of the Lambs
77. Foxfield Horse Races!!!
78. DEAN J!! haha sooo helpful
79. "Hottest for Fitness" - according to Newsweek
80. Dave Leitao
81. Elzinga
82. The Castle
83. South Lawn project
84. Bid Day
85. Bid Night
86. Has a kick-ass Creative Writing Program
87. Secret Societies that donate a lot of money to UVA.
88. The Dave Matthews Band, Eric Clapton, Kenny Chesney, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Justin Timberlake, Pink, and Billy Joel have all performed at UVA in the past year alone.

Dyanne

I took offense at the stupid VT/UVA joke. I have a daughter who went to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology choose to go to VT because of the awesome scholarship opportunities they gave her. TJ students are a dime a dozen at UVA and don't get the money that VT handed out to her. How many UVA students can say that most of their college is paid for? I also know of a neighbor who DID NOT get in to the exclusive Architecture program at Tech who ended up at UVA. It DOES happen and there are quality students at Tech as well as at UVA.
I now have a daughter heading to UVA. They are both good schools and everyone has to decide what is best for them, their personality, and their pocketbook. I am sure that VT LOVES to make fun of UVA during football season but I doubt very much that Hokies will do that this year to ANYONE they play in football. They were all touched by the support UVA and ALL schools showed after the tragedy. I hear their plan is to not only cheer for the Hokies but the opposing team at every game to show how much they appreciated the support. By the way....the Dave Matthews Band will be playing at Tech in September for all of the VT students and past year's Grads in a show of support.

I remember seeing the "Hoos for Hokies" sign last year and I HOPE the good sportmanship and camraderie remains for some time to come.

Globalist

Oh Gawd, lighten up.

cavalier302

Oh yea? Tech isn't going to give her the opportunity to interview with bulge bracket investment banking firms, white-shoe consultancies, trading firms, and other highly-selective employers. Tech also won't offer the same degree of high-end thinkers and doers that UVA would. But I guess she probably knows enough winners from HS that she'll do alright.

A college education isn't a commodity like milk or eggs. There's a value to attending a well-endowed, competitive school. Does that mean you should spend $200k to go to Duke over UVA? Maybe not. But UVA for $60k over Tech for free? Maybe.

Whatever, anyone who's considering Tech for architecture didn't get into Yale, Rice, Cooper Union, or another powerhouse.

Tech has a relatively mediocre athletics program. UVA's is in the top 10 in the Director's Cup.


The comraderie that exists between the two schools is fine. As far as I'm concerned, there is no rivalry. A rivalry can really only exist between peer schools, and UVA and VT are different schools that serve different purposes.

Untilted

Very amusing, cavalier.

FLVADAD

How about adding the Jefferson Scholarship Foundation? It's gotta be one of the best scholarship programs anywhere in the country!

tenniscraze

Not true. UVA was actually 13th in Director's Cup last year, not top 10.