Hello again all! Today, we're going to tell you about experiences in-state students have while attending UVa. Being an in-state student comes with it's advantages, notably cheaper tuition. But there is a lot more to being an in-state student at UVa, read more below!
Isn't she a beaut?
Being close to home
The year is 2019. March.
My lymph nodes: swollen. My headache: roaring. My desire to be swaddled like a tiny little baby: raging. The cause, according to the lovely folks at Elson Student Health: mono. Home is such a sweet, sweet sound right about now.
But wonderfully, the Northeast Regional Amtrak is only $32 and a Facebook group entitled “Hoos Riding Hoos Driving” is brimming with postings offering a ride. Home is, in fact, so very close.
The beauty of being an instate student at UVA is the ability to quickly traverse between independence and familiarity. You can be the self-sufficient goddess of academia in seminar Friday afternoon and a sickly infant surrounded by family at home Friday evening. You can go from peak-career 1999 Britney Spears to 1993 Mickey Mouse Club Britney Spears in just a couple hours.
While the college experience affords you the luxury of personal independence and the space to explore your identity at the cusp of adulthood, being an instate student at UVA also makes it easy to return to the comforts and compassion of home when you’re sick or simply having a bad week.
State Pride
There is something really cool about being able to represent the state and the place where you grew up. When you're at a football game or a basketball game and the crowd is chanting for Virginia, it's not only your college home and the place where you found your friends, it's the place where you grew up with your family.
Being from Virginia and being a UVa student, you can take pride in not just the state that you've made your home, but the place where you've called home for a long time.
The Rotunda - via news.virginia.edu.
A Familiar Place, a New Life
Coming to college is a start to a new part of your life, and as an in-state student, you get to experience that new part in a place that you know and love. UVa is the #1 Most Beautiful School in the nation, and you can feel comfortable here in this place you've always known, and explore it as a new college student. Maybe you've come to C'ville on a field trip to Monticello, or attended a summer camp or Model UN at UVa, but now you can come in, make friends, and make this amazing place you're home.
No matter where you're from, there's really nowhere like UVa. Check back tomorrow to hear from out-of-state interns about their experiences, and as always, WAHOOWA!
Signing off,
The In-State Interns
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