Collaboration/Competitive at The University of Virginia (StudentsReview ™)

Breakdown of “Collaboration/Competitive” at VIRGINIA

By Gender

Males	B+
Females	B+

By Major

Accounting	A+
Aerospace Engineering	B-
Anthropology	D+
Architecture	B+
Biology	B-
Business - Management and Administration	B+
Chemical Engineering	B-
Chemistry	B+
Civil Engineering	A
Computer Engineering	C
Computer Science	A-
Economics	B+
Education	A
Electrical Engineering	B+
Engineering Department	B+
English	A
Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc	A-
Geography and Geosciences	B+
History/Histories (art history/etc.)	A-
Journalism	A+
Kinesiology	B+
Language - French/Spanish/etc.	A-
Math	F
Neuroscience/Cognitive Science	B+
Nursing	B-
Other	B+
Perfomance Arts	F
Philosophy	C
Physics	B
Political Science	B
PreMed and Medical	C+
Psychology	B+
Sociology	A-
Undecided	B
Urban Planning	B

Against similar schools

Collaboration/Competitive compared with similar schools in class.

University of Virginia
B+
Average of All Schools
B
Average of schools in class
B+
Harvard University
B
Cornell University
B
Princeton University
B
Yale University
B+
Virginia Commonwealth University
B-
Stanford University
B+
Brown University
A-
F
A+

Collaboration/Competitive

“Honestly, how great or bad UVA depends on your own initiative. It's a large enough school so that you can get lost, or use the University resources t...Read full comment

“I transferred to UVa in the fall of my second year, after having a fairly rough time at my first school (a very prestigious small, liberal arts colleg...Read full comment

“The best college EVER! No college can beat it. Do not think of another place. Great college, hot girls and great city!!Read full comment

“UVA is one of only a handful of schools (about 13) in the nation that offers an undergraduate degree in urban planning. This had a very relevant and ...Read full comment

“... Although the school is beautiful and prestigious, the atmosphere of arrogance and competition is unbearable ...Read full comment

“UVa is a good school. So far my teachers have been nice, helpful and willing to talk. However, this is not an easy school. Breezing through the classe...Read full comment

“... The only negative thing I have to say about UVA is the fact that competition is everywhere ...Read full comment

“I graduated almost twenty years ago, so my assessment is dated, but it was fantastic when I was there. I was in the Echols Honors Program, so I had u...Read full comment

“... , you win high school elections freshman year, but some "loser" wins every subsequent year); you think the world revolves around you, you have no ...Read full comment

“I applied early to UVA without thinking and was crushed when I got in - I wanted nothing to do with what I perceived to be an overblown exacerbation o...Read full comment

“UVA is a great school. It's ranked #1 in the nation among public universities(tied with Berkeley) for a reason. If you get in here, DO NOT turn it dow...Read full comment

“I loved UVa and I think that you'll find that most people who have graduated from UVa loved it as well. It is competitive, it is political--but at al...Read full comment

“Great college, great students, faculty and staff, beautiful campus, and great city! We have the best athletics in the country. I would not go anywhere...Read full comment

“... 3) The level of competition in the Engineering School, is good to have to a certain degree, but on the level that exists at UVA, it is unhealth...Read full comment

“... Moreover, large classes were graded on a curve where I felt that the focus on competition took away from the learning ...Read full comment

“UVA definitely has the good, as well as the bad. The campus ("grounds") is beautiful, and the surrounding city of Charlottesville always has something...Read full comment

“I applied early to UVA without thinking and was crushed when I got in - I wanted nothing to do with what I perceived to be an overblown exacerbation o...Read full comment

“UVa is a great school with a lot of great students. We have a very balanced social atmosphere, where the kids are smart but they don't work 24 hours ...Read full comment

“This university offers everything. for one, it is the best public school in america! it has some of the best programs in environmental science, whic...Read full comment

“... , you win high school elections freshman year, but some "loser" wins every subsequent year); you think the world revolves around you, you have no ...Read full comment

“... Admittedly i was woefully unprepared for the social and academic competition ...Read full comment