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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Again, I think there are spots at state schools for VA students - many just feel anything below JMU is too crappy for THEIR child ;p

God forbid their snowflake have to consider Mason, VCU, UMW or CNU

Longwood, Radford or ODU? Oh, the horror![/quote]

This is so true.  My friend was really mad/frustrated that her kid (3.0 -- FCPS) did not get into VT or JMU (non-stem).  Kid/parents were not willing to consider GMU, UMW, VCU, Rad, or anything else in VA.  So, they, like many others, ended up at WVU.  The big-rah-rah U atmosphere was really important to them ... more than the academics or financial side of it.

To be fair, I think a lot of other states have big-rah-rah-Universities that pretty much anyone with a 3.0 and above can go to.  In the case of VA, that would be GMU and VCU --- it's just that GMU doesn't have a football team  or college-town aspect to it.  And VCU doesn't have that dedicated sense of location/college town.  So, I do understand why people really want their kids to go to UVA, VT, and JMU.  But, a 3.0 isn't going to cut it... and it's crazy when parents think it should be a legit option.[/quote]

A 3.0 is not going to get you into any state flagship that is similar to UVA/VaTech.  Might get you into Mich State OOS but definately not UMich.  Not getting you into Penn State main campus.  Not getting you into any UCs, or UTAustin, UWash Seattle, UNC, GAtech, etc.  [/quote]

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