Touring Univ. of Virginia

[Margo out of lurking]

Dd and I will be in Charlottesville in a few days, and dd would like to visit UVA. This would be our first tour. WHAT can we expect????? Please, I need details, no matter how small. This would be just a tour, not an info session (not available on that day).

 

Thanks!

[Gwen in VA]

You can expect --

 

* A gorgeous campus

* A gregarious student tour guide who LOVES UVA

* To walk a lot (wear comfortable shoes!)

* To be part of a sizable mob (we've visited UVA twice, and both times there were 30+ just on our one tour!)

* To get muddled -- the campus is very large and it's easy to get lost/confused!

* To want to send your kid to UVA afterwards!

 

Do check out the campus newspaper, the cafeteria, and the student center on your own afterwards. These will help give you a feel for the campus.

 

Enjoy!

[Chris in VA]

You can expect to be blown away, in a nutshell.

Everything is top notch (the dorms are ok--I never consider them when looking).

The campus is so pretty--all brick and white.

There's a lot of "campus culture/traditions," but not as much, ime, as an Ivy.

It's a really good school, with a mix of really bright and intense kids who are all about the academics; and kids who have never had to study in their lives, so they sort of melt down and spend some time partying heartily, until they "figure it out."

[Brilliant]

Wow, this brings back memories. I remember my own tour of UVA in 1983. :blink: The strongest impression I came home with was that the girls were all tall, blonde, and tan. Then I went to visit UT-Austin, and my best friend when to visit Duke. We came home and compared notes, and realized *all* college girls were tall, blonde, and tan! :D (we were obviously very impressionable and insecure brunettes).