<p>So it's down to the wire.</p>
<p>I'm deciding between Emory, Dartmouth, and UVa.</p>
<p>I want to study business/econ (potentially to work on wall street or something similar).</p>
<p>Why should I go to UVa over the other two schools? I'm stuck guys..convince me!</p>
<p>All three are excellent schools that are somewhat different from each other. Have you visited them? Is money a factor? How much does IVY prestige matter to you? Do you like sports? Frats? Cold weather? The north? The south?</p>
<p>Both Dartmouth and UVa would give you the same opportunities to work on the Street. Emory's econ/business is not as good. Choose based on fit.</p>
<p>If this doesn't convince you, I don't know what will. An article by A.J. Aronstein, one of the staff writers at UVa's daily paper, The Cavalier Daily.</p>
<p>"THANK GOD I'M A WAHOO</p>
<p>If you have ever bitten into a Littlejohn's Wild Turkey Sub late on a Friday night after going out, then you know what I'm talking about. </p>
<p>If you have ever been in Scott Stadium on a September afternoon, wearing an orange tie on your head screaming the "Good Ol' Song" at the top of your lungs, then you probably understand. </p>
<p>If you know what it feels like to drop your drawers and feel the sweet caress of the autumn air on your bare bottom as you fly toward the statue of Homer, then I think you may have an idea. </p>
<p>If you've walked through a warm August thunderstorm in Virginia without an umbrella and looked at the sky; if you've ever driven out to the Shenandoah to look at the stars with your friends; if you've ever worn shorts to class in February, then you've probably said it before: </p>
<p>"Thank God I'm a Wahoo." </p>
<p>If you insist on calling freshmen at other schools "first years" because you know it sounds cooler; if you've ever roadtripped to UPenn with friends and repeatedly shouted WahooWa in the middle of their campus; if you've ever been to New England in January, then you definitely get the picture. </p>
<p>If you've ever left Clemons at four in the morning after finishing a paper to find the streets empty and the night clear, or spent an entire day in Alderman Caf</p>
<p>@cavalier302</p>
<p>I've visited Dart and Emory, but I'll be visiting Uva this thursday. emory is giving a little cash - dart and uva nothing. ivy prestige is <em>semi</em> important, but prestige in general is important. i play baseball and soccer and would like to play, but could get by without. frats are cool. i do not like the cold weather (uh oh dartmouth!) but i could probably bear it. as long as uva is not the "slow south" then I don't care.</p>
<p>@semiserious</p>
<p>nice passage, it's pretty convincing, lol.</p>
<p>My mom used to be one of the top ranked people in Mobil Corp before they downsized and she quit. But she told me recently that she would avoid hiring people from ivy league schools - apparently they hired a harvard grad once and he failed so miserably, and one of the dartmouth kids was "so arrogant" no one could stand him. but she would go out of her way to hire uva kids.</p>
<p>just what she told me but it probably still works that way in some companies. it proly works the other way in some companies too. but uva rocks you should go to uva.</p>
<p>There is a great thread on this - especially Globalist's post. It'll give you chills. I sent my son this link (class of 2010) and he was fully convinced that he made the right choice.</p>
<p>If you're looking for a more liberal environment, go to Dartmouth. UVa won't really be the place for you.</p>
<p>Tenniscraze, that's funny. Dartmouth has a reputation for being the most conservative of the Ivies. I would say the level of conservativism to be about same at all 3 schools...with Dartmouth possibly being the most conservative.</p>
<p>(BTW, thanks JMParent.)</p>
<p>All right, Atomic Pasha ;)</p>
<p>Heehee......</p>
<p>lol...tenniscraze is funny.</p>
<p>thanks for the responses, maybe i'll be a wahoo! ill be visiting this thursday and friday...any tips for things to see or do?</p>