UVA vs Vandy for undergrad.

Echols Scholar for UVA, which means I don't have to take the core curriculum and I have priority course selection over other students. Vanderbilt is about 7k cheaper. These are the factors I am weighing right now. Other than that I'm looking to you guys for help. Is there truly a significant gap between McIntire and Vandy Econ? Of course there is culture and fit etc. as well, but I think both schools are fairly similar. The main differences being location and what is likely a "smarter" student body at Vandy (10% acceptance rate vs 20%). Please provide any input you have and correct me where I am wrong. Thank you!

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UVA all the way. Especially since you get to skip the core curriculum. 7K more is definitely worth it considering UVA is a target and Vandy is a semi target.

 

UVA will provide you with a more structure business program and you will have to teach yourself finance technicals bc of econ at Vandy.

Personally, I was in a similar situation and chose Vanderbilt because of the prestige. I haven't started Vanderbilt yet, so cannot talk about recruiting but I would prefer overall college reputation over business school reputation. I know people will fight me about this, but students who get into 10% acceptance schools are genuinely smarter than 20%. I believe college prestige matters, but that is just one point of view.

Both colleges will be a fun time and you will do well graduating from both. Private message me if you want

 

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