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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And just an aside, OP... I DO get it.  [b]I wish there was a traditional college big-state U that pretty much admitted everyone with a 3.0 and above[/b].  That's the missing piece in VA.  We have VT and UVA -- but they have become so selective that even a 4.0 student cannot expect to be admitted to VT.  And forget about UVA.[/quote]
Isn't that basically JMU? It's got an 80% acceptance rate, and fits the archetype of the school for kids who are a step down academically from the state flagship.  
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The thing with JMU is that it's a regional university.  Other states have XXX State Univ.  and Univ. of XXX.  The two big name powerhouses.  JMU just doesn't compare with name recognition.  I'm sure JMU is just as good academically as the big state U types of schools (except in the CS and Engineering majors).  It's just the name recognition that is a negative.  [/quote]

And those 2 colleges in VA are UVW and VaTech.  Almost 50K undergrads between the two of them.

But it doesn't drop off significantly after that---you have JMU/GMU and a whole list of other good public schools.  Much better than most states.   JMU is ranked 100 points higher than my states "2nd flagship".  and JMU is VA's 3rd ranked school.  
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