TJ and The Rotunda

Introduction
Charlottesville is a great place. I love it. It's neat because there is a real balance between it is a college town and the university is very prominent here, but its not overwhelming in that there's a definite strong community and you can definitely be apart of it which is really cool. Most people only live on grounds their freshman year and then after that you move off grounds for the most part. There's definitely on grounds housing for upperclassmen. It's neat because we all live in a neighborhood, but it's not a dorm. Word on the street is that we have the most restaurants per capita in the country. And its the number one most desired place to live which is cool. It's just a really friendly warm place. I really like it and its fun to the sporting events because its not just UVA kids it’s all the local people that live here with their families and I think that's really neat.

Campus Life and Social Life
People refer to the Rotunda as the heart of the school. And I think that's really true because its fun how people refer to Thomas Jefferson around here. He was the founder of our school and it's funny because everybody calls him TJ as if he's like still around and thriving. And the Rotunda is just such a way to connect with him I guess because it was obviously his kind of prodigy. Its really cool because as an architect, we've been able to study the Pavilions, and Lawn rooms, and the Rotunda in terms of their architecture and what they were trying to mimic, so that's been really neat. And it's just a neat area that's really conducive to learning we go out there sometimes for class when its pretty as well as hanging out with friends. It's just a really unique place and it adds an element to UVA that's different from other schools. Academics
Professors here are really great in that they're all really passionate about what they do and that makes it a lot easier to learn and it also makes it interesting too. I've definitely had some professors that were great lecturers but in terms of knowing them personally it’s a little harder to get to know them. But I've also had some wonderful professors who learn your name after meeting you once for 5 minutes. There are several different schools which is really great because you get to do anything. I started off in the college of Arts and Sciences and then I happened to find an Urban Planning class that sounded really interesting so I took it and feel in love with it. So its great because you can take classes within each school. The workload differs depending on your major, depending on your school. The architecture school definitely has a lot of work, but its really cool stuff, making models and doing blueprints and plans and stuff so its really fun. There's definitely majors where it’s maybe a little less work and definitely majors where you're doing a lot of work. At UVA I study about 15-20 hours per week. The Jefferson Scholarship is a huge deal and it’s a really big honor and that pays, I believe, for all of your tuition. The Echols Scholars program doesn't pay for anything financially but they do, you get register for your classes early and that's a strictly academic scholarship. I know that they give a lot of individual scholarships that you can apply for. Word on the street is that we have the most restaurants per capita in the country. And its the number one most desired place to live which is cool. It's just a really friendly warm place. I really like it and its fun to the sporting events because its not just UVA kids it’s all the local people that live here with their families and I think that's really neat. Most people only live on grounds their freshman year and then after that you move off grounds for the most part. There's definitely on grounds housing for upperclassmen. It's neat because we all live in a neighborhood, but it's not a dorm.

Student Body
Since this is a state school there's a lot of kids from Virginia. I guess you're UVA stereotype might be fratty kind of guy and sorority kind of girl.

In Closing...
There are plenty of other things that the University has to offer and that the town of Charlottesville has to offer as well as D.C. which is a little less than two hours away. It's really nice that there are just tons of options.