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Actually, Jefferson went to William and Mary, not UVA
I am not sure about UVA’s history compared to other schools. Without researching it I would guess that it was similar to some of the other schools you mentioned, like the Ivies, but I would guess that admitting blacks or women happened much later than the “average” school.
I just looked up William and Mary and see that they admitted women in the 1920s, and the first black person attended there in 1951. Va. Tech was 1921 for women and early 1950s for blacks. Sounds like UVA’s history is more remarkable than unremarkable.
So you would never write a story about Yale, etc if they developed major problems, because they have a venerable history?
Finally, I am not sure what your point is in the first paragraph. HBCs for example have always admitted students that are/were not black. Bob Jones, BYU etc also admit all types. Not a ton decide to go there if they aren’t Mormon, but they could. Same thing with Liberty etc. I am also not sure what your point was about Penn State. It admitted both women and blacks in the 1800s.