Is UVA politically conservative?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Virginia
#1

<p>I submitted an essay about how I'm agnostic...was this a bad move? :/</p>

#2

<p>UVA is more conservative than most colleges, but it is still liberal. And no, I do not believe it was a bad idea, unless your essay just sucked.</p>

#3

<p>I saw a UVA roadshow presentation. They said that they hate cookie cutter essays like this:
"I joined the soccer team...I was a leader and worked really hard...my coach is a great role model...I learned leadership, teamwork, and hard work."
"I joined the debate club...I was a leader and worked really hard...my captain is a great role model...I learned leadership, teamwork, and hard work."
"I joined the volunteering club...I was a leader and worked really hard...the club moderator is a great role model...I learned leadership, teamwork, and hard work."
So an essay on your beliefs would be refreshing and interesting for college counselors. Good move on your part. :)</p>

#4

<p>^haha thanks, I hope you're right
I answered the "how did a book inspire you" prompt, citing darwin's origin of species as the first work that made me seriously consider our existence, and how over the years, I have transitioned from a pseudo-christian to an apathetic to an ardent agnostic</p>

#5

<p>I dunno. I was in Peabody Hall the other day and saw a computer with the WSJ on. Luckily I had my inhaler.</p>

#6

<p>No, not really, I hung out with a bunch of commies at Brown :)</p>

#7

<p>Brown is far from typical...
see site:talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-virginia</a> conservative - Google Search re OP</p>

#8

<p>People who work in higher ed, in general, tend to be an open minded bunch. :)</p>

<p>With a class of 3,750, there's room for a little of everything here. We don't have to agree with you to admit you.</p>

<p>Believe it or not, the Darwin essay is not as "out there" as you may think. Plenty of students, devout and otherwise, are challenged by his work.</p>

#9

<p>I agree with bigwill, while UVA is maybe "conservative" compared to other elite schools, it is still liberal.</p>

#10

<p>The major source of conservatism and snobbishness here is from overseas </p>

<p>children of i-bankers and the like who went to rich private schools in Dubai</p>

#11

<p>The OP was asking about the admission office.</p>

#12

<p>Dean J! You have over 2000 posts! Wow!</p>

#13

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Dean J! You have over 2000 posts! Wow!

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That's kind of scary. I wish I had stats to show what times of day and days of the week are my most prolific. :)</p>

#14

<p>here are your statistics for the last 200 posts
<a href="http://pwd.hazelorb.com/cgi-bin/deanj.cgi%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://pwd.hazelorb.com/cgi-bin/deanj.cgi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

#15

<p>The REALLY scary part, did hazel use some kind of engine to generate that, or was he/she logging each one :0</p>

#16

<p>I'm so impressed! </p>

<p>With Hazel, not with myself. :)</p>

#17

<p><a href="http://www.xkcd.com/208/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.xkcd.com/208/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

#18

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I'm so impressed!

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<p>Me too. I don't know where Hazel comes up with this stuff, but I really appreciate it. A few more months and we will have to search for ourselves.</p>

#19

<p>I have another year, I'm in the 5 year ed program.</p>

<p>I was also hoping to make it so anyone could run the program to get their stats, but CC searches aren't named in a way I could do that based on inputting a username unfortunately as far as I can tell quickly...</p>

#20