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The professors I have had have been fantastic for the most part, very engaging and are really passionate about what they teach. When it's good - it's great, when it's not - a semester really isn't that long. I'm a procrastinator so I sometimes find it hard to keep up, especially if it's a class with lots of reading, but I've been engaged enough by the professors that my GPA hasn't been bad at all (obviously not quite as impressive as my High School GPA)! The academic factors at UVA really are great though. Top notch professors, interesting material, and the professors are ridiculously accessible outside of class. They really want to help!

Classes are as hard or as easy as you want them to be. You can choose hard classes, or easy ones. You can get As or Cs. No one is there to hold your hand and it's really up to you what you want to achieve. Professors will know your name if you introduce yourself and make an effort, and I highly recommend doing so. But nobody's there to hold your hand because you're here not just to learn but to grow up. There's really a program for every post-grad goal. Whether you want to go to grad school, work for a non-profit, go into business, or do anything else, we have a program that suits your goal.

You can't beat some of the classes here at UVA, but at the same time some of them are really horrible. Everyone dreads taking physics, especially the engineering students because rumor has it none of the physic teachers choose to teach Physics 142E, instead they are forced to teach it. Very people do well in the class and the class average on most exams is failing (like 44{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c}). At the same time their are really good classes that are small enough that you get to know your professor one on one. My intro to engineering class was taught by the Dean of Undergraduate Engineering, who is a great guy. I would highly recommend his class if you are an engineering student.

Everyone wants to tell you that big classes do not allow you to establish a relationship with teachers. This is not true if one wants one can meet with anyteacher and establish a relationship and a chance to talk to and learn from teachers.

It's harder than i expected. Pretty much everyone seems to work very hard and try and get good grades.

academics are really tough and and teacherss strive to make you perform your best. teachers are very knowledgable and classes are made very interesting.

Academically UVA is one of the best. As a student the main issue is time efficiency. Are you going to stay in all day and night, kill your social life, and get an A? Or are you going to use your time wisely, and get a decent grade? It is all about what you are looking for.

Classes are big if you don't mind big classes, and small if thats the way you want it. It all depends on what you study. If you want small classes, don't do pre-med. If you introduce yourself to your professors though, they will always remember your name. Participation in class is common, students are smart and intellectual, but also have a good time. Exam time is a studying nightmare. I would say during the normal parts of the year, kids do 15-20 hours of work a week average, and get about a B average for grades.

Generally I like all of my classes. Being in the engineering school you find that a lot of professors are brought in to do research and therefore are not necessarily the greatest teachers, even though they are brilliant. This makes cooperation between students very helpful. I have never felt like we are in a competitive environment. It has always been that if someone can help you they will, because you would do the same thing for them.

Awesome History department.