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  1. 57% dixie. Raised in Northern Virginia, where people go through great lengths to distinguish themselves from the rest of Virginia, yet my high school's rival was named after Robert E. Lee. Go figure


  2. One of my best friends here at UVa is doing exactly what you've described: Air Force ROTC and Aeronautical Engineering. The engineering school here may not be as prestigious as some of the other schools mentioned here like, such as Purdue or Embry Riddle, but being able to say you went to a school like UVa carries a lot of weight.

     

    My advice is to find a school that you can actually see yourself living there for four years of your life. The ranking of a university's enginieering program doesn't really mean that much until you reach graduate school. All of the schools you are looking at right now are good schools for what you want academically right now, so now you need to see which one offers you the most outside of the class room.


  3. They don't let freshmen college students drive in the city. That would have completely eliminated them off my list of choices of a university.

     

    UVa will bend the rules a little for student athletes (a category I kinda fall in) so that first-years (it's a UVa thing) can bring their cars. But any where you can't get to on your feet here you can to by bus for free.


  4. We do a lot of running for conditioning for crew, so we also run into this problem occasionally. If you'd like to stay in shape while recovering, try using an indoor rowing machine (rowers call them ergs) instead. It works about the same muscles used in running, as well as some others, and is zero impact. I hope this helps.


  5. Awesome pick, although Paul's Boutique was awesome too! I say pick any Beastie Boys Album and you're on the money in general. Other than that, Faith No More's "King for a day, fool for a lifetime" was all killer and no filler!

     

    Thanks, I almost didn't put the Beastie Boys in there because some people consider them old school hip-hop.


  6. Wow too many to pick from...let's see...

     

    Metallica, Black Album

    Aerosmith, Aerosmith, Get Your Wings, and Toys in the Attic

    Beastie Boys, Licenced to Ill

    Nirvana, Nevermind

    Foo Fighters, One By One, fun fact: Dave Grohl lived in the town right next to where I live and went to thee same school system I do.


  7. Soooo.... after much thought and consideration, I have decided to enroll at the University of Virginia. No one tell Dagger, though :ninja: .

     

    J/K. But seriously all of the schools I was considering are extremely good schools, and this was one of the hardest decisions of my life. And I mean no disrespect if I choose this school over your alma mater or something like that. I chose the school I thought would be best for me.


  8. I just visited UVA this weekend and I really liked what I saw there. I had a great interview with the crew coach there and he told me that most of their coxswains (the small people with Napoleonic complexes who steer the boat and yell a lot) are graduating this year, so as an experienced cox, I have a very good chance of doing very well on their teams. I just have to visit VT next weekend to make sure this is what I really I want to do.

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