Congrats to the GMU Admits!

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Anonymous wrote:We were very pleasantly surprised that DC was admitted today for next fall. Congrats to all who were admitted this round.

Why surprised? Did they do poorly in HS?

could you be any more passive aggressive?

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What do you think the bare minimum requirement is to get in? My Junior will probably have a 3.3 GPA and 1150 SAT from a tiny private school. Would like engineering.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you think the bare minimum requirement is to get in? My Junior will probably have a 3.3 GPA and 1150 SAT from a tiny private school. Would like engineering.

bumping

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Anonymous wrote:What do you think the bare minimum requirement is to get in? My Junior will probably have a 3.3 GPA and 1150 SAT from a tiny private school. Would like engineering.

bumping

Depends on where the 3.3 puts him in the private school and what rigor of courses he took. Engineering is a tougher admit.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you think the bare minimum requirement is to get in? My Junior will probably have a 3.3 GPA and 1150 SAT from a tiny private school. Would like engineering.

bumping

Depends on where the 3.3 puts him in the private school and what rigor of courses he took. Engineering is a tougher admit.

They don't look at class rank from a tiny school, especially one that grades to B average. Even super bright kids end up in the bottom half of the class.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you think the bare minimum requirement is to get in? My Junior will probably have a 3.3 GPA and 1150 SAT from a tiny private school. Would like engineering.

bumping

Unlikely for engineering unless this high school is known for being difficult and the gpa is unweighted. Honestly, if he doesn't have A's in calc, other math and science classes, he would have a hard time getting through the major.

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Anonymous wrote:When we toured with our oldest we thought it was a good option nothing too special. Then we toured 3 years later with our youngest and honestly, it was the best info session we went to and we were much more impressed. He emphasized that the location is such a benefit bc there are so many opportunities to do internships while taking classes —you can go to DC 2 or 3 days a week for an internship and take classes the other days. They have so many partnerships with great companies and really impressed us. Don’t know if our kid will choose it but it definitely moved up his list.

+1
GMU is probably the best VA school for internships. So many opportunities.

+100

My sister and her son both got their first jobs out of internships started while at GMU.

I will say they grade hard. I got an MS there after transferring for a job here in DC and the work required was much more.

I work at an agency with many going to local law schools- gu, gmu, American, Catholic and some that transferred between and they all talked about the rigor at gmu—and the fabulous guest professors.

Congrats to all.

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It is a good school.

George Mason University is ranked #137 out of 443 National Universities. People are paying far more to send their kids to schools that are not nearly as good. THere's a long thread about that on here somewhere.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you think the bare minimum requirement is to get in? My Junior will probably have a 3.3 GPA and 1150 SAT from a tiny private school. Would like engineering.

bumping

Depends on where the 3.3 puts him in the private school and what rigor of courses he took. Engineering is a tougher admit.

They don't look at class rank from a tiny school, especially one that grades to B average. Even super bright kids end up in the bottom half of the class.

I wasn't meaning rank explicitly, but rather how the GPA and course rigor looks in the context of the school profile the school submits. Math rigor and grades will matter most for engineering.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you think the bare minimum requirement is to get in? My Junior will probably have a 3.3 GPA and 1150 SAT from a tiny private school. Would like engineering.

bumping

Depends on where the 3.3 puts him in the private school and what rigor of courses he took. Engineering is a tougher admit.

They don't look at class rank from a tiny school, especially one that grades to B average. Even super bright kids end up in the bottom half of the class.

I wasn't meaning rank explicitly, but rather how the GPA and course rigor looks in the context of the school profile the school submits. Math rigor and grades will matter most for engineering.

And how does high school class rigor play into GMU acceptances for liberal arts undergrad degrees?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you think the bare minimum requirement is to get in? My Junior will probably have a 3.3 GPA and 1150 SAT from a tiny private school. Would like engineering.

bumping

Depends on where the 3.3 puts him in the private school and what rigor of courses he took. Engineering is a tougher admit.

They don't look at class rank from a tiny school, especially one that grades to B average. Even super bright kids end up in the bottom half of the class.

I wasn't meaning rank explicitly, but rather how the GPA and course rigor looks in the context of the school profile the school submits. Math rigor and grades will matter most for engineering.

And how does high school class rigor play into GMU acceptances for liberal arts undergrad degrees?

It matters, but not as steep a requirement.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you think the bare minimum requirement is to get in? My Junior will probably have a 3.3 GPA and 1150 SAT from a tiny private school. Would like engineering.

bumping

Depends on where the 3.3 puts him in the private school and what rigor of courses he took. Engineering is a tougher admit.

FWIW - if that is a weighted GPA, he would be below the 25th percentile for last year’s entering class. The 75th percentile had a 4.0, median had a 4.76; bottom 25th percentile had a 3.46. The SAT is also low. But I’m t us difficult to compare public weighted GPAs to a private 4.0 scale.