<p>Dear openedskittles: of all the low-wattage posts I have read on this forum, yours is one of the worst. First of all, I’m not trying to “prove” anything about UVa by talking about my son, just suggesting that for many top students, even engineering students (including my son -AND his roommate-AND lots of his classmates), UVa is a very reasonable choice even if you have many alternatives. Second, you don’t know a THING about my son, and you are incredibly presumptious to assume or suggest ANYTHING about his thinking or motives - my only hope is that you’re some kid who’s too young to know when he’s being rude or foolish. One thing you did say makes some sense- ranking isn’t everything (including Engineering School rankings by the way), or my son would have gone to Cornell rather than UVa I guess.
One thing that you and “HulkHogan” apparently aren’t interested in at all is that I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN A STUDENT AT BOTH SCHOOLS- get it? As in, I actually know what I’m talking about? If I were you I think I’d let the OP decide whether my advice relates to his problem.</p>