Perception of UVA outside of VA

hazelorb
Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:05:49 +0000

I am from PA (Philly), and I get one of two reactions when I say I go to “UVA”

1. “Where?” Then I say “The University of Virginia” and they just say “oh” because they feel stupid.
Or

2. “Wow it is impossible to get in there out of state!!! My (son/daughter/niece/etc) wants to go there but doesn’t have the grades… etc”

So it really depends. People who know anything know it is a good school. People who don’t really know anything except for Ivies/state schools/other private weird schools aren’t really informed anyways so who cares. That is my 2 cents.