Rank these VA public universities
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Anonymous
We're not "back in the day" any longer. 
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Anonymous
+1 I don't know about "good looking and popular" necessarily, but definitely the last part. |
Anonymous
Depends on the definition of good. 3.5 seems to be what guarantees admission to JMU, 3.8 for Va Tech, 4.2 for UVA, 4.15 for W & M. Other schools: VCU 3.25, Radford 2.5, ODU undefined, Mary Washington 3.0, GMU 3.3, CNU, 3.2. This is for one HS based on the Naviance scattergrams. This just deals with admissions, not quality of the graduates. I can verify at VT used to have about 50% attrition (early 80's). But, from an admissions standpoint the tiers are: UVA & W&M VA Tech (overall) JMU Mary Washington, GMU, CNU, VCU Radford and ODU. |
Anonymous
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This is a stupid post, IMHO. Have you ever heard of the phrase "Past Performance Is No Guarantee of Future Results" and the famous Wayne Gretzky summed it up best "go where the puck will be, not where it is."?
My wife graduated from GMU and she has people that graduated from UVA, VATech and Stanford report to her. I found out early in my career that my golf game, former D1 golfer here, help me go further in my career than graduating from a well known U. |
Anonymous
| What about VCU Engineering? |
Anonymous
So what? I graduated from Va Tech and have had people from Berkeley, MIT and Harvard report to me. Then I realized management is not for me. I make more now, 100% technical, than I did has a manager. And I have fun. |
Anonymous
This is spot on. |
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If I was a kid growing up in the DC area I wouldn't want to go to GMU because it's too close and the campus isn't much to look at. However, they have some excellent programs and successful, enterprising graduates. My biases - and those of other posters are an unfair judgement of the programs and opportunities.
Would say the same for Mary Washington. .As a local kid, I would think: too close, too small, too suburban/ordinary. But with honors, freshmen seminars, medical school placements and even an occasional Fulbright scholar, it's clear there are lots of opportunities for those ready to take them on. Maybe a little sheltered, but a bargain education in a small liberal arts college setting. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
OMG you need to go visit. DD is just finishing up there. Campus is so comfortable. I've walked it from end to end. Also there's now Mason Korea. Building has been non-stop at both for the four years DD has been there but I know there was a 12 year building campaign before she even arrived. Her dorm looks like a hotel room. |
Anonymous
No one really cares where you went to nursing school. They care that you graduated and passed the NCLEX. Signed, an RN |
Anonymous
+1 I’d be thrilled if any of my kids went to GMU. The quality of their programs and internship opportunities is excellent. |
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Some info from a "prestige" perspective beyond just USNWR:
UVA, VT, GMU and VCU are all R1 (highest level research universities) nationally ranked universities. UVA is considered the strongest except in a few specific engineering programs and UVA and VT are more established in the R1 category and higher ranked than GMU and VCU. GMU has higher GPA/SAT recs than VCU, but they vary in which programs are considered "better." e.g. GMU better in tech/business/and some social sciences and VCU better in arts and some specific other pre-professional programs. W&M is considered a national (public) liberal arts college and is highly ranked and has equivalent admission reqs as UVA. JMU is a highly ranked regional university--that means it has a solid but still local reputation. It may be starting to bridge into a national university as highly qualified NOVA students who don't get into UVA/W&M/VT but want a public option away from home go there. It has more of a classic "college campus" feel than GMU, but fewer opportunities for internships and research partnerships. GMU has far more graduate programs/students so the tilt can feel away from the undergraduate population. From most NOVA high school, GPA/SAT acceptance scores are almost identical for GMU/JMU. CNU is a moderately ranked regional university with lower admission stats as are all the rest of the remaining public colleges/universities who are also all considered regional. |
Anonymous
DD is finishing up at GMU. She had three paid internships in her field. Economics, engineering and computer science is extremely strong. |
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Naviance from a mid-range FCPS hs: (Gives average scores from past 10 years of accepted students)
UVA: 4.37 GPA/1368 SAT W&M 4.32 GPA/1404 SAT VT: 4.14 GPA/1304 SAT JMU 3.94 GPA/1220 SAT GMU 3.89 GPA/1220 SAT VCU 3.62 GPA/1202 SAT CNU 3.72 GPA/1200 SAT UMW 3.65 GPA/1155 SAT |