Institutional rankings:
The University of Virginia has a low undergraduate and graduate acceptance rate and is very competitive. The school admitted just 3,397 out of 28,251 undergraduate applicants in 2012-13, and 91.5 percent of its undergraduate students come from the top 10 of their U.S. high school classes.
The University of Virginia is an outstanding university that operates efficiently. The university is ranked first among public institutions and second among all institutions in the number of scholarships awarded. In 2011-12, approximately 4,778 undergraduate students were sponsored by funds totaling $89,200,000, with 55% of the amount ($50,800,000) coming from university funds.The University of Virginia is ranked 24th in the 2017 USNews ranking of U.S. colleges. Founding History
The University of Virginia was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, one of the drafters of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the 3rd President of the United States, who, sensing the influence of religious forces on education in American universities at the time, wanted to create a university that was independent of religion and possessed the spirit of independence and innovation, and so he and his close friend, who would later become the 4th President of the United States He joined forces with his close friend, Mr. James Madison, who later became the fourth president of the United States, to found the university.
World Rankings
The University of Virginia is ranked 99th in the world and 24th in its home region, according to the 2017 U.S. News & World Report Composite Ranking of the Best Colleges in America. The University of Virginia is ranked 120th in the world according to the 2016-2017 Times Higher Education (THE) rankings. According to the 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the University of Virginia is ranked 151-200 in the world.
Curriculum
The University of Virginia has nine colleges offering more than 100 different majors, and UVa favors the humanities academically, with a heavy emphasis on disciplines such as History, English, Classics, Philosophy, and Politics. Beyond the arts and sciences, it has one of the nation's top law schools, graduate and undergraduate business schools, schools of architecture, nursing and medicine.
About housing:
The University of Virginia requires first-year students to live on campus, and there are two types of housing available to new students: the university's Residence Area,**** which has three locations with nine or ten buildings each, and which are open only to first-year students; and Residential College, which is a residential college. College), a form of housing in which students of different majors and grades live together, and there are three Residential Colleges available at the school. The school also provides off-campus housing assistance services and has specialized dormitories for international students. Thomas Jefferson Home Monticello
About Life:
The amenities on campus are even more impeccable, with dining halls, dormitories, fitness and recreation areas, and a convenient bookstore all built to a high level, and to provide students with the most comfortable learning and living environment possible. Extracurricular activities
Public schools generally have a wide range of extracurricular activities, and UVa has between 150 and 300 clubs that cover just about every aspect you can think of. The school hosts a particularly big recruitment event every fall, and each club has a booth where students can sign up for any club based on their interests.UVa's most famous club would have to be the A cappella (a cappella) club. There are over 10 A cappella clubs on campus, and one of the best has a cameo in the movie Pitch Perfect as one of the rivals for the club the lead actress is in. All of these clubs are very competitive, and to be in one is something to be proud of. About transportation:
Because the University of Virginia is so large, for the convenience of students and faculty, the university has its own eight bus routes on campus, which go right to the big supermarkets on the edge of campus and downtown. They are open from morning to night to serve students and faculty, and the rides are free with a student ID and other relevant documents. Campus environment:
UVa is located in the beautiful college town of Charlottesville. There are four distinct seasons here, not very cold in winter but very hot in summer, and it stays at 30 degrees Celsius around October. There are not many big companies here, but basically small businesses. It takes about 2.5 hours to drive to Washington DC. Usually UVa Chinese students fly from Beijing to Washington Dulles Airport and then take a taxi from the airport to the school.
The most beautiful season here is fall, when the leaves all turn yellow and then fall, paving the roads, very beautiful. The school buildings are basically classic American style, red brick and gray tile. School grass is very much, like a park is very beautiful.