Recs for in-state (VA) 3.5 GPA

[Anonymous]

The Wall Street Journal College Pulse ranks VT 19th out of 500 US universities in its 2025 list of best colleges. It's only NOVA parents who think it's a safety school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:JMU and VT are not reaches. JMU is a safety. VT somewhere in between a safety and a reach.

VT is actually incredibly competitive. You're applying to a major there. There's lots of competition.

How hard is it to change a major once in at VT? I know if it was easy, everyone would do it, but is it possible to apply to a random major and switch to a more popular one?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why in the world would ODU be in and VCU out? ODU is a poor man’s VCU in every single way and is a likely admit. It’s also a stronger school academically than CNU notwithstanding that it’s easier to get into.

So far as I’m concerned, when the Big Three (UVA, Tech, W&M) are out, VCU is the way to go.

There is no "Big Three." You made that up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Wall Street Journal College Pulse ranks VT 19th out of 500 US universities in its 2025 list of best colleges. It's only NOVA parents who think it's a safety school.

They have a 60% admit rate and the average SAT score is in the mid 1300s. It's not exactly hyper-competitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why in the world would ODU be in and VCU out? ODU is a poor man’s VCU in every single way and is a likely admit. It’s also a stronger school academically than CNU notwithstanding that it’s easier to get into.

So far as I’m concerned, when the Big Three (UVA, Tech, W&M) are out, VCU is the way to go.

There is no "Big Three." You made that up.

Yes I did. I’m talking about from a competitive admissions standpoint. There’s those three, then everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Wall Street Journal College Pulse ranks VT 19th out of 500 US universities in its 2025 list of best colleges. It's only NOVA parents who think it's a safety school.

Relax Hokie. Only stated by one poster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why in the world would ODU be in and VCU out? ODU is a poor man’s VCU in every single way and is a likely admit. It’s also a stronger school academically than CNU notwithstanding that it’s easier to get into.

So far as I’m concerned, when the Big Three (UVA, Tech, W&M) are out, VCU is the way to go.

There is no "Big Three." You made that up.

Yes I did. I’m talking about from a competitive admissions standpoint. There’s those three, then everyone else.

VT has long accepted the majority of applicants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Wall Street Journal College Pulse ranks VT 19th out of 500 US universities in its 2025 list of best colleges. It's only NOVA parents who think it's a safety school.

They have a 60% admit rate and the average SAT score is in the mid 1300s. It's not exactly hyper-competitive.

52k applications, 28k admitted, average SAT 1360 to be exact. Maybe not “hyper-competitive” but no cake walk either.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why in the world would ODU be in and VCU out? ODU is a poor man’s VCU in every single way and is a likely admit. It’s also a stronger school academically than CNU notwithstanding that it’s easier to get into.

So far as I’m concerned, when the Big Three (UVA, Tech, W&M) are out, VCU is the way to go.

There is no "Big Three." You made that up.

Yes I did. I’m talking about from a competitive admissions standpoint. There’s those three, then everyone else.

VT has long accepted the majority of applicants.

Sure, it’s not UVA or W&M. But it’s well ahead of every other VA state school and that hasn’t always been the case.

[Anonymous]

What about Wise?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why in the world would ODU be in and VCU out? ODU is a poor man’s VCU in every single way and is a likely admit. It’s also a stronger school academically than CNU notwithstanding that it’s easier to get into.

So far as I’m concerned, when the Big Three (UVA, Tech, W&M) are out, VCU is the way to go.

There is no "Big Three." You made that up.

Yes I did. I’m talking about from a competitive admissions standpoint. There’s those three, then everyone else.

VT has long accepted the majority of applicants.

Sure, it’s not UVA or W&M. But it’s well ahead of every other VA state school and that hasn’t always been the case.

Not sure about "well ahead." Seems similar to JMU, which says a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:JMU and VT are not reaches. JMU is a safety. VT somewhere in between a safety and a reach.

VT is actually incredibly competitive. You're applying to a major there. There's lots of competition.

How hard is it to change a major once in at VT? I know if it was easy, everyone would do it, but is it possible to apply to a random major and switch to a more popular one?

For non restricted majors it doesn’t seem difficult but many of the popular majors (colleges of business, engineering, architecture/design, etc), you either need to reapply to the university (so initially going withundersubscribed major doesn’t save you) or it’s limited enrollment so it’s practically impossible

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why in the world would ODU be in and VCU out? ODU is a poor man’s VCU in every single way and is a likely admit. It’s also a stronger school academically than CNU notwithstanding that it’s easier to get into.

So far as I’m concerned, when the Big Three (UVA, Tech, W&M) are out, VCU is the way to go.

There is no "Big Three." You made that up.

Yes I did. I’m talking about from a competitive admissions standpoint. There’s those three, then everyone else.

VT has long accepted the majority of applicants.

Sure, it’s not UVA or W&M. But it’s well ahead of every other VA state school and that hasn’t always been the case.

Not sure about "well ahead." Seems similar to JMU, which says a lot.

You might want to try this little thing called Google. For JMU, they had 36,000 applications and accepted 27,000. And the average SAT is 1260. It’s not even close. Not to mention that JMU’s yield is among the lowest in the state.

[Anonymous]

OP, apply widely. Why the need to determine -now- what the outcome will be? What the favorite will be. If not ED, no reason is the world.

Look at where VT is on the US News ranking and see if there are any schools around that ranking or below your DC might prefer. Choose several. Throw the hat into the ring and see what happens. Especially if any are rolling admission, you may have an answer and know the cost in the Fall. Something to compare.

[Anonymous]

Is VCU considered on par or better than CNU?

Some kids don't vibe with the urban campus. Mine wants a more traditional campus and I get that. Kid wants to study pre-nursing or something similar.