Students at Richmond

investor
Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:59:11 +0000

cgstar,

our daughter is a junior at richmond and we have spent many weekends there over the past three years. I don’t find the kids very preppy, at least not compared to where our son goes to school, where he wouldn’t be caught dead in anything except Vineyard Vines I think the kids at Richmond are largely well dressed and upscale, but not “southern preppy” (not too many southern kids there). She is home this weekend and brought two friends from school (it’s fall break) and I have never seen a happier bunch of kids. They all love the school, classes, size, the city of Richmond, the proximity to great weekend trips like DC, etc. As for football, she’s not a big fan of football so she’s not to judge, but we went to a game over Parents’ Weekend and the crowd was very engaged!! It was a great game. Good luck! I would go and sit in on classes and spend the day there. You really don’t know how it feels until you do that. If you are going early decision, you owe it to yourself to know that Richmond is the right school for you. They will put together a great visit day… you can attend two classes, have lunch in the dining hall, and spend the day seeing how you feel about UR!