W&M
UVA JMU and U of Richmond GMU VT and MW |
As a VT grad, I resent this, but Blacksburg is happier without you in it anyway. |
JMU has a very pretty campus, in a nice town, nice kids (not snobby like at UVA) and the girls are beautiful.
Don't know much about VA Tech. |
An interstate runs right down the middle. How is that pretty? |
Oh no...the GMU booster is back.... |
UR is private and one of the top ranked small liberal arts colleges in the country so like W and L, should not really be in this discussion.
JMU is a band school. William and Mary is for intellectual types. All dirt roads lead to Tech. UVA rocks on all levels. |
+1 |
To be fair, the I-81 divide provides lots of late night entertainment. Chicken anyone? |
Me: GMU
Hubby: VT Daughter: JMU Son #1: UMW Son #2: VT All of us are gainfully employed in our fields and each school was perfect for us and our needs at the time. |
Depends on the major:
Architecture, Agriculture, Vet and STEM: VT Liberal Arts: W&M or UVA Sciences/Pre-Med: UVA Education: JMU If you already have family connections or want to build them in VA and want to stay in Richmond: U of R. |
+100 |
If you're equating higher quality with smaller classes , then JMU > UVa. DC is a first year student at UVa, and has had classes that ranged from 12 students to ~400 (so large they can't all fit in the lecture hall and latecomers have to go to an overflow room where the lecture is piped in via CCTV). Has not been able to get into a required upper level language class at all this year so will fill that requirement at least 1 1/2 years after taking the last high school language class. Has had lots of interaction with TAs - not so much with professors. UVa is a great school for many things, but it also has a bit of that factory feel, at least for arts & sciences students trying to fulfill core requirements. Other schools in the university probably have a different feel. |
+1. This ranking is positively ridiculous. According to the data submitted to the Virginia State Council of Education, rankings of these schools are as follows: In-state acceptance rates: 1. UVA--41% 2. W&M--42% 3. JMU--59% 4. GMU--65% 5. VT--66% 6. UMW--83% Median math SAT (middle 50%) 1. UVA--680 (630-740) 2. W&M--680 (630-720) 3. VT--630 (580-680) 4. GMU--580 (530-630) 5. JMU--580 (530-620) 6. UMW--540 (500-590) Median reading SAT (middle 50%) 1. W&M--690 (640-740) 2. UVA--670 (620-720) 3. VT--590 (540-640) 4. GMU/JMU--570 (520-620) 5. UMW--560 (510-620) Median GPA 1. UVA--4.24 2. W&M--4.11 3. VT--3.96 4. JMU--3.77 5. GMU--3.6 6. UMW--3.52 Graduation rate 1. UVA--94% 2. W&M--92% 3. JMU/VT--85% 4. UMW--79% 5. GMU--64% Yield (% of accepted students who enroll--an indication of the school's desirability) 1. UVA--63% 2. VT--52% 3. W&M--42% 4. JMU--36% 5. GMU--34% 6. UMW-27% |
Ivy's and top 20 National U's and top 10 LACs
UVA & WM Top 70 National U's & next 30 LACs VT & JMU & next 40 LACs State Flagships from all states Some state directionals & next 25 LACs GMU/VCU |
USNWR does not rank JMU as a national university at all. Rather, it's ranked as a "regional" university. |