Christopher Newport — school spirit

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know . . . I'd just be disappointed if my kid went to CNU. Not gonna lie. With so many other options available for in state Virginia . . . no thanks.

Why? What makes comparable options in VA better? Location, academics personal bias?

I'd prefer in a heartbeat that my kid attend any of the following VA schools over CNU:

UVA
William & Mary
Tech
JMU
VCU
UMW
GMU

I place CNU in the category of:

ODU
Longwood
Radford

I know it's gotten harder to get into in recent years, but reputations lag behind reality. I just consider it to be low second tier at the very best.

The question was comparable Universities so you would choose ODU, Longwood and Radford over CNU...why?

I never said I'd choose any of those schools over CNU. I said I consider all of those schools to be in the same category. Honestly, I wouldn't want my kid to attend any of them. I understand, of course, that for some kids those are the only in state options . . .

You’re new to college admissions I can tell …

Indeed, bet the mantra is all of their kids are headed to HYPSM...good for them if it works out.

No, the mantra is tier one VA state colleges for us.

So you have put 4 kids through college? Are they all tier 1 attendees? Good for them if so.

Yes, they are all in the tier one that I listed.

I had two go to UVA, one to William & Mary, and one to VCU for art. That's tier one enough for me.

Those aren't all tier 1 but go ahead and make yourself feel better. Tier 1 in VA is UVA, W & M and VATech Engineering.

VCU? *wince* is Richmond really the college environment you wanted for your kid? /s

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know . . . I'd just be disappointed if my kid went to CNU. Not gonna lie. With so many other options available for in state Virginia . . . no thanks.

Why? What makes comparable options in VA better? Location, academics personal bias?

I'd prefer in a heartbeat that my kid attend any of the following VA schools over CNU:

UVA
William & Mary
Tech
JMU
VCU
UMW
GMU

I place CNU in the category of:

ODU
Longwood
Radford

I know it's gotten harder to get into in recent years, but reputations lag behind reality. I just consider it to be low second tier at the very best.

The question was comparable Universities so you would choose ODU, Longwood and Radford over CNU...why?

I never said I'd choose any of those schools over CNU. I said I consider all of those schools to be in the same category. Honestly, I wouldn't want my kid to attend any of them. I understand, of course, that for some kids those are the only in state options . . .

You’re new to college admissions I can tell …

Indeed, bet the mantra is all of their kids are headed to HYPSM...good for them if it works out.

No, the mantra is tier one VA state colleges for us.

So you have put 4 kids through college? Are they all tier 1 attendees? Good for them if so.

Yes, they are all in the tier one that I listed.

I had two go to UVA, one to William & Mary, and one to VCU for art. That's tier one enough for me.

Those aren't all tier 1 but go ahead and make yourself feel better. Tier 1 in VA is UVA, W & M and VATech Engineering.

VCU? *wince* is Richmond really the college environment you wanted for your kid? /s

As opposed to Newport News? Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a bizarrely aggressive CNU basher on this board. I suspect her child did not get in.

OP: It's a gorgeous campus and a great school with lots of spirit. I know several kids who have gone and loved it. Visit on a football game weekend this fall to get a better sense of what it's like.

Not sure who you are referring to?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know . . . I'd just be disappointed if my kid went to CNU. Not gonna lie. With so many other options available for in state Virginia . . . no thanks.

Why? What makes comparable options in VA better? Location, academics personal bias?

I'd prefer in a heartbeat that my kid attend any of the following VA schools over CNU:

UVA
William & Mary
Tech
JMU
VCU
UMW
GMU

I place CNU in the category of:

ODU
Longwood
Radford

I know it's gotten harder to get into in recent years, but reputations lag behind reality. I just consider it to be low second tier at the very best.

The question was comparable Universities so you would choose ODU, Longwood and Radford over CNU...why?

I never said I'd choose any of those schools over CNU. I said I consider all of those schools to be in the same category. Honestly, I wouldn't want my kid to attend any of them. I understand, of course, that for some kids those are the only in state options . . .

You’re new to college admissions I can tell …

Indeed, bet the mantra is all of their kids are headed to HYPSM...good for them if it works out.

No, the mantra is tier one VA state colleges for us.

So you have put 4 kids through college? Are they all tier 1 attendees? Good for them if so.

Yes, they are all in the tier one that I listed.

I had two go to UVA, one to William & Mary, and one to VCU for art. That's tier one enough for me.

Those aren't all tier 1 but go ahead and make yourself feel better. Tier 1 in VA is UVA, W & M and VATech Engineering.

VCU? *wince* is Richmond really the college environment you wanted for your kid? /s

As opposed to Newport News? Yes.

dogwhistle much?

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Anonymous wrote:I would look into the city of Newport News and see if that is the college town you are looking to reside.

Just come out and say the quiet part you're thinking...

NP here from the 75. It's called Newport Nam because of the crime (it's a war zone).

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Anonymous wrote:I would look into the city of Newport News and see if that is the college town you are looking to reside.

Just come out and say the quiet part you're thinking...

NP here from the 75. It's called Newport Nam because of the crime (it's a war zone).

Yeah sure, I live here too and have been to real wars, like any city it has it's areas that could be better but it is not a war zone. If you are from here you would know that, even Phoebus is rising. CNU is in a great area of NN and a beautiful campus with great academics.

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DS is full pay. if your kids go there do they at least get some aids?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know . . . I'd just be disappointed if my kid went to CNU. Not gonna lie. With so many other options available for in state Virginia . . . no thanks.

Why? What makes comparable options in VA better? Location, academics personal bias?

I'd prefer in a heartbeat that my kid attend any of the following VA schools over CNU:

UVA
William & Mary
Tech
JMU
VCU
UMW
GMU

I place CNU in the category of:

ODU
Longwood
Radford

I know it's gotten harder to get into in recent years, but reputations lag behind reality. I just consider it to be low second tier at the very best.

The question was comparable Universities so you would choose ODU, Longwood and Radford over CNU...why?

I never said I'd choose any of those schools over CNU. I said I consider all of those schools to be in the same category. Honestly, I wouldn't want my kid to attend any of them. I understand, of course, that for some kids those are the only in state options . . .

You’re new to college admissions I can tell …

Indeed, bet the mantra is all of their kids are headed to HYPSM...good for them if it works out.

No, the mantra is tier one VA state colleges for us.

So you have put 4 kids through college? Are they all tier 1 attendees? Good for them if so.

Yes, they are all in the tier one that I listed.

I had two go to UVA, one to William & Mary, and one to VCU for art. That's tier one enough for me.

Those aren't all tier 1 but go ahead and make yourself feel better. Tier 1 in VA is UVA, W & M and VATech Engineering.

VCU? *wince* is Richmond really the college environment you wanted for your kid? /s

As opposed to Newport News? Yes.

dogwhistle much?

Objectively, Richmond > Newport News, by almost any measure.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know . . . I'd just be disappointed if my kid went to CNU. Not gonna lie. With so many other options available for in state Virginia . . . no thanks.

Why? What makes comparable options in VA better? Location, academics personal bias?

I'd prefer in a heartbeat that my kid attend any of the following VA schools over CNU:

UVA
William & Mary
Tech
JMU
VCU
UMW
GMU

I place CNU in the category of:

ODU
Longwood
Radford

I know it's gotten harder to get into in recent years, but reputations lag behind reality. I just consider it to be low second tier at the very best.

The question was comparable Universities so you would choose ODU, Longwood and Radford over CNU...why?

I never said I'd choose any of those schools over CNU. I said I consider all of those schools to be in the same category. Honestly, I wouldn't want my kid to attend any of them. I understand, of course, that for some kids those are the only in state options . . .

You’re new to college admissions I can tell …

Indeed, bet the mantra is all of their kids are headed to HYPSM...good for them if it works out.

No, the mantra is tier one VA state colleges for us.

So you have put 4 kids through college? Are they all tier 1 attendees? Good for them if so.

Yes, they are all in the tier one that I listed.

I had two go to UVA, one to William & Mary, and one to VCU for art. That's tier one enough for me.

Those aren't all tier 1 but go ahead and make yourself feel better. Tier 1 in VA is UVA, W & M and VATech Engineering.

VCU? *wince* is Richmond really the college environment you wanted for your kid? /s

As opposed to Newport News? Yes.

dogwhistle much?

If by dogwhistle you are referring to race, you couldn't be more far off. First of all, Richmond is more heavily African American than Newport News. Second of all, VCU is MUCH more diverse and has a much larger AA population than Newport News.

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PP here. I mean VCU is much more diverse than CNU.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know . . . I'd just be disappointed if my kid went to CNU. Not gonna lie. With so many other options available for in state Virginia . . . no thanks.

Why? What makes comparable options in VA better? Location, academics personal bias?

I'd prefer in a heartbeat that my kid attend any of the following VA schools over CNU:

UVA
William & Mary
Tech
JMU
VCU
UMW
GMU

I place CNU in the category of:

ODU
Longwood
Radford

I know it's gotten harder to get into in recent years, but reputations lag behind reality. I just consider it to be low second tier at the very best.

The question was comparable Universities so you would choose ODU, Longwood and Radford over CNU...why?

I never said I'd choose any of those schools over CNU. I said I consider all of those schools to be in the same category. Honestly, I wouldn't want my kid to attend any of them. I understand, of course, that for some kids those are the only in state options . . .

You’re new to college admissions I can tell …

Indeed, bet the mantra is all of their kids are headed to HYPSM...good for them if it works out.

No, the mantra is tier one VA state colleges for us.

So you have put 4 kids through college? Are they all tier 1 attendees? Good for them if so.

Yes, they are all in the tier one that I listed.

I had two go to UVA, one to William & Mary, and one to VCU for art. That's tier one enough for me.

Those aren't all tier 1 but go ahead and make yourself feel better. Tier 1 in VA is UVA, W & M and VATech Engineering.

VCU? *wince* is Richmond really the college environment you wanted for your kid? /s

As opposed to Newport News? Yes.

dogwhistle much?

Objectively, Richmond > Newport News, by almost any measure.

I mean, yea, seriously. Beyond that, this is the first time I've ever heard anyone suggest you go to Richmond and attend VCU to get away from black people. Wow. Such total ignorance.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know . . . I'd just be disappointed if my kid went to CNU. Not gonna lie. With so many other options available for in state Virginia . . . no thanks.

Why? What makes comparable options in VA better? Location, academics personal bias?

I'd prefer in a heartbeat that my kid attend any of the following VA schools over CNU:

UVA
William & Mary
Tech
JMU
VCU
UMW
GMU

I place CNU in the category of:

ODU
Longwood
Radford

I know it's gotten harder to get into in recent years, but reputations lag behind reality. I just consider it to be low second tier at the very best.

The question was comparable Universities so you would choose ODU, Longwood and Radford over CNU...why?

I never said I'd choose any of those schools over CNU. I said I consider all of those schools to be in the same category. Honestly, I wouldn't want my kid to attend any of them. I understand, of course, that for some kids those are the only in state options . . .

You’re new to college admissions I can tell …

Indeed, bet the mantra is all of their kids are headed to HYPSM...good for them if it works out.

No, the mantra is tier one VA state colleges for us.

So you have put 4 kids through college? Are they all tier 1 attendees? Good for them if so.

Yes, they are all in the tier one that I listed.

I had two go to UVA, one to William & Mary, and one to VCU for art. That's tier one enough for me.

Those aren't all tier 1 but go ahead and make yourself feel better. Tier 1 in VA is UVA, W & M and VATech Engineering.

VCU? *wince* is Richmond really the college environment you wanted for your kid? /s

As opposed to Newport News? Yes.

dogwhistle much?

Objectively, Richmond > Newport News, by almost any measure.

I mean, yea, seriously. Beyond that, this is the first time I've ever heard anyone suggest you go to Richmond and attend VCU to get away from black people. Wow. Such total ignorance.

It's really quite strange...NOVA people really do view the rest of Virginia as a bunch of morons. It's really quite fascinating.

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Anonymous wrote:I would look into the city of Newport News and see if that is the college town you are looking to reside.

Just come out and say the quiet part you're thinking...

NP here from the 75. It's called Newport Nam because of the crime (it's a war zone).

Yeah sure, I live here too and have been to real wars, like any city it has it's areas that could be better but it is not a war zone. If you are from here you would know that, even Phoebus is rising. CNU is in a great area of NN and a beautiful campus with great academics.

We visited CNU this spring and while Newport News wouldn't be my first choice for a place in which to attend college, the area around CNU was nice and included retail and a very pretty park. I'm sure there are parts of NN that are decidedly not nice with bad crime, but why would CNU students go there (do Georgetown students hang out in really bad parts of DC)? Plus, as I think someone mentioned, NN does have things like Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, etc. and is only 45 minutes to the beach (Virginia Beach). In contrast, we also visited JMU and while it has a beautiful campus and I think Harrisonburg is a very nice town, it's kind of isolated and short on urban amenities, which may matter to kids who aren't all that interested in outdoorsy activities.

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Anonymous wrote:I would look into the city of Newport News and see if that is the college town you are looking to reside.

Just come out and say the quiet part you're thinking...

NP here from the 75. It's called Newport Nam because of the crime (it's a war zone).

Yeah sure, I live here too and have been to real wars, like any city it has it's areas that could be better but it is not a war zone. If you are from here you would know that, even Phoebus is rising. CNU is in a great area of NN and a beautiful campus with great academics.

We visited CNU this spring and while Newport News wouldn't be my first choice for a place in which to attend college, the area around CNU was nice and included retail and a very pretty park. I'm sure there are parts of NN that are decidedly not nice with bad crime, but why would CNU students go there (do Georgetown students hang out in really bad parts of DC)? Plus, as I think someone mentioned, NN does have things like Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, etc. and is only 45 minutes to the beach (Virginia Beach). In contrast, we also visited JMU and while it has a beautiful campus and I think Harrisonburg is a very nice town, it's kind of isolated and short on urban amenities, which may matter to kids who aren't all that interested in outdoorsy activities.

It also has NASA, Jefferson Laboratories and the only shipyard in the country capable of removing nuclear reactors out of our aircraft carrier fleet, but you know, just a bunch of stupid hicks.

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Anonymous wrote:I would look into the city of Newport News and see if that is the college town you are looking to reside.

Just come out and say the quiet part you're thinking...

NP here from the 75. It's called Newport Nam because of the crime (it's a war zone).

Yeah sure, I live here too and have been to real wars, like any city it has it's areas that could be better but it is not a war zone. If you are from here you would know that, even Phoebus is rising. CNU is in a great area of NN and a beautiful campus with great academics.

We visited CNU this spring and while Newport News wouldn't be my first choice for a place in which to attend college, the area around CNU was nice and included retail and a very pretty park. I'm sure there are parts of NN that are decidedly not nice with bad crime, but why would CNU students go there (do Georgetown students hang out in really bad parts of DC)? Plus, as I think someone mentioned, NN does have things like Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, etc. and is only 45 minutes to the beach (Virginia Beach). In contrast, we also visited JMU and while it has a beautiful campus and I think Harrisonburg is a very nice town, it's kind of isolated and short on urban amenities, which may matter to kids who aren't all that interested in outdoorsy activities.

It also has NASA, Jefferson Laboratories and the only shipyard in the country capable of removing nuclear reactors out of our aircraft carrier fleet, but you know, just a bunch of stupid hicks.

I'm from the area, it can be both at the same time. Trust me. I would still consider CNU.