The Big Question

You're kidding, right??? n/t (0.00 / 0)

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by: Creed Pogue @ Tue Oct 21, 2008 at 12:09:50 PM UTC

Only in reputation. (3.00 / 1)

UVA is considered to be more prestigious than RU, but the reality is otherwise.  As an RU alum, I can say a top-notch education is there if you want it, but it's also possible to skate through and pick up a degree with little effort, if that's what you want.  UVA alums have told me it's no different there, although their campus is much prettier (no contest).  I've met lots of UVA and RU grads over the years, and you wouldn't know there's any quality differential between the schools; some are brilliant, a few are morons, most are in between.

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by: lonemorriscodem @ Tue Oct 21, 2008 at 14:32:57 PM UTC

Yeah (0.00 / 0)

prestigious:

The University of Virginia remains the No. 2 best public university in the 2009 edition of the U.S. News and World Report rankings. In the 12 years since U.S. News began ranking public universities as a separate category, U.Va. has ranked either No. 1 or No. 2.

For in-state tuition paying students, it's also a great bargain.  Much cheaper than Rutgers.

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by: Thurman Hart @ Tue Oct 21, 2008 at 15:16:34 PM UTC

FOunded by Thomas Jefferson as a free 2 year (0.00 / 0)

college.

Me, RU Alumni, '89. My dad who is a PhD Math professor at SUNY@ Stony Brook is so proud of his boy.  :-)

Check out my 3 paragraph primer on Polywell Fusion.

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by: FogerRox @ Tue Oct 21, 2008 at 23:08:51 PM UTC

It's UVA in a heartbeat (0.00 / 0)

Of course, Virginia and NJ seem to be racing each other to the bottom in terms of supporting their colleges, so maybe it'll change in the future.

-pb

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by: princetonblue @ Tue Oct 21, 2008 at 23:13:46 PM UTC