10 best colleges in VA
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Anonymous
If higher stats make a better school, Northeastern has both UVA and W&M beat. I don't buy that, by the way. Both UVA and W&M are majority SAT schools. Not ACT. W&M is 10 points higher at the 75th percentile and 40 points lower at the 25th percentile compared to UVA overall (and note that UVA Engineering has higher scores than UVA Arts & Sciences, which is W&M's equivalent from an academic standpoint). This isn't a big difference, and again, I don't think that is what determines the relative quality of the school. |
Anonymous
Not true. Provide cites |
Anonymous
Northeastern SAT composite is for 2021-2022 is 1530-1440 from the Common Data Set. UVA is 1510-1400. W&M is 1520-1360. https://provost.northeastern.edu/uds/facts/common-data-set/ As I indicated above, I don't really believe 1) that Northeastern's standardized scores are as representative of the student body as UVA and W&M and 2) that the higher SAT scores are actually indicative that Northeastern is a better school. It was just given an example of where you can get to if you are only looking narrowly at stats without any context. Now that they are test-optional, Northeastern has a relatively low percentage of students submitting scores (28% SAT, 14% ACT). This means the scores are really representative only of their top 30% or so of students. |
Anonymous
+1 Northeastern has a "Consider if Submitted" stance to SAT scores so only the top 1/3 submit. Most students submit at UVA and W&M. |
Anonymous
If someone puts these stats together on a page, though, a reader's quick conclusion would be that Northeastern has a more qualified student body than UVA or W&M, at least from an SAT standpoint. A closer reading would be that Northeastern's scores are more more representative of the top 30% or so while UVA's and W&M's would be more representative of the top 60%+. |
Anonymous
top 80% |
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Stats of VA schools: https://research.schev.edu/enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.ASP |
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Higher stats doesn't necessarily mean better school. UVA's stats are higher than VT, but you could easily argue VT engineering is better in many areas than UVA engineering. |
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Define and quantify "better"
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Thanks. VMI’s median is better than those of GMU, JMu, VCU, UMW and CNU as expected. It might not be popular in (liberal) Northern Virginia but it’s still not a bad school. |
Anonymous
It may be the best state public school in the country for students who believe they will benefit from a more disciplined, military education. Admittedly, this is a niche, but it is significant. |
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There was an extensive study commissioned by the State Council for Higher Education that asked thousands of recent graduates of state institutions the following questions:
Satisfied with overall undergrad experience? Appreciation for general education now? Satisfied with long-term career goals progress since undergrad? Agreeing that undergrad education was worth the cost? Satisfied with how your undergrad prepared you for the workplace? Agree: “I am satisfied with my life”? If you average the responses to these questions, the highest favorable responses in order were: W&M, UVA, VMI, UVA-W, VT, JMU, UMW, LU, RU, ODU, CNU, NSU, VSU, GMU, VCU, RBC I think this is close to how I would have guessed, with the biggest surprises being UVA-Wise being 4th and GMU and VCU being so near the bottom. This is only state schools, so schools like W&L and UR were not included. |
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Report was posted here: https://www.schev.edu/home/showpublisheddocument/838/637811238245600000 |
Anonymous
Link to that study? Because I don't believe that "average" for a minute. |
Anonymous
https://www.schev.edu/home/showpublisheddocument/838/637811238245600000 |