Virginia parents do not have many good in-state options

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We're from Fairfax and my kid chose UMD over VA Tech. He's having the time of his life there. More options for things to do and very easy access to DC and Baltimore.

Access to DC and Baltimore? Well that’s two negatives.

Oh my goodness, spiteful much? I'm sorry that I broke some unspoken rule that I can only like anything and everything Virginia.
Get over yourself. -Fairfax parent

Um no but digging up a two month old post to post that you’re paying out of state tuition on a school that is equivalent to VA tech, congrats!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're from Fairfax and my kid chose UMD over VA Tech. He's having the time of his life there. More options for things to do and very easy access to DC and Baltimore.

Access to DC and Baltimore? Well that’s two negatives.

Oh my goodness, spiteful much? I'm sorry that I broke some unspoken rule that I can only like anything and everything Virginia.
Get over yourself. -Fairfax parent

Um no but digging up a two month old post to post that you’re paying out of state tuition on a school that is equivalent to VA tech, congrats!!

DP but for the millionth time, you don’t know everyone’s circumstances. Kid could have gotten a big scholarship or have a GI Bill. Stop being a d$ck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We're from Fairfax and my kid chose UMD over VA Tech. He's having the time of his life there. More options for things to do and very easy access to DC and Baltimore.

Didn’t get into Tech. That happens. It’s gotten really hard for VA residents.

Ironically, I know some doing the opposite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're from Fairfax and my kid chose UMD over VA Tech. He's having the time of his life there. More options for things to do and very easy access to DC and Baltimore.

Access to DC and Baltimore? Well that’s two negatives.

Oh my goodness, spiteful much? I'm sorry that I broke some unspoken rule that I can only like anything and everything Virginia.
Get over yourself. -Fairfax parent

Um no but digging up a two month old post to post that you’re paying out of state tuition on a school that is equivalent to VA tech, congrats!!

Seriously, you need to take a chill pill. I just said my kid is really enjoying UMD and the reason why. Sorry that upset you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're from Fairfax and my kid chose UMD over VA Tech. He's having the time of his life there. More options for things to do and very easy access to DC and Baltimore.

Access to DC and Baltimore? Well that’s two negatives.

+1
Exactly what I thought when I read that! Yeeesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're from Fairfax and my kid chose UMD over VA Tech. He's having the time of his life there. More options for things to do and very easy access to DC and Baltimore.

Access to DC and Baltimore? Well that’s two negatives.

Oh my goodness, spiteful much? I'm sorry that I broke some unspoken rule that I can only like anything and everything Virginia.
Get over yourself. -Fairfax parent

DP. You do realize this thread is ABOUT VA universities... right? So bizarre that you bumped an old thread for no apparent reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're from Fairfax and my kid chose UMD over VA Tech. He's having the time of his life there. More options for things to do and very easy access to DC and Baltimore.

Didn’t get into Tech. That happens. It’s gotten really hard for VA residents.

Ironically, I know some doing the opposite.

Not this poster, but this isn’t the way I read the post. I got the feeling kid got into both and chose MD, but the poster can verify.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're from Fairfax and my kid chose UMD over VA Tech. He's having the time of his life there. More options for things to do and very easy access to DC and Baltimore.

Didn’t get into Tech. That happens. It’s gotten really hard for VA residents.

Ironically, I know some doing the opposite.

Not this poster, but this isn’t the way I read the post. I got the feeling kid got into both and chose MD, but the poster can verify.

DP. There is a poster here who (STILL) has the biggest chip on their shoulder because their kid didn't get into VT so went to MD instead. They post a lot in a sniffy way and the above PPP sounds just like them. Especially considering they bumped this old thread just to tell us all about it (again).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're from Fairfax and my kid chose UMD over VA Tech. He's having the time of his life there. More options for things to do and very easy access to DC and Baltimore.

Didn’t get into Tech. That happens. It’s gotten really hard for VA residents.

Ironically, I know some doing the opposite.

Not this poster, but this isn’t the way I read the post. I got the feeling kid got into both and chose MD, but the poster can verify.

DP. There is a poster here who (STILL) has the biggest chip on their shoulder because their kid didn't get into VT so went to MD instead. They post a lot in a sniffy way and the above PPP sounds just like them. Especially considering they bumped this old thread just to tell us all about it (again).

Could be. All the Virginia kids I know IRL who went OOS to UMCP actually got into VT too, they just preferred the DMV to rural southwestern Virginia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You revived this thread from morgue oblivion just so you could twist the knife like that. Damn.

Same who started this thread . Jeff even discussed her in one of his daily summaries. Clearly VA offers more for its residents than MD. And MD people feel that and take jealous swipes

[Anonymous]

I have to laugh at the title/premise of this thread. What could possibly be LESS true?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maryland parents often complain about the lack of instate public options other than UMCP.

Guess what, Virginia is not that much better in my opinion.

Yes, Virginia has UVa, W&M and VT.

But Virginia is more populous than Maryland and W&M undergraduate enrollment is tiny. In addition, more Maryland parents are willing to send their kids to private colleges like many other parents in Northern states.

VT limits the number of in-state admission to get more OOS kids. So what if your kids don’t get in UVa, VT or W&M? That’s the big issue for many parents.

JMU is considered as the next best option. And I do think it’s a fine school and its business program is a solid choice. But what if your kids want to major in engineering or hard scinece? JMU doesn’t even have a proper engineering school (college of integrated science and engineering is not a real engineering school in my opinion).

GMU offers decent engineering and CS programs but not everyone in Northern Virginia wants to go to a school in Fairfax.

Too many good and ambitious Virginia kids don’t get in UVa, W&M, and VT. I think this is why there have been increased interest in some of OOS public school (pitt, IU, UDel, UConn, Tenn, Alabama, etc. ) among Virginia parents.

GMU is ranked higher tham JMU. So weird you would think it's the next best option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maryland parents often complain about the lack of instate public options other than UMCP.

Guess what, Virginia is not that much better in my opinion.

[/b]Yes, Virginia has UVa, W&M and VT. [b]

But Virginia is more populous than Maryland and W&M undergraduate enrollment is tiny. In addition, more Maryland parents are willing to send their kids to private colleges like many other parents in Northern states.

VT limits the number of in-state admission to get more OOS kids. So what if your kids don’t get in UVa, VT or W&M? That’s the big issue for many parents.

JMU is considered as the next best option. And I do think it’s a fine school and its business program is a solid choice. But what if your kids want to major in engineering or hard scinece? JMU doesn’t even have a proper engineering school (college of integrated science and engineering is not a real engineering school in my opinion).

GMU offers decent engineering and CS programs but not everyone in Northern Virginia wants to go to a school in Fairfax.

Too many good and ambitious Virginia kids don’t get in UVa, W&M, and VT. I think this is why there have been increased interest in some of OOS public school (pitt, IU, UDel, UConn, Tenn, Alabama, etc. ) among Virginia parents.

If your kid can't get into UVA, VT, or W&M,
I'd be a crabby parent too. Is your kid a slacker?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maryland parents often complain about the lack of instate public options other than UMCP.

Guess what, Virginia is not that much better in my opinion.

[/b]Yes, Virginia has UVa, W&M and VT. [b]

But Virginia is more populous than Maryland and W&M undergraduate enrollment is tiny. In addition, more Maryland parents are willing to send their kids to private colleges like many other parents in Northern states.

VT limits the number of in-state admission to get more OOS kids. So what if your kids don’t get in UVa, VT or W&M? That’s the big issue for many parents.

JMU is considered as the next best option. And I do think it’s a fine school and its business program is a solid choice. But what if your kids want to major in engineering or hard scinece? JMU doesn’t even have a proper engineering school (college of integrated science and engineering is not a real engineering school in my opinion).

GMU offers decent engineering and CS programs but not everyone in Northern Virginia wants to go to a school in Fairfax.

Too many good and ambitious Virginia kids don’t get in UVa, W&M, and VT. I think this is why there have been increased interest in some of OOS public school (pitt, IU, UDel, UConn, Tenn, Alabama, etc. ) among Virginia parents.

If your kid can't get into UVA, VT, or W&M,
I'd be a crabby parent too. Is your kid a slacker?

Reading that thread about how an FCPS kid with a 4.3/1500 has no chance at UVA, VT, or W&M, it really does not seem like Virginia kids have good options. Be a genius, go out of state, or go to Mason? Those are rough options for a hardworking smart kid looking for a traditional 4-year college experience. In most of the country, a 4.3/1500 kid can walk into their state flagship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Blah. My kids have the stats for UVA, WM, VA Tech.

I would much rather have them attend any of those than UMD. I really hate College Park.

But Blacksburg, VA - a shining star!