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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

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I really don't think a 3.0 would cut it at either GMU or VCU though.[/quote]

Definitely not. The 75th percentile for f incoming students last year had a 4.0 weight; the median had a 3.76 and bottom 25th percentile had a 3.46[/quote]

If you've looked at Naviance, you can see that kids with a 3.0 or better are getting into GMU and VCU pretty much across the board.  Obviously, a lot of kids with higher GPAs apply to both schools as a back up plan.  And kids in comsci/engineering have higher GPAs.  But, if someone from FCPS applies with a 3.0 gpa... they are almost certain to get in -- even when the SAT was in the upper 800s (total score!) -- true for both GMU and VCU.  And there were even kids admitted in the 2.5-3.0 gpa range.

The original point is that parents (and kids?) think they are entitled to go to the big, traditional, rah-rah Universities -- and unfortunately, they are becoming very exclusive in VA.  The other schools are less rah-rah-U, but are certainly options for the 3.0-3.25 crowd... but that assumes that the most important aspect of the college choice is EDUCATION, not sports/spirit/college town.  For many NoVA parents, the school scene is the priority... which means they have to look outside of VA, and that creates frustration.

WVU is taking kids with a 2.5 and up.[/quote]

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