<p>Streaking the lawn. XD I have yet to do so though. Most students try to streak at least once before they graduate, and that’s a whole ritual itself. I remember hearing of a guy whose goal was to streak 100 times before he graduated. Wonder if he did it?</p>
<p>I certainly don’t recall a large population of rednecks during my 7 years at UVa. The southerners at UVa tend tend to be of the good old boy variety. They wear madras and seersucker not camo.</p>
<p>I saw some students streaking the lawn during a couple of visits. It’s an awful lot of ground to cover. Some of them tried to run carrying their clothes, since apparently, a few have returned to find them missing, LoL. </p>
<p>There’s a popular poster that lists something like 101 things you should do before graduating at UVA, and you can check them off. I noticed that streaking the lawn was checked off on D’s — I didn’t even bother to ask, didn’t want to know, LoL.</p>
<p>Thanks guys, all this information is really helpful. You are all so passionate about your school, it’s glorious!</p>
<p>wazhoom: Your hs sounds exactly like mine. Thanks for sharing, it’s great to get a similar perspective.
So are you saying that if you’re in ND you can’t access other parts of the building? Like you’re stuck on your floor?</p>
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I’m interested in RAing during college to save $ on R&B. How do you become one at UVA, and is it worth it in your mind?</p>
<p>And curls, thanks for that post as well, very informative :)</p>
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HAHA, wow, I wouldda paid to see your face at that moment!</p>
<p>from what i know, uva is hella preppy. my friends (who are not preppy at all) were/are stunned and kind of annoyed by it. however, everyone finds their niche, and it’s bearable. they can’t deny that uva is still a great school with excellent professors.</p>
<p>what they also hate is the “bell curve” grading. meaning, you get an A if you’re one of the best students. My friend got a 37 on my calc exam, but still passed the class because by the bell curve, it was middle range. this is annoying for a lot of students because school becomes a competition, especially with the thomas jefferson kids.</p>
<p>learnme: In new dorms you can definitely go to other areas, you just have to have someone let you in if the suite isn’t yours or your sister/brother suite. In old dorms you only have to use your ID card to get into the building, once you’re in you can go to any of the halls located in the building (or that attached to it) so it is easier to get around within the buildings in old dorms. </p>
<p>I love being an RA and you’ll find that much of Resident Staff is over happy about being RAs lol. There will be interest meetings at the end of the fall semester and beginning of spring semester that will inform you about the selection process to become a member of ResStaff. Also the Residence Life Office (sponsor of the RA program) has a website that used to have a bunch of FAQs and dates and things to know, unfortunately they are in the middle of renovating their site and much of that info is missing at this time: <a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/residencelife/[/url]”>http://www.virginia.edu/residencelife/</a></p>
<p>Do all classes use the bell curve?</p>
<p>For those who don’t get into Greek life…what do they do for fun on the weekend?</p>
<p>When I heard this [audio</a> clip](<a href=“http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/press/faulkner/media/WFaudio20.mp3]audio”>http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/press/faulkner/media/WFaudio20.mp3), I couldn’t help but smile. It features the late Nobel Prize winning writer William Faulkner explaining why he likes teaching at UVa – because of the snobs. I like Faulkner’s definition of a Virginia snob - a person who’s not snobbish but confident.</p>
<p>So, being obviously bored, I’ve been scouring the web as I usually do, and I happened to come upon this [old</a> NY Times article about UVa from March 6, 1866](<a href=“The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos”>The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos). For fellow history buffs like me, it’s interesting to read in its original print form how UVa was perceived back then. (It’s a PDF file.)</p>
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<p>That’s really cool Globalist, thanks!</p>
<p>Most classes use some type of curve, and for those who aren’t Greek, there is still a whole WORLD of things to do on the weekends.</p>
<p>can someone help me out on the “UVA vs_____” thread?</p>
<p>thanks :)</p>
<p>Regarding the bell curve, it really depends a lot on the difficulty of the class and the professor who is instructing it.</p>
<p>A great resource for researching classes is [url=<a href=“http://www.thecourseforum.com%5DtheCourseForum%5B/url”>http://www.thecourseforum.com]theCourseForum[/url</a>] (you can access it as soon as you get your UVa email address). For many of the courses, you can view a pie chart of the grade distribution for each instructor.</p>
<p>it’s been my experience as a first year that a bell curve helps more than it hurts.
this could change in upper level classes though i suppose</p>
<p>when do you get your UVa email address, Summer?</p>
<p>ewihateapps, I think its odd that your friend singles out the TJ kids as being the source of competition. My friends there from TJ complain that people hate on them for no reason - they find the courses and the bell curve as challenging as everyone else. Particularly in the premed weed out classes, the competition is intense across the board. However according to them UVa is definitely not as competitive a place as, say, UCLA, where ALL classes of a certain size are curved.</p>
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<p>After you send in your deposit form, wait a few days for them to process it, and you should be able to activate your account from here: [Activate</a> Your Student Computing Accounts](<a href=“http://www.itc.virginia.edu/students/accounts/]Activate”>http://www.itc.virginia.edu/students/accounts/)</p>