University of Virginia-Main Campus Top Questions

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It's a place where well-roundedness is cultivated; there isn't a focus on one area, it's a healthy spread across the board.

The gorgeous campus combined with the students who study hard and are brilliant but at the same time are spirited members of their community, both within and outside of the University.

UVA is a good balance of everything. With about 13,000 undergrads, it's a good size between smaller schools and larger schools. Charlottesville is an hour away from Richmond and two hours from Northern Virginia/Washington D.C., so it's not far from larger urban areas. The football and men's basketball teams have had tough seasons, but the ACC competition is still great to take in, and the social scene is great too.

UVa is an amazing university, but it?s not the school that sells itself?it?s the students. UVa students can do everything all at once, from Greek life to intramural and club sports, community service, and so on, while maintaining a high level of academic achievement. You will see students jogging early morning, hitting up the library at night, cheering on our football team on Saturdays, partying on weekends, and then walking dogs at the animal shelter during the few free hours they can find. No college could ever have a more outgoing, caring, and well rounded student body.

Perfect balance of social life and academics, very active student body, and very ambitious and involved students

The historical setting of the grounds makes it a really interesting places to attend classes, and all of the classes offered are interesting. The social setting is very energetic without taking away from the academic environment.

The architecture. It's beautiful. The Rotunda for example if gorgeous. Even the hospital is fun to walk through. I will give it to the school, they put lots of thought into the architecture and it paid off.

It's emphasis on education compared to some of the other schools I was looing at.

It's a great value for the education and people are very balanced between doing well academically and having a social life. Even though people are very academically focused, the environment and overall feeling on campus is very relaxed.