Christopher Newport
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Anonymous
| Any thoughts on this school? Its in the Tidewater area and a state school. |
Anonymous
| These's an ongoing thread already on CN and other VA state schools that you might want to check out. |
Anonymous
| I know someone who went there. It was about twenty years ago. The college had open enrollment, like Virginia Community colleges. It did not sound like they had much student life. It is very close to the shipyard and Navy base. |
Anonymous
The new CNU is NOTHING like that. It has a brand new campus in Newport News, which is not the best area, hence the " Garden in the Ghetto" moniker. CNU is a magnet for VA's most conservative students. The President is quite the change agent and is getting things done. There are so many new dorms, all students are required to live on campus. The school is one of he smallest state schools and has become surprisingly competitive. |
Anonymous
| Interesting, is this a state funded school? Never heard of it and I do a lot of hiring. |
Anonymous
| Yes, it is a VA state school. It is pretty new and trying hard to become a top school. It recently made Princeton Review's "Best 377 Colleges". It was US News #3 "Up and coming regional universities in the south" this year. |
Anonymous
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PP stated conservative students? Does that mean students that don't do well in HS? Know some kids who go there and they couldn't get in anywhere but there. c students. Good for them for getting in there and going to school though.
Mason started out this way and CN faces an uphilll battle becaue it was once a juco and over time has made the transition. MC will be like this in the next 10-20 years. |
Anonymous
| I know a girl from a HS here in NOVA who had CNU as her first choice. She had good grades (3.6 or so unweighted). Not sure what her SATs were, but she was worried about getting in. She had several other VA acceptances, but was elated when she got the letter from CNU. And yes, she is from a pretty conservative family. C students are not getting into CNU these days. Average admitted GPA is a 3.67. 59% acceptance rate- that's lower than Va Tech. |
Anonymous
I don't think C average students can get into CNU now, but a few Cs on a high school transcript would not be fatal with decent SATs or ACTs. Very nice new buildings on campus and gorgeous dorms. Energetic administration. Felt a bit like a very posh new public HS in Loudoun, but kids could do far worse. It's a dry campus in the Tidewater area, so it's going to attract more conservative kids than GMU or JMU. |
Anonymous
| Why is it called the "garden in the ghetto?" |
Anonymous
Because it's a beautiful new campus located in Newport News, which isn't. |
Anonymous
| A student from there interned at our office. While he was perfectly intelligent, he was constantly on his cell phone with his girlfriend at work and had no idea how to behave or dress in an office environment. But I am sure that can be said of students from many colleges. |
Anonymous
| How can a college campus actually be dry? Does it mean there's no alcohol for sale? |
Anonymous
This isn't unique to any particular school--I think this is how a ot of young people act. |