Longwood University
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Anonymous
| Local kid and a friend chose Longwood for D1 basketball. Good choice for him as playing at that level is a challenge (as well as financially sound for him). Has a solid federal govt job - school is about fit. The fact of it being a small town with few distractions was good for an athlete and 7 am practices. |
Anonymous
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Oddly, based on the things I have seen, Longwood has better overall stats for admitted students than ODU and Radford.
For the pp with a kid interested in a fairly small school in a rural area, might Emory & Henry be of interest? We just added it last minute to my child's list sight unseen. No app fee, so throwing it in just to see what happens. Our list in VA (for a kid with stats that are not so good) is ODU, Radford, Shenandoah, Randolph and now E&H. |
Anonymous
Do you have stats to validate your claim? |
Anonymous
Sure. Here you go. https://research.schev.edu/enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.ASP |
Anonymous
Have you considered Randolph-Macon in Ashland? |
Anonymous
ODU’s stats are higher than Longwood’s. Not by much, but they are. https://research.schev.edu/enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.ASP |
Anonymous
We are looking for a mix of 2 very specific programs, and RMC doesn't have them. Neither does Longwood. It's fine - we have a very solid list. Kid actually really liked Randolph and the Take2 option - one of the programs she wants is only a minor there, but that system is a bigger plus than "only a minor" is a minus. We have a few other OOS options, too. Even an option or two in Canada. Just going to have her apply and let the chips fall where they may. In the end, she may wind up at NVCC. We are fully aware that every 4 year school may reject her. Doesn't hurt to apply, though. |
Anonymous
Longwood's stats are not significantly different from Radford, ODU, etc. |
Anonymous
No, the GPA range for Longwood is notably higher than for ODU. (Plus test score averages can be deceptive because so many applicants don't submit them.) |
Anonymous
+1 And the GPA range is not much different than the range for UMW and CNU, yet UMW and CNU are mentioned more often. |
Anonymous
| Longwood and UMW aren't even remotely comparable. |
Anonymous
Right. And the ones that DO submit them tend to be kids with higher than the school’s historical average. So the kids who aren’t submitting have even lower ones. Look, I’d send a kid who wants to be a nurse there in a heartbeat because it doesn’t matter where a nurse goes to school. But generally speaking LU is among the lowest of the low in VA reputation wise and always has been. |
Anonymous
Why? |
Anonymous
Please don’t tell me we are now going to argue that LU is in the same league as UMW and CNU admissions wise. It just isn’t. I get that you like the school and that’s great. But like it for what it is, not for what it isn’t. |
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I wish UMW was even a possibility for us - it doesn't have EITHER of the programs my daughter is looking for.
A cute little instate school an hour from home close to a historic walkable town would be an absolute dream for all of us. Oh, well - we're not UNhappy with her options. And even the private options in state for her aren't too bad (the VTAG money will be nice) Just...sigh. |