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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd rank them:
1. UVA
2. JMU
3. W&M / MW
4. VT
5. GMU

Tech is a factory, anyone can cake-walk through it. VT is a joke anymore.
GMU is good, but it's a commuter school (no real college experience).
W&M and Mary Washington aren't bad, but a boring place.
JMU is great, but not quite a UVA.
UVA (and I am not a UVA grad) is probably the top public school in VA.[/quote]

[b]No one thinks JMU is preferable to W&M except for partying.  This post has no credibility[/b].[/quote]

+1[/quote]

+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%[/quote]

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