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for the most part, yeah

of course not. Being rich has nothing to do with getting into UVA, you still have to have the grades for that. Unless you're an athlete of course. And I actually find UVA to be an extremely varied student population. Obviously there are quite few preppy people (at least 30{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} for sure...) but there are people that fit almost every stereotype and many that create their own. Wh

Sometimes

UVA is incredibly diverse; in any class I've been in, no matter how small, I've had people of all colors and even from different countries. Two of my best friends here are from Thailand and Holland. That being said, the preppy look IS widespread here. As for being snobby, most students are surely proud to attend such a great university, but never have I seen a student brag about his school without being provoked.

not all the way. Most people arent spoiled but there is a lot of money at UVA. I dont think that most people are stuck up like people say

They are accurate to a degree...of course, you can find the snobby, stuck-up rich kids in the Greek system, but it's a state school. There's a lot of variety here if you open your eyes and look past the obvious on Rugby Road.

Yes and no. From my own personal observation, I've noticed that generally those that fit the ultra-preppy profile are legacy students. Many UVa alumni parents tell their kids what life was like at UVa when they were there, and in that way, some of the sterotypical UVa students continue to pop up. I'm not too fond of legacy students in general because of this "good old boys" persona they try to put on. Some fraternity brothers and sorority sisters fit the "old school" UVa student image, but not all fraternities and sororities are like that. UVa started a new diversity mission around fifteen years ago to ward away the very white image of the University. I'd say that they've done a bang-up job, too. Our student population demographics are similar to the Commonwealth of Virginia's.

In general, no.

The fact that even my personal aesthetics (an Afro) draws so much attention on Grounds in part proves to me that UVA is a bastion of uncritical, white supremacist, anti-intellectualism. The school is not homogenous, however. There are SMALL groups of students who are really here for more than maintaining their class status.

yes