Recommendations for schools within 3 hours of NoVa for my (below?) average kid?
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NP, guessing that CMU above is a typo and PP meant in-state CNU, Christopher Newport University. CMU is Carnegie-Mellon, in Pittsburgh. We don't have first hand experience here but OP, I've heard good things about Mary Washington in Fredericksburg too. An earlier PP mentioned Mary Washington. That PP also noted, and I agree, that there is a world of difference between a massive school like WVU and smaller colleges/universities, no matter which ones. Touring different size schools will show her that difference. It's easier to be lost in the crowd as a freshman at a huge university. But I'd be sure your DD tours one so she can judge for herself! |
Anonymous
| VCU also worth a look. There are lots of small colleges down toward Roanoke that are private also. |
Anonymous
DD is a sophomore at West Chester and is very pleased with it. |
Anonymous
Grades and projected SAT are too low for GMU |
Anonymous
Not true at all. Sure, if someone wants to do com sci or engineering, you better have close to a 4.0 for GMU. But for everything else, a 3.1 gpa (at my FCPS HS, based on Naviance) will get you into GMU. We are one of the top 5 FCPS HSs, and we are close to GMU. OP's kid can definitely get into GMU. |
Anonymous
I looked at the SCHEV data before posting, did you? |
Anonymous
| Shenandoah? |
Anonymous
Also for JMU and probably CNU too. DP |
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Mary Washington
Washington College (one f 10 oldest in US, kind of isolated) West Chester U (great college town) Chestnut Hill College (gorgeous, but high percentage women) |
Anonymous
| I agree to look at West Virginia, Mary Washington, Shenandoah, VCU, maybe Longwood. Different sizes and atmospheres but I think all are reasonable targets. |
Anonymous
| I agree with a lot of these recs. Mary Wash, Shenandoah, West Chester. Would add Susquehanna and Lynchburg. |
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| ODU! |
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| Maybe St Mary’s in Maryland? |
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Thanks, all, for suggestions. I looked these up and put them in a spreadsheet (I did drop the ones that are further away). In case it helps anyone else, this is them sorted by graduation rate:
Undergrad % Female % White % Admit % Graduate JMU 19,727 58 75 80 82 CNU 4,758 55 76 76 80 American 8,000 62 51 39 79 West Chester U 14,712 60 74 86 75 Susquehanna 2,239 57 79 73 75 Ursinus 1,493 49 74 80 74 Juniata 1,303 55 74 67 74 Towson 18,730 60 50 79 73 GMU 27,104 49 37 89 72 St Mary's 1,486 60 70 79 72 Washington College 1,089 61 67 80 72 Roanoke 1,920 57 82 78 70 Longwood 3,940 69 72 87 67 VCU 21,943 62 43 91 66 Goucher College 1,114 68 48 79 66 Mary Washington 3,993 65 68 75 65 McDaniel 1,804 55 55 81 63 Bridgewater 1,552 55 64 76 63 WVU 20,495 51 82 84 62 Shenandoah 2,267 60 64 74 61 Lynchburg 1,822 61 74 97 57 Radford 7,307 62 63 79 56 Millersville 6,454 59 74 85 56 Marymount 2,041 65 31 85 54 ODU 19,622 56 44 95 53 Chestnut Hill College 1,074 60 36 71 52 |
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| Data from https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/ |