Rank these VA public universities

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Neither of my sons (instate) with top grades and stats got into W&M. I don't know if I believe that it's "easier" for men to get in than women.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

I've never met any graduates from either Tech or JMU who hated their time there - quite the opposite. In fact, VT and JMU grads are some of the most loyal alumni I know. Both seem like great schools, full of smart, fun, well-rounded students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Neither of my sons (instate) with top grades and stats got into W&M. I don't know if I believe that it's "easier" for men to get in than women.

Well, we’re still taking a very good baseline here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Neither of my sons (instate) with top grades and stats got into W&M. I don't know if I believe that it's "easier" for men to get in than women.

The actual data that supports this is publicly available. Basically, more women apply and more
Women attend W&M. Since the aim is to have a balanced a class as possible, the state for admitted men are slightly lower. The reverse is true at a male dominated STEM school like VA Tech.

[Anonymous]

I went to VT and my sister went to JMU. Agree with PP that nearly every alum I know absolutely loved their time at both places. When I was in school in the 90s, it felt like top non eng students went to UVA (a few W&M) and top eng students went to Tech. JMU really felt like a mix between UVA and VT.

I will say that from a college kid perspective because I was in eng, man, girls were hard to meet, guys everyone! There are definitely more opportunities for guys at JMU. My sister had a TON of great girl friends, but had trouble finding guys.

In terms of recognition, VT is definitely more recognizable. When I'm wearing VT swag, people come up to me everywhere I go. My kids sometimes wear swag from VT and JMU when we travel. Very few comments when wearing JMU and it's enough to for me to notice when they wear VT gear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to VT and my sister went to JMU. Agree with PP that nearly every alum I know absolutely loved their time at both places. When I was in school in the 90s, it felt like top non eng students went to UVA (a few W&M) and top eng students went to Tech. JMU really felt like a mix between UVA and VT.

I will say that from a college kid perspective because I was in eng, man, girls were hard to meet, guys everyone! There are definitely more opportunities for guys at JMU. My sister had a TON of great girl friends, but had trouble finding guys.

In terms of recognition, VT is definitely more recognizable. When I'm wearing VT swag, people come up to me everywhere I go. My kids sometimes wear swag from VT and JMU when we travel. Very few comments when wearing JMU and it's enough to for me to notice when they wear VT gear.

My perspective from the 1990s at a nova big box hs was that, with few exceptions, those who went to VT or JMU had been rejected by UVA or William and Mary.

[Anonymous]

PP - not for engineering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to VT and my sister went to JMU. Agree with PP that nearly every alum I know absolutely loved their time at both places. When I was in school in the 90s, it felt like top non eng students went to UVA (a few W&M) and top eng students went to Tech. JMU really felt like a mix between UVA and VT.

I will say that from a college kid perspective because I was in eng, man, girls were hard to meet, guys everyone! There are definitely more opportunities for guys at JMU. My sister had a TON of great girl friends, but had trouble finding guys.

In terms of recognition, VT is definitely more recognizable. When I'm wearing VT swag, people come up to me everywhere I go. My kids sometimes wear swag from VT and JMU when we travel. Very few comments when wearing JMU and it's enough to for me to notice when they wear VT gear.

My perspective from the 1990s at a nova big box hs was that, with few exceptions, those who went to VT or JMU had been rejected by UVA or William and Mary.

I also went to high school here in NoVA and definitely remember the exceptions - those who were admitted to all the VA schools, and chose JMU or VT over UVA or W&M. I think the smartest people are those who know where they will fit in and flourish, and who aren't concerned about prestige - either real or perceived.

[Anonymous]

"My perspective from the 1990s at a nova big box hs was that, with few exceptions, those who went to VT or JMU had been rejected by UVA or William and Mary."

As a JMU grad, I met more people who wanted schools like UNC out of state than people who wanted UVA or WM, but of course JMU is typically easier to get into than either of these. JMU has a great fine arts program (for the stave of VA, anyway) which is why I chose it and did not apply to any other VA schools. VCU was too artsy-weird for me

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With a kid who applied to Several VA universities this year, I’ve been following the College Confidential posts de: VA Tech today. It’s a very small anecdotal sample, but I’ve been surprised by the high stats for some of the denied kids. I wonder if they just though they wouldn’t accept, so preempted by denying. This was not limited to engineering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

I've never met any graduates from either Tech or JMU who hated their time there - quite the opposite. In fact, VT and JMU grads are some of the most loyal alumni I know. Both seem like great schools, full of smart, fun, well-rounded students.

I know of a kid who attends JMU and hates it, so he's graduating early to get out of there. Not for everyone, I guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

I've never met any graduates from either Tech or JMU who hated their time there - quite the opposite. In fact, VT and JMU grads are some of the most loyal alumni I know. Both seem like great schools, full of smart, fun, well-rounded students.

I know of a kid who attends JMU and hates it, so he's graduating early to get out of there. Not for everyone, I guess.

Don't know what to say. I have one child at JMU, one at GMU and one at UVA and they are all doing well and enjoying themselves. thank God for Virginia in-state!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

I've never met any graduates from either Tech or JMU who hated their time there - quite the opposite. In fact, VT and JMU grads are some of the most loyal alumni I know. Both seem like great schools, full of smart, fun, well-rounded students.

I know of a kid who attends JMU and hates it, so he's graduating early to get out of there. Not for everyone, I guess.

Not everyone is happy at every school. Though everyone I know who went to JMU or has a child attending now absolutely loves it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

I've never met any graduates from either Tech or JMU who hated their time there - quite the opposite. In fact, VT and JMU grads are some of the most loyal alumni I know. Both seem like great schools, full of smart, fun, well-rounded students.

I know of a kid who attends JMU and hates it, so he's graduating early to get out of there. Not for everyone, I guess.

Don't know what to say. I have one child at JMU, one at GMU and one at UVA and they are all doing well and enjoying themselves. thank God for Virginia in-state!

Amen to that!