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<p>Glad to see that UVA educates some of the brightest minds in America!</p>
<p>Glad to see that, too. Congratulations to UVA’s Rhodes Scholar.</p>
<p>I’m also glad to see that U Oklahoma, U Delaware, Brooklyn College, UNC-CH, U GA, U Iowa, Indiana U, Montana St. U, and UC-Irvine also educate some of the brightest minds in America!</p>
<p>[OUDaily.com</a> | 28th OU Rhodes Scholar to study English, history en route to med school](<a href=“http://oudaily.com/news/2010/nov/22/28th-ou-rhodes-scholar-study-english-history-en-ro/]OUDaily.com”>http://oudaily.com/news/2010/nov/22/28th-ou-rhodes-scholar-study-english-history-en-ro/)</p>
<p>[Delaware’s</a> Matthew Watters named Rhodes Scholar : University of Delaware](<a href=“http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2011/nov/watters-rhodes-scholar112210.html]Delaware’s”>Delaware's Matthew Watters named Rhodes Scholar : University of Delaware)</p>
<p>[Brooklyn</a> College | Senior in B.A.M.D. Program Is Named a 2011 Rhodes Scholar](<a href=“http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/pub/2363.htm]Brooklyn”>http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/pub/2363.htm)</p>
<p>[Campus</a> Updates | Two seniors named Rhodes Scholars | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill](<a href=“Home - UNC News Archives”>Home - UNC News Archives)</p>
<p>[University</a> of Georgia: News & Information](<a href=“UGA Today - Today’s top news from the University of Georgia”>UGA Today - Today’s top news from the University of Georgia)</p>
<p>[IU</a> student Esther Uduehi named Rhodes Scholar: IU News Room: Indiana University](<a href=“IU student Esther Uduehi named Rhodes Scholar: IU News Room: Indiana University”>IU student Esther Uduehi named Rhodes Scholar: IU News Room: Indiana University)</p>
<p>[UI</a> senior one of 32 nationwide named Rhodes Scholar](<a href=“http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2010/november/112210rhodes_scholar.html]UI”>http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2010/november/112210rhodes_scholar.html)</p>
<p>[MSU</a> News Service - MSU’s Hansen plans to use Rhodes Scholarship to study water policy in the world’s neediest areas](<a href=“http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=9159&origin=homepage]MSU”>http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=9159&origin=homepage)</p>
<p>[UC</a> Irvine Feature: Rhodes Scholar](<a href=“http://www.uci.edu/features/2010/11/feature_rhodesscholar_101122.php]UC”>http://www.uci.edu/features/2010/11/feature_rhodesscholar_101122.php)</p>
<p>That was an interesting way to respond to a proud alumni sharing some good news with the UVa community on CC. We’re well aware that there are other Rhodes Scholars, zap, but we are celebrating Laura here.</p>
<p>Personally, I found the links to the other schools’ honorees a nice addition to zapfino’s congratulatory reply. After reading through them, it is exciting to see there are so many diverse students coming from a wide range of academic institutions applying for and being awarded with the Rhodes scholarships. Inspiring students, all of them. Congratulations to all 32! Thanks for sharing.</p>
<p>I’m especially proud of Laura because like her, I was in the PST program at UVA. I didn’t mean to come off as ostentatious with my comment. I hope prospective students can look at this as a sign that one need not attend a private/uber-elite university in order to be among the world’s most esteemed young scholars. With Laura, UVA has produced 47 Rhodes Scholars!</p>
<p>Congratulations to Laura and note to U-Va in this friendly rivalry: with UNC producing two Rhodes Scholars in each of the last three years it is now TIED with U-Va as the highest producer of Rhodes Scholars among public universities. Watch out, wahoos, your first-place position is slipping!</p>
<p>20 letters of recommendation?!</p>
<p>Hahaha hazel I’m with you. I could barely drum up 5 academic letters for various jobs, and I bet only one or two were even close to the quality of all 20 of hers.</p>
<p>She obviously has her mind set on not only expanding her mind, but others as well. I liked that one of her mentors commented that they expect her to be around schools for the rest of her career. While Rhodes is a great thing, she should be proud of herself simply because she’s found something to be passionate about in life. Hopefully she’ll decide to teach one day and expel that passion on to others.</p>
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<p>Why so serious, Dean J? That was a pretty derogatory remark to make. I’m proud to live in a country where so many young people from such diverse educational backgrounds are able to make such prominent contributions to global society.</p>
<p>Congratulating them all takes nothing away from Laura- in fact, it strengthens her achievement; after all, aren’t we all judged, to some extent, by the company we keep?</p>
<p>Congrats to all. One of my good friends won Rhodes a few years ago and thoroughly enjoyed his time at Oxford (with that deal, who wouldn’t) :P</p>
<p>Look up the meaning “derogatory” and come back and post about it.</p>
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<p>From Merriam- Webster: “detracting from the character or standing of something”</p>
<p>Which is exactly the point I was trying to make- no need to take away from the accomplishments of any of the scholars by offering anything less than a gracious congratulations.</p>
<p>Rarely do I take SAT scores seriously, but wow, an 800 verbal sure comes in handy when pwning a Stanfurd student.</p>
<p>Go Bears.</p>
<p>vc08, DeanJ only has the best intentions. Wahoomb was trying to share with other UVa-enthusiests (and there’s quite a few current students/alumni on here) about Laura and Zap’s comment took away the spotlight on our student. Yes, we know there are others, but I’m sure every other school is doing the same thing of “we’re so proud of our student!”. In no way was anyone trying to detract from the other students, we just want to recognize our own and let other UVa-ers know about her accomplishment. No “pwning” should be occurring over such news and none was happening…
I’ll back up DeanJ and say I too took Zap’s comment to be a bit condescending, a lot of people (especially non-regular posters) try to put down UVa and point out other public schools’ achievements and try to prove other schools are better than UVa. Finishing a post with “Go Bears” is another example as well. We want to take a second to celebrate Laura and we should be able to do that.</p>
<p>On another note, starting a flame-war over someone getting a Rhodes scholarship is a bit petty and I’ll leave it at that…</p>
<p>I agree, although you completely misinterpreted my ‘Go Bears’ comment. It was in reference to the Cal-Stanford rivalry, a playful jab at wahoomb’s current grad school. I have repeatedly supported UVA when compared to top private universities (and have put it on-part with top publics) in terms of the education it provides. I honestly believe education is what one makes of it- you can get a great education at UVA, or a lousy one, just like any other school (including HYPS), depending upon the initiative one is willing to take.</p>
<p>UVA was one of the schools at the top of my list- yes, even over top private universities- because I believe in the value and mission of a public education.</p>
<p>I’m glad to see so many young people- Laura and all others (including those in the Marshall, Truman, Fulbright, Goldwater, etc. competitions as well)- contributing so much to society at such a young age. It is certainly inspiring to see so many universities, public and private, across the country pushing their students to such high academic and personal standards.</p>
<p>Lastly, I still fail to see how zap’s comment “Glad to see that, too. Congratulations to UVA’s Rhodes Scholar. I’m also glad to see that U Oklahoma, U Delaware, Brooklyn College, UNC-CH, U GA, U Iowa, Indiana U, Montana St. U, and UC-Irvine also educate some of the brightest minds in America!” is ‘condescending,’ or patronizing. I rarely get on this website anymore (primarily for this reason- too many people have their undies in a bunch), so no reply is necessary, but I did want to note that as an outsider with no connection to UVA, I thought zap’s comment merely supports your argument, noting that it’s nice to see some different schools- outside of Harvard/Yale/UC- represented on the list. </p>
<p>Regardless, I don’t want this to detract from the original intent of the thread, as happens all too often on CC, so I’ll leave it at that.</p>
<p>Congrats to all Rhodes Scholars for their incredible achievements.</p>
<p>Actually, that’s not true Novaparent. UNC has only produced 42 Rhodes Scholars. (That also includes the one from this year.) UVA is still the top public producer of Rhodes Scholars.</p>
<p><a href=“Office of the American Secretary | The Rhodes Scholarships”>http://www.rhodesscholar.org/assets/PDF/2010/Institutions_for_Website_6_29_10.pdf</a></p>
<p>Funny – UNC appears to have done different math. This from their website:</p>
<p>Since the Rhodes program began in 1904, Carolina has produced 47 Rhodes Scholars. This year marks the seventh time that Carolina has had two Rhodes winners in the same year – and the third year in a row.</p>
<p>With Rhodes districts reporting through Monday (Nov. 22), Carolina is tied for the most Rhodes Scholars produced by an American public research university. In the last five, 10 and 25 years, UNC has produced more Rhodes Scholars than any other U.S. public university. </p>
<p>[UNC</a> News - Two UNC seniors named Rhodes Scholars](<a href=“http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/4122/138/]UNC”>http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/4122/138/)</p>
<p>I’ve noticed the discrepancy before and have wondered which is correct. I’m tempted to lean on the document from the Rhodes website.</p>
<p>It is puzzling, Dean J, I will give you that. UNC’s website says that they had two scholars this year, but only the one name appears on this year’s list of winners on the Rhodes’ website.</p>
<p>It’s bad editing on UNC’s part. The Rhodes document is the legitimate source.</p>
<p>The discrepancy comes from the fact that the USA Rhodes site only lists the winners who are U.S. citizens. For example, one of the UNC winners this year is Canadian and is listed on the Canadian Rhodes site. Now this may affect other institutions’ tallies as well - maybe UVA has had international winners in the past that are over and above the numbers listed. But, in my opinion, it’s petty and not too professional to cast aspersions on UNC’s published numbers. I doubt they would fudge something like this, which is easy to track down.</p>
<p>Congratulations to all of the winners and to the fine institutions that supported their scholarship. That several public universities can and do support these academic careers is a testimonial to the enlightened taxpayers and governments of those states.</p>