McIntire and random ?s

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<p>How hard is it to get into McIntire? How difficult are classes once you are in? What are the job prospects like upon graduation? I know its ranked well, 9th overall I think (not that the rankings matter much). I'm trying to see how well it compares with NYU Stern, USC Marshall, UCLA Bizecon, and Cornell AEM. Anyone have any other insite?</p>

<p>For the random ?s, how much time do students spend studying? How much is there to do on campus / is there anything to do off campus? And most importantly how are the dorms and food?</p>

<p>Any comments would be greatly appreciated. I'm hoping to visit UVA again sometime. I'm a Junior, and when I visited, unfortunately a lot of students were at home for break, so it kind of gave me a false sense that it wasn't lively and there wasn't a lot to do.</p>

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<p>I'm not a comm school student, but I can answer some of your other questions. </p>

<p>As for studying and working, students do homework and study, but it's not like every single minute. UVa kids work hard, play hard. There is always something going on around campus. People watch movies, go to frat parties, concerts, etc. on the weekends. Charlottesville is little city. There's always things happening on "the Corner" (an area close to grounds with bars and restuarants), Rugby Road (road with the frats) and then just grounds itself. We definitely know how to have a good time. UVa is able to raise students that are able to work hard, volunteer in the community, and drink and party just as hard. We're a rare breed. Around midterms and finals, campus does slow down, but things don't stop completely. </p>

<p>About 30% of the student body is involved in greek life -- so it's not all of the university, but it does allow you to always find a party or something to do, even if you are not directly in a frat or sorority. </p>

<p>My typical weekend, hmm. Matters how much work I have or what's happening, but sometimes go out drinking on thursday night. Friday I usually go to an apartment or frat party with some friends. Saturdays I just hang around grounds during the day with friends, just playing frisbee or chilling. If it's football or basketball season, we usually go to the game. Saturday night we tend to go out to dinner on the corner or the downtown mall (a street that has been closed to motor traffic full of shops and places to eat), then catch a movie either in someone's room or at one of the theaters. Then maybe go out to a concert at Starr Hill depending on who's playing. Sunday I usually get brunch with friends and then spend a good amount of the day finishing up my work. </p>

<p>But really, you can make the experience whatever you want it to be. If you want to drink every day, some students do; if you want to just hang out and avoid the partying, it's completely possible. Truthfully, the school is large enough to have an amazing amount of diversity in what is going on during the week and weekends. </p>

<p>You must have hit it on an 'off weekend' probably during a break. Usually the grounds are crawling with students, especially outside on nice days. It's a very active and lively school.</p>

<p>Dorms are dorms. For first years, there's 'old' [mccormick] and 'new' [alderman] dorms. Old dorms are hall style, co-ed by floor (top two usually female, 1st and basement usually male) with two halls on each floor with an RA for each hall. Each hall is about 20 people. New dorms are suite style (with the exception of Woody and Cauthen which are hall style) with an RA for every two suites, each suite with about 10 people. In the dorms, you share a room with a roommate (either of your choice or arranged by UVa). A lot of people become really close to their halls and suites so its a good way to make friends. </p>

<p>There are also three residential colleges with students for all years. Brown, Hereford, and the International residential college. They are by application. Brown is right on central grounds, it is definitely as close as you can get to class. Hereford is out pretty far from central grounds, and the IRC is off of Emmet Street by central grounds. The UVA website has maps so you can see where everything is in relation to central grounds. </p>

<p>All first years live on-grounds, and this year (and in the future?) they were able to guarantee housing for 2nd years that wanted it. And if you stay on grounds as a 2nd year, you are guaranteed housing every year after that. Upperclassman housing tends to be a bit of a ways from grounds so a good portion of the students 2nd years and up tend to get apartments. I think that about 40-50% (?) of the total student body 1st-4th years live on grounds. </p>

<p>The food? ehh, it's okay. It's better than a lot of schools. There are three traditional "all you can eat" dining halls -- Newcomb, O-hill, and Runk. Runk is up by Gooch and Hereford dorms so many students don't eat up there. Newcomb and Ohill are the halls most students eat at. There's usually a decent selection of food (though not all of it is edible). There's also places to use "plus dollars" or dollars that are attached through your meal plan. There's Treehouse and the Castle: mini-convenience stores and fast food, and the Pav: with take-out food like chick-fil-a and a sushi counter. There are a couple other places to use your plus dollars too. </p>

<p>The thing I love most about the University are definitely the professors and my classes. They really make this place more wonderful. The students are really involved in every aspect of the University and all of us really care about the University. It's an amazing community. </p>

<p>That's just the quick and dirty, I'm sure some other students will fill you in with more.</p>

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<p>For your question about McIntire, I am a current student in the "comm school" as it's known at UVA. Everyone says it's hard to get into, but I think about 75% of those who apply get in. You do need to have good grades and be involved, but it also helps to meet with the deans before you apply in your second year and just show a genuine interest. They'll remember you when application time comes around. </p>

<p>Once you're in your third year is really tough, but really fun. You're put in a "block" with 40 other students and you have class with them 3 hours a day, 4 days a week. Your professors switch and there are 3 different "courses" taught by a team of 7 professors. It's very discussion and case based, but all the professors from each of the blocks are great, and they're just great professors throughout the comm school overall. You have a group of 5 or 6 students who you work on a huge project throughout the semester with for your block's company sponsor. You get to know a lot of people in your classes, and it's very discussion/participation based for some of the professors. Career services is also very helpful with finding internships, writing resumes, and finding jobs later. The comm school faculty is awesome.</p>

<p>I dont' know many people who are graduating with out jobs who are 4th year comm students. Actually, I personally don't know any unless they're going to grad school or doing something else. The career stats are on the career services site at <a href="http://www.commerce.virginia.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.commerce.virginia.edu&lt;/a>. Hope that helps!</p>

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<p>k_jo, are the alderman dorms coed?</p>

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<p>All the dorms are co-ed overall, single-sex by floor.</p>

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<p>mmm</p>

<p>McIntire is great overall.</p>

<p>stern is obviously better but the students are extremely competitive, coz all of them are set to do hard-core banking, atmosphere is cut-throat. UVA's atmosphere is better. usually big investment companies go to McIntire to recruit twice a year, while once a year for Cornell.</p>

<p>UVA is ranked first for student satisfaction.</p>