No medium selectivity colleges in VA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No way UVA and WM are on the same level. And Tech engineering is probably above WM but around 65-75% acceptance for non-stem majors.

SCHEV 50th % SAT:
UVA: 1470
Richmond: 1460
W&M: 1470
W&L: 1480
Vtech: 1360

SCHEV 25th, 50th, 75th GPA Percentiles (Rounded):
UVA: 4.2, 4.4, 4.5
W&M: 4.2, 4.4, 4.5
Vtech: 3.9, 4.1, 4.3

[Anonymous]

Isn’t it a good thing that most of the state colleges aren’t super selective? No matter what kind of student you have, there are multiple schools for you in Virginia.

Maybe you equal educational quality with selectivity. Like you only want what only a few can have instead of focusing on the real opportunities in front of you? That’s an unfortunate mindset.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t it a good thing that most of the state colleges aren’t super selective? No matter what kind of student you have, there are multiple schools for you in Virginia.

Maybe you equal educational quality with selectivity. Like you only want what only a few can have instead of focusing on the real opportunities in front of you? That’s an unfortunate mindset.

Totally agree. "I love JMU, I just wish I had less of a shot at acceptance there." Wut

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t it a good thing that most of the state colleges aren’t super selective? No matter what kind of student you have, there are multiple schools for you in Virginia.

Maybe you equal educational quality with selectivity. Like you only want what only a few can have instead of focusing on the real opportunities in front of you? That’s an unfortunate mindset.

This. It’s a shame people value exclusivity more than actual education.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would say Virginia has two: VT (non STEM) and JMU. I don't think MD has any. Most states don't have more than 2 except the ones significantly bigger than Virginia.

JMU should never be compared to VT.

Why? For non-STEM, JMU might be the better option for many.

Better option how? VT has much more respect in the D.C. metro area/VA than JMU. For any major.

Nope. I'm from here.
It's
Tier 1: uva and wm
Tier 2: jmu and vt
Tier 3: gmu, vcu, cnu etc

GMU is higher ranked and has better STEM than JMU. Likely better ploy Sci too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:JMU is not 90% acceptance. It wasn't even that was 30 years ago. Current rate is 76%

JMU is a crapshoot. My public HS 3.9/1350 SAT kid got denied there but got into UW and Michigan. I actually called the admissions office thinking it was an error as my DD has a very common name (ie Jenn Smith). Nope, they meant to tell her no.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, poly sci

[Anonymous]

No need to crap on JMU, especially Political Science. It’s a strong department with good, caring professors.

[Anonymous]

It doesn’t matter, people. Undergraduate doesn’t matter. It’s all six of one, half dozen of the other.

All the ratings are based on grad school metrics including research dollars.

[Anonymous]

I'm to from Virginia but I am a hiring manager at a large company in Virginia. In my mind, it goes like this

UVA
William & Mary
Virginia Tech
JMU
Virginia Commonwealth
Everything else
George Mason

[Anonymous]

Should have said I'm NOT from Virginia

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:JMU is not 90% acceptance. It wasn't even that was 30 years ago. Current rate is 76%

JMU is a crapshoot. My public HS 3.9/1350 SAT kid got denied there but got into UW and Michigan. I actually called the admissions office thinking it was an error as my DD has a very common name (ie Jenn Smith). Nope, they meant to tell her no.

Your kid got into Michigan with a 3.9/1350? In state or OOS?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would say Virginia has two: VT (non STEM) and JMU. I don't think MD has any. Most states don't have more than 2 except the ones significantly bigger than Virginia.

JMU should never be compared to VT.

Why? For non-STEM, JMU might be the better option for many.

Better option how? VT has much more respect in the D.C. metro area/VA than JMU. For any major.

Nope. I'm from here.
It's
Tier 1: uva and wm
Tier 2: jmu and vt
Tier 3: gmu, vcu, cnu etc

Facts! It parallels our high school scoir data

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:JMU is not 90% acceptance. It wasn't even that was 30 years ago. Current rate is 76%

JMU is a crapshoot. My public HS 3.9/1350 SAT kid got denied there but got into UW and Michigan. I actually called the admissions office thinking it was an error as my DD has a very common name (ie Jenn Smith). Nope, they meant to tell her no.

Your kid got into Michigan with a 3.9/1350? In state or OOS?

Our high school sends lots of 3.9uw/upper 1300s to Michigan, if not engineering

[Anonymous]

JMU and VT are peer institutions these days. Get over it.