<p>There are only a handful of schools in America any logical person would even consider choosing over UVA. I will list them.</p>
<p>Business is you Major?
-Wharton</p>
<p>Any other Major?
-Harvard (definitely)
-Yale (definitely)
-Princeton (definitely)
-Columbia (definitely)
-MIT (definitely)
-Cal Tech ( if west cost is your thing)
-Stanford ( if west coast is your thing)
-Duke (definitely/maybe)
-Cornell ( maybe, if your ego obsessed with going to an ivy)
-UPenn ( (definitely/maybe)
-Dartmouth ( (definitely)/maybe)
-Georgetown ((definitely/maybe)
-U Chicago ( (definitely/maybe)
-Berkley ( maybe)</p>
<p>I mean really, UVA price, campus, education, location. And some of the above are highly debatable.</p>
<p>Yeah, bigshot3008, because college decisions are simply rankings… Dude, there is no certain place to choose over another, it’s personal. And who are you to say that no other college is better than UVA? I know tons of people who chose other state colleges over UVA, and they are very happy with their decision. Don’t generalize college admissions, it’s not as simple as you think.</p>
<p>Besides, is inquiring about something wrong?</p>
<p>Maybe someone doesn’t like the size, or UVa isn’t very strong in their major? Or maybe they just don’t like the atmosphere? Or perhaps they have a really good financial aid offer elsewhere?</p>
<p>It’s about fit. What you just posted is opinion, not fact.</p>
<p>P.S. - I hope you aren’t representative of the student body at UVa, because I’m seriously considering attending but you are a real turnoff.</p>
<p>I didn’t say he is going to deter me; you missed the purpose of that addition. I was making the point that he is not doing a great job at representing “his” school that he seems to think is perfect for every senior who is going to college.</p>
<p>If you honestly believe that I’m going to decline my offer of admission to UVa because some guy who claims to go to the school posts on a forum, then I really don’t know what to say.</p>
<p>Then again, without the aid of body language or tone, I can’t really blame you for misunderstanding my post.</p>
<p>Hey I’m choosing Drexel over UVA. I mean, the fact that UVA rejected me has a lot to do with my decision, but I still would have had a hard time turning Drexel down due to its engineering rep.</p>
<p>Bigshot will go far in life with that attitude guys… don’t worry. It doesn’t matter if he cant spell Berkeley, he still is amazing at everything he does.
BNubbs you cant possibly say that lol…</p>
<p>is there a reason you still visit the UVA forum? even if you get into UVA, which is highly unlikely, you do understand that you were not a first round choice?</p>
<p>@BNubbs</p>
<p>I see your dilemma lol =p … a tough choice</p>
<p>@wofbharatj</p>
<p>If a college is ranked higher than another college, then it is better than the other college based on many different criteria. You can’t tell me a person going to Harvard and a person going to a community college in West Virginia are going to have the same opportunities in life. Whether or not you will be happy or make a better “fit” at a lesser ranked college is a different story. Apparently you can make the most of your opportunities at any college</p>
<p>@FallenAngel9</p>
<p>Life is filled with opinions, if you can’t take someones opinion and move on, maybe you aren’t ready for the “real world”. I never claimed to go to UVA, I was simply accepted there and I plan on attending, I did not make a deposit at any school.</p>
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<li>I thought it was obvious this is opinion based given I said " the above are highly debatable" , but apparently I put too much faith in you. History doesn’t remember people who don’t have opinions.</li>
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<p>I hope you keep in mind that you are interacting with your future classmates here and some who will be going on to do fantastic things at other schools (maybe more than you’ll ever do at UVa…you never know). The routes to choosing UVa will be different for different students. In the end, you will all wind up in the same classrooms, residence halls, and CIOs. When you realized UVa was the place for you will be irrelevant.</p>
<p>I think it’s great when the UVa community members offer support to those working through their decisions. Yes, there are a lot of UVa vs. ___ threads at this time of year, but they are all valid to the student starting the discussion.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted at Wharton and I’m rather sure it is because I didn’t take an interview (my stupid school’s email was down for about 2 weeks…). Guess what - I’m not pursuing it. </p>
<p>Just throwing this out there, Bigshot, you have to tone down some of your posts. I know you’re excited, as we all are, but this forum is meant to help future UVA students with questions…</p>
<p>you can’t choose Wharton if you weren’t accepted, my thread was contingent on people who are accepted to the schools. And I will work on catering all my post to the more sensitive, from now on.</p>
<p>@Dean J</p>
<p>I agree, “you never know” what a person can accomplish.</p>
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<p>Anyways this thread is over. If you want my opinion on schools it was stated in the first post. I don’t mind defending my statements, feel free to PM me if you have further questions.</p>
<p>@bigshot3008 - I have no problem with your opinions. I have a problem with your asserting those opinions as facts that everyone should follow. Sure, maybe YOU think that someone should only consider those schools in your list over UVa, but that doesn’t mean that others must do the same.</p>
<p>And no, it is not obvious you are merely stating an opinion, because you are calling for people to stop posting “UVa v. X School” threads because there’s apparently “no point since the only schools you should ever choose over UVa are the select few in this list.”</p>
<p>By calling those considering attending, say, Vanderbilt over UVa illogical, you are criticizing people for not following your ideas that, as you said yourself, are exclusively your opinion.</p>
<p>Let me state this again, as apparently my posts are not being interpreted very clearly: I find nothing wrong with you stating that you would only choose the schools in your list over UVa. I do find something wrong with you trying to force others to do the same, and for criticizing those who don’t feel the same way.</p>
<p>UVa is an excellent school, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect for everyone.</p>
<p>P.S. - I like the ad hominems. Twice I have been told that “I don’t belong at college,” yet I’m the one who is demonstrating the understanding that people have their own opinions and accept that people might want advice in deciding between schools. I’m not the one telling those people they are being illogical and, to be crude, stupid. I could use ad hominems, too, but I choose not to be rude like that. ;)</p>
<p>“Anyways this thread is over. If you want my opinion on schools it was stated in the first post. I don’t mind defending my statements, feel free to PM me if you have further questions.”</p>
<p>It’s a public forum you don’t own a thread because you create it. So, basically you are saying just cause you say it’s over no one else is suppose to post to it. LOL. You really do think very highly of yourself. To say it back to you, welcome to the real world. By the way you are not the be all to end all. No pun intended.</p>
<p>I assure you that “BigJerk” in no way represents the students at UVa. My prediction is that he will wash out early. You are far more deserving of his spot and I am certain that you will be happy and successful wherever you end up. I, for one, would be interested in how things work out for you. Best of luck to you.</p>