Rank these VA public universities

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Anonymous wrote:I only read the first few pages of this post, but as a JMU grad, the comparisons between JMU and Tech are interesting. When I graduated high school (90, so a long time ago!) JMU was quite superior to Tech academically (engineering the exception then also). Interesting to hear that they are even or maybe Tech is a bit above JMU now in overall academics. I grew up in VA and our top top students from highs school all went UVA or WM, darn near close to top went to JMU and the above average kids went to Tech. VCU and Radford were much easier to get into. In 5 years or so I'll be looking at this again for my kids but good to know how things change.

I can say that JMU was an absolutely amazing place to go to college. Such a friendly campus, fun students, plenty of parties and plenty of space to be yourself.

This was my experience in the 90’s as well. Tech was condsideres sort of a “catch all”. I distinctly remember my guidance couselor saying as long as I had above a 3.2 and an ok SAT, I would easily get into Tech.
Turns out I was an excellent musician and my grades didn’t really matter after auditions.
Thank goodness. I was a lack luster student.

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I would say that UVA and William Mary are the best in terms of undergrad quality of student. The stats of the students look basically similar. Very different types of schools, though. Obviously better name recognition for UVA, as it’s the flagship.

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Anonymous wrote:I would say that UVA and William Mary are the best in terms of undergrad quality of student. The stats of the students look basically similar. Very different types of schools, though. Obviously better name recognition for UVA, as it’s the flagship.

^ William and Mary

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With W and M mostly women, do men with lower stats get in to try and maintain a more equal gender balance?

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Yes, it is easier to get for men.

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DS interested in Old Dominion for marine biology program. His SATs and GPA far exceed the average there. Anyone know where
anything about this program beyond the relatively low ranking of the university? TIA

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Anonymous wrote:With W and M mostly women, do men with lower stats get in to try and maintain a more equal gender balance?

Yes, it is roughly 1.4x easier for men to get in as opposed to women at William & Mary.

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Anonymous wrote:DS interested in Old Dominion for marine biology program. His SATs and GPA far exceed the average there. Anyone know where
anything about this program beyond the relatively low ranking of the university? TIA

You should probably start a new thread to get better responses.

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Va Tech dropped to 56% acceptance rate this year.

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Anonymous wrote:I only read the first few pages of this post, but as a JMU grad, the comparisons between JMU and Tech are interesting. When I graduated high school (90, so a long time ago!) JMU was quite superior to Tech academically (engineering the exception then also). Interesting to hear that they are even or maybe Tech is a bit above JMU now in overall academics. I grew up in VA and our top top students from highs school all went UVA or WM, darn near close to top went to JMU and the above average kids went to Tech. VCU and Radford were much easier to get into. In 5 years or so I'll be looking at this again for my kids but good to know how things change.

I can say that JMU was an absolutely amazing place to go to college. Such a friendly campus, fun students, plenty of parties and plenty of space to be yourself.

I graduated from NOVA HS in 85 and no, no, no, JMU was not considered better than Va Tech in my school. And I was not a science major. The rankings back then were just as it is now, UVa, WM, Va Tech, JMU. In that order. Virtually everyone I knew who went to JMU did not get into Va Tech. Now that doesn't mean there isn't someone who chooses JMU over Va Tech, but I don't know any.

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Too funny, I graduated from hs in 1985 in Virginia, not from NOVA, everyone at my non-NOVA private school considered VA Tech a joke, unless you were majoring in engineering. JMU was highly desired at the time and was smaller and more selective than they are now. At that time, everyone I knew who went to Tech absolutely hated it. Some of the graduates o know from that time period still hate it.

Tech seems to be making a comeback now.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:George Mason Out of State Students by Year (Entering Freshman)

2017: 20%
2016 - 19%
2015 - 21%
2014 - 20%
2013 - 20%

2001 - 11% (this is the oldest one posted on website)

Why would anyone from out of state go to this school other than on a scholarship?

Good lord are you ignorant.

+1
PPs like that aren't even worth replying to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I only read the first few pages of this post, but as a JMU grad, the comparisons between JMU and Tech are interesting. When I graduated high school (90, so a long time ago!) JMU was quite superior to Tech academically (engineering the exception then also). Interesting to hear that they are even or maybe Tech is a bit above JMU now in overall academics. I grew up in VA and our top top students from highs school all went UVA or WM, darn near close to top went to JMU and the above average kids went to Tech. VCU and Radford were much easier to get into. In 5 years or so I'll be looking at this again for my kids but good to know how things change.

I can say that JMU was an absolutely amazing place to go to college. Such a friendly campus, fun students, plenty of parties and plenty of space to be yourself.

+100 to all of the above, though I didn't go to JMU. I just know a lot of JMU alums who are wonderful people. And I graduated in '86 from a top NoVA high school, and this was accurate then as well.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I only read the first few pages of this post, but as a JMU grad, the comparisons between JMU and Tech are interesting. When I graduated high school (90, so a long time ago!) JMU was quite superior to Tech academically (engineering the exception then also). Interesting to hear that they are even or maybe Tech is a bit above JMU now in overall academics. I grew up in VA and our top top students from highs school all went UVA or WM, darn near close to top went to JMU and the above average kids went to Tech. VCU and Radford were much easier to get into. In 5 years or so I'll be looking at this again for my kids but good to know how things change.

I can say that JMU was an absolutely amazing place to go to college. Such a friendly campus, fun students, plenty of parties and plenty of space to be yourself.

I find this surprising. I went to college in the 80's, in the sciences (not engineering). I guess it depends on the major. Sure, you do not go to tech for an english major, but in the sciences it was much better than JMU.

DP. Tech has a wonderful liberal arts college, which you never hear about because people are so focused on engineering. My child wants to go there to study languages and International Affairs.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I only read the first few pages of this post, but as a JMU grad, the comparisons between JMU and Tech are interesting. When I graduated high school (90, so a long time ago!) JMU was quite superior to Tech academically (engineering the exception then also). Interesting to hear that they are even or maybe Tech is a bit above JMU now in overall academics. I grew up in VA and our top top students from highs school all went UVA or WM, darn near close to top went to JMU and the above average kids went to Tech. VCU and Radford were much easier to get into. In 5 years or so I'll be looking at this again for my kids but good to know how things change.

I can say that JMU was an absolutely amazing place to go to college. Such a friendly campus, fun students, plenty of parties and plenty of space to be yourself.

I graduated from NOVA HS in 85 and no, no, no, JMU was not considered better than Va Tech in my school. And I was not a science major. The rankings back then were just as it is now, UVa, WM, Va Tech, JMU. In that order. Virtually everyone I knew who went to JMU did not get into Va Tech. Now that doesn't mean there isn't someone who chooses JMU over Va Tech, but I don't know any.

I graduated in '86 and at our high school, JMU and VT were considered equally good. People chose one over the other more for the feel of the school. I got into VT but did not get into JMU. I wound up going to another school altogether. It is truly all about fit.