VCU vs JMU vs VT for Business

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone is in at VCU. But good school. A city feel. VT has such a following - I don’t get it. But folks seem to like it. JMU is NOVA high school continued. If your kid liked high school, then he/she will like JMU.

VT has a "following" because it is an excellent school. What don't you get about that?

VT has a following in Virginia. Rah rah. Football. Cultish. Many parents pushing kids there because they went there back in the day when it was easy to get in. But not extraordinary at all. That's what I don't get.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does the free ride include room and board, or just tuition?

My kids tells me the Honors application at VCU isn't due until April?

Presidential Scholarship so room and board included and letter says automatic acceptance into honor college…application waived

It seems like this person would also have a good shot at getting in at UVA and William & Mary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the free ride include room and board, or just tuition?

My kids tells me the Honors application at VCU isn't due until April?

Presidential Scholarship so room and board included and letter says automatic acceptance into honor college…application waived

It seems like this person would also have a good shot at getting in at UVA and William & Mary.

Flat out rejected ED to UVA. Wasn't interested in W&M

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone is in at VCU. But good school. A city feel. VT has such a following - I don’t get it. But folks seem to like it. JMU is NOVA high school continued. If your kid liked high school, then he/she will like JMU.

VT has a "following" because it is an excellent school. What don't you get about that?

VT has a following in Virginia. Rah rah. Football. Cultish. Many parents pushing kids there because they went there back in the day when it was easy to get in. But not extraordinary at all. That's what I don't get.

Okay. Interesting take.

My DH's company, which is not based in VA, usually only hires graduates from VT, UC Berkeley, MIT, GT, CalTech, Stanford, and Carnegie Mellon.

I'm sure VT is not extraordinary in any way. That's why their graduates are sought-after by DH's company, as well as other companies.

I'm sure VT is not extraordinary in any way. That's why they are a highly-ranked public school.

Maybe this is a sour grapes situation?

[Anonymous]

VT
not even a question

[Anonymous]

Isn’t JMU known for business and VT is for engineering? VCU would have better internships because of location.

[Anonymous]

Vcu for the Richmond internship connections. Then have the ability to stay as an intern for the fall cause you are local.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does the free ride include room and board, or just tuition?

My kids tells me the Honors application at VCU isn't due until April?

Presidential Scholarship so room and board included and letter says automatic acceptance into honor college…application waived

This is so cool! Congratulations to your son

[Anonymous]

https://admissions.vcu.edu/cost-aid/scholarships-funding/first-year-scholarships/

The average gpa of a presidential scholar at VCU is 4.59. I'm still shocked they didn't get accepted at UVA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://admissions.vcu.edu/cost-aid/scholarships-funding/first-year-scholarships/

The average gpa of a presidential scholar at VCU is 4.59. I'm still shocked they didn't get accepted at UVA.

?? So many kids from TJ go to VCU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://admissions.vcu.edu/cost-aid/scholarships-funding/first-year-scholarships/

The average gpa of a presidential scholar at VCU is 4.59. I'm still shocked they didn't get accepted at UVA.

OP: I promise you that they definitely did not. There were lots of tears, and now we're looking at plan B options. There's no guarantee that he gets into VT or JMU, either. The acceptances and deferrals that he has received so far have no rhyme or reason to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://admissions.vcu.edu/cost-aid/scholarships-funding/first-year-scholarships/

The average gpa of a presidential scholar at VCU is 4.59. I'm still shocked they didn't get accepted at UVA.

OP: I promise you that they definitely did not. There were lots of tears, and now we're looking at plan B options. There's no guarantee that he gets into VT or JMU, either. The acceptances and deferrals that he has received so far have no rhyme or reason to them.

He will absolutely get into both for business.

[Anonymous]

VT is much better than JMU and VCU. Now that many schools are TO you need to be very careful about attending the will maintain it’s reputation over the next 10-20 years. Before schools went TO, there was a minimum bar for competency in order to be admitted, now there is not. The students at VT are much more capable on overage than JMU or VCU. Before TO admission the 25-75 range for JMU SATs was 1120-1290 (65th-84th percentile SAT score). The 25-75 range for VT was 1180-1380. (75th-94th percentile SAT scores). TO is going to destroy the value of degrees from universities are not at least a VT or NCSU caliber because theses schools no longer have an accurate mechanism to filter our students who got straight As for having a pulse, but have room temp IQs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:VT is much better than JMU and VCU. Now that many schools are TO you need to be very careful about attending [/b] a university that will maintain it’s reputation over the next 10-20 years. Before schools went TO, there was a minimum bar for competency in order to be admitted, now there is not. The students at VT are much more capable on average[b] than JMU or VCU. Before TO admission, the 25-75 range for JMU SATs was 1120-1290 (65th-84th percentile SAT score). The 25-75 range for VT was 1180-1380. (75th-94th percentile SAT scores). TO is going to destroy the value of degrees from universities are not at least a VT or NC State caliber because theses schools no longer have an accurate mechanism to filter our students who got straight As for having a pulse, but have room temp IQs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone is in at VCU. But good school. A city feel. VT has such a following - I don’t get it. But folks seem to like it. JMU is NOVA high school continued. If your kid liked high school, then he/she will like JMU.

VT has a "following" because it is an excellent school. What don't you get about that?

VT has a following in Virginia. Rah rah. Football. Cultish. Many parents pushing kids there because they went there back in the day when it was easy to get in. But not extraordinary at all. That's what I don't get.

Okay. Interesting take.

My DH's company, which is not based in VA, usually only hires graduates from VT, UC Berkeley, MIT, GT, CalTech, Stanford, and Carnegie Mellon.

I'm sure VT is not extraordinary in any way. That's why their graduates are sought-after by DH's company, as well as other companies.

I'm sure VT is not extraordinary in any way. That's why they are a highly-ranked public school.

Maybe this is a sour grapes situation?

I honestly think you are making shit up. I have never seen a company not based in VA (are they hiring kids for an office in VA) that "only" hires graduates from the top 6 technical schools in the country...and the 7th school is Virginia Tech.

No Perdue, UIUC, UT Austin, Michigan, UCSD, Cornell, the list goes on. VT isn't even in the top 30 only looking at STEM.