10 points for UVA students, Virginia residents, prospective UVAers...?

I am from Virginia although I did not go to college there. It is a beautiful campus, but it is kind of in the country. A school like Brown or Northwestern is going to prefer students who attended a top undergraduate school. I am not saying you would not get in if you went to UVA, it would just be difficult. If you did get excepted you would still be really far behind and it would be difficult to catch up. I really do not know that much about the campus, but the surrounding area is dull. It really is just about preference.