VA in-state options for 3.4 u/w (3.8 w) GPA

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Anonymous wrote:Is the unweighted/weighted GPA people use to determine if a college is a match vs. a reach the GPA at the end of Junior year? I read somewhere that the Naviance reported GPA is from Senior year.

I assumed it was Senior year since that is when students report their acceptances and denials.

Thank you

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Anonymous wrote:Went to VA Tech Junior day this weekend. They indicated they had a very strong application can't pool this year and decisions just went out. Are people seeing the usual admit results??surprises? We like everything but the devotion to football. Really liked the price.

We love Va Tech when we toured, but DC got into UVA so that ended it. But I was very impressed with the school. We went for engineering day. The stats they put up then (a year ago) for incoming applicants for engineering were high. 4.0+ on average. I still remember one mother asking "How can you get a GPA over a 4.0?" Oh baby, you are at the start of a very long learning curve. Anyhow, DC loved it and she's not into football. It was the ED that killed the deal for her. She would have applied but didn't want to be bound so ended up getting into "better" tech schools and ultimately went with aerospace engineering at UVA - something I encouraged because I wasn't convinced he would want to stay with engineering. And I think she may switch to econ but am still waiting to hear. It's very difficult to get into engineering, architecture and vet school at Tech.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a big fan of the Common Data Set. Glad that is being mentioned. All parents and their students should look it up and study it for information - - that and the Undergraduate Catalogue to know what each major requires concerning classes and gpa to be admitted to major. HOWEVER, looking at the Common Data Set is almost irrelevant coming from a Northern Virginia high school. [b]ALL THAT MATTERS IS WHAT GPA IS TAKES TO GET IN FROM YOUR HIGH SCHOOL.

Probably why the PP included the info from Naviance.

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Correct - a number of students who really wanted GMU didn't get in in DC's class.

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Anonymous wrote:Went to VA Tech Junior day this weekend. They indicated they had a very strong application can't pool this year and decisions just went out. Are people seeing the usual admit results??surprises? We like everything but the devotion to football. Really liked the price.

We love Va Tech when we toured, but DC got into UVA so that ended it. But I was very impressed with the school. We went for engineering day. The stats they put up then (a year ago) for incoming applicants for engineering were high. 4.0+ on average. I still remember one mother asking "How can you get a GPA over a 4.0?" Oh baby, you are at the start of a very long learning curve. Anyhow, DC loved it and she's not into football. It was the ED that killed the deal for her. She would have applied but didn't want to be bound so ended up getting into "better" tech schools and ultimately went with aerospace engineering at UVA - something I encouraged because I wasn't convinced he would want to stay with engineering. And I think she may switch to econ but am still waiting to hear. It's very difficult to get into engineering, architecture and vet school at Tech.

Is there any way to determine what the "maybe you have a chance" GPA is for in-state VA schools in the not-so-popular majors? (Say a poli sci major at VT?)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Went to VA Tech Junior day this weekend. They indicated they had a very strong application can't pool this year and decisions just went out. Are people seeing the usual admit results??surprises? We like everything but the devotion to football. Really liked the price.

We love Va Tech when we toured, but DC got into UVA so that ended it. But I was very impressed with the school. We went for engineering day. The stats they put up then (a year ago) for incoming applicants for engineering were high. 4.0+ on average. I still remember one mother asking "How can you get a GPA over a 4.0?" Oh baby, you are at the start of a very long learning curve. Anyhow, DC loved it and she's not into football. It was the ED that killed the deal for her. She would have applied but didn't want to be bound so ended up getting into "better" tech schools and ultimately went with aerospace engineering at UVA - something I encouraged because I wasn't convinced he would want to stay with engineering. And I think she may switch to econ but am still waiting to hear. It's very difficult to get into engineering, architecture and vet school at Tech.

Is there any way to determine what the "maybe you have a chance" GPA is for in-state VA schools in the not-so-popular majors? (Say a poli sci major at VT?)

Have you checked your school's Naviance?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Went to VA Tech Junior day this weekend. They indicated they had a very strong application can't pool this year and decisions just went out. Are people seeing the usual admit results??surprises? We like everything but the devotion to football. Really liked the price.

We love Va Tech when we toured, but DC got into UVA so that ended it. But I was very impressed with the school. We went for engineering day. The stats they put up then (a year ago) for incoming applicants for engineering were high. 4.0+ on average. I still remember one mother asking "How can you get a GPA over a 4.0?" Oh baby, you are at the start of a very long learning curve. Anyhow, DC loved it and she's not into football. It was the ED that killed the deal for her. She would have applied but didn't want to be bound so ended up getting into "better" tech schools and ultimately went with aerospace engineering at UVA - something I encouraged because I wasn't convinced he would want to stay with engineering. And I think she may switch to econ but am still waiting to hear. It's very difficult to get into engineering, architecture and vet school at Tech.

Is there any way to determine what the "maybe you have a chance" GPA is for in-state VA schools in the not-so-popular majors? (Say a poli sci major at VT?)

Have you checked your school's Naviance?

The scattergram tells you at what point (gpa, test scores), kids start getting admitted. For a school like VT (or other instate school), the scattergrams would be a good resource since there would be lots of kids applying.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Went to VA Tech Junior day this weekend. They indicated they had a very strong application can't pool this year and decisions just went out. Are people seeing the usual admit results??surprises? We like everything but the devotion to football. Really liked the price.

We love Va Tech when we toured, but DC got into UVA so that ended it. But I was very impressed with the school. We went for engineering day. The stats they put up then (a year ago) for incoming applicants for engineering were high. 4.0+ on average. I still remember one mother asking "How can you get a GPA over a 4.0?" Oh baby, you are at the start of a very long learning curve. Anyhow, DC loved it and she's not into football. It was the ED that killed the deal for her. She would have applied but didn't want to be bound so ended up getting into "better" tech schools and ultimately went with aerospace engineering at UVA - something I encouraged because I wasn't convinced he would want to stay with engineering. And I think she may switch to econ but am still waiting to hear. It's very difficult to get into engineering, architecture and vet school at Tech.

Is there any way to determine what the "maybe you have a chance" GPA is for in-state VA schools in the not-so-popular majors? (Say a poli sci major at VT?)

Have you checked your school's Naviance?

The scattergram tells you at what point (gpa, test scores), kids start getting admitted. For a school like VT (or other instate school), the scattergrams would be a good resource since there would be lots of kids applying.

Thanks to both PPs.

So for the GPA line in Naviance, those are senior year GPAs, correct?

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Anonymous wrote:How about considering some out of state state schools? Some aren't any more expensive than in state.

Slippery Rock in PA

Maybe Ohio University in Athens, OH?

That's about it, I believe.

There are many more than that. Examples have been shared before.

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Anonymous wrote:Went to VA Tech Junior day this weekend. They indicated they had a very strong application can't pool this year and decisions just went out. Are people seeing the usual admit results??surprises? We like everything but the devotion to football. Really liked the price.

We love Va Tech when we toured, but DC got into UVA so that ended it. But I was very impressed with the school. We went for engineering day. The stats they put up then (a year ago) for incoming applicants for engineering were high. 4.0+ on average. I still remember one mother asking "How can you get a GPA over a 4.0?" Oh baby, you are at the start of a very long learning curve. Anyhow, DC loved it and she's not into football. It was the ED that killed the deal for her. She would have applied but didn't want to be bound so ended up getting into "better" tech schools and ultimately went with aerospace engineering at UVA - something I encouraged because I wasn't convinced he would want to stay with engineering. And I think she may switch to econ but am still waiting to hear. It's very difficult to get into engineering, architecture and vet school at Tech.

Is there any way to determine what the "maybe you have a chance" GPA is for in-state VA schools in the not-so-popular majors? (Say a poli sci major at VT?)

Have you checked your school's Naviance?

The scattergram tells you at what point (gpa, test scores), kids start getting admitted. For a school like VT (or other instate school), the scattergrams would be a good resource since there would be lots of kids applying.

It might depend on school. For our school, scattergram grades are from end of Jr year. But I think for Naviance section that indicates average gpa, they may be referring to end of Sr year grade. You may want to check with school counselor.

Thanks to both PPs.

So for the GPA line in Naviance, those are senior year GPAs, correct?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Went to VA Tech Junior day this weekend. They indicated they had a very strong application can't pool this year and decisions just went out. Are people seeing the usual admit results??surprises? We like everything but the devotion to football. Really liked the price.

We love Va Tech when we toured, but DC got into UVA so that ended it. But I was very impressed with the school. We went for engineering day. The stats they put up then (a year ago) for incoming applicants for engineering were high. 4.0+ on average. I still remember one mother asking "How can you get a GPA over a 4.0?" Oh baby, you are at the start of a very long learning curve. Anyhow, DC loved it and she's not into football. It was the ED that killed the deal for her. She would have applied but didn't want to be bound so ended up getting into "better" tech schools and ultimately went with aerospace engineering at UVA - something I encouraged because I wasn't convinced he would want to stay with engineering. And I think she may switch to econ but am still waiting to hear. It's very difficult to get into engineering, architecture and vet school at Tech.

Is there any way to determine what the "maybe you have a chance" GPA is for in-state VA schools in the not-so-popular majors? (Say a poli sci major at VT?)

Have you checked your school's Naviance?

The scattergram tells you at what point (gpa, test scores), kids start getting admitted. For a school like VT (or other instate school), the scattergrams would be a good resource since there would be lots of kids applying.

Thanks to both PPs.

So for the GPA line in Naviance, those are senior year GPAs, correct?

It might depend on school. For our school, scattergram grades are from end of Jr year. But I think for Naviance section that indicates average gpa, they may be referring to end of Sr year grade. You may want to check with school counselor.

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Anyone get into W and M with a 3.9 good test scores, no sports that matter? Thanks

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone get into W and M with a 3.9 good test scores, no sports that matter? Thanks

That will depend on your school's Naviance record (it's more difficult to get in the W&M, UVA, GMu, etc. from the NOVA schools, etc.) but i just googled W&M and GPA and got this astonishing fact. "The average GPA at William and Mary is 4.19. This makes William and Mary Extremely Competitive for GPAs. With a GPA of 4.19, William and Mary requires you to be at the top of your class. You'll need nearly straight A's in all your classes to compete with other applicants." GMU's now is 3.66 and creeping upwards. Quite a few students in my DS's class did not get into GMU this time around. I also just received UVA's figures for the incoming class (another child is there). UVA received 4600 more applicants this year than last. Average ACT was 31-34 ("average"!!!!!!!) for a total of over 40,000 applications. Both of my children are in-state. I think what we may be seeing is a huge shift to in-state schools for those in VA and who can get in. I also understand the same is true for the California system but that the legislature recently voted to reserved 80% of the seats in the UC system for California residents. UVA has been doing the reverse (taking 40%++ OOS students and growing, plus internationals). This will be interesting to watch as private school expenses break $70K a year.

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Here's the GMU stats: The average GPA at George Mason University is 3.66. With a GPA of 3.66, George Mason University requires you to be above average in your high school class. You'll need at least a mix of A's and B's, with more A's than B's. You can compensate for a lower GPA with harder classes, like AP or IB classes.

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Anonymous wrote:What VA in-state options are considered safeties vs. reaches for 3.4 unweighted/3.8 weighted GPA with PSAT score 720 verbal and 670 math? (no hooks, no sports, ec is theatre)

tech/jmu are fairly likely.

I don't know about JMU, but I would say Tech is very unlikely with that GPA.

70% acceptance rate for VT, they're not that selective. Unless you want to major in engineering.

You can't look at the acceptance rate. Those that apply to VT are self-selecting. Look at the GPAs for Va Tech:

Estimated GPA Requirements
High School GPA Freshmen Within Range Admission Chances
3.75+ 77% Good
3.50 to 3.75 14% Reach
3.25 to 3.50 5% Reach
3.00 to 3.25 3% Reach

that's from google. My engineering-interest son was told 4.0 average GPA to apply as an engineer.