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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it crazy that my Fairfax kid prefers GMU over William and Mary,?[/quote]
Yes[/quote]

No the "vibe" as my kids would say is very different for these two schools.[/quote]
More different than any subjective notion of "vibe" could be are the admissions criteria of GMU and any of the t3 Virginia public schools.

https://research.schev.edu/enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.ASP

Very low test submitting percent at GMU compared to Virginia Tech, W&M, UVA. Median test scores are far lower than these three too. Vibe should be the least of anyone's concerns when choosing between GMU, JMU, VCU, etc. and the t3. [/quote]

thanks! can you find this for other states?[/quote]
I only know of this sort of website for VA. Here are some data points for DMVish schools.

School: Median SAT, %submitting scores

UVA: 1470, 59%
W&M: 1470, 59%
UMD: 1450, 48%
VTech: 1360, 48%
GWU: 1420, 42%
American: 1370, 36%
Delaware: 1280, 28%
GMU: 1240, 38%
VCU: 1150, 37%
JMU: 1240, 26%
Penn State: 1310, 39%[/quote]
Stat wise, GMU is not that different to JMU, but people seem to hate on GMU more simply because of the location.

GMS > JMU in USNWR ranking.[/quote]

This is such an interesting comment.  People hating on GMU because of the location which is where so many of us actually live.  Our kids wouldn't look at it because they wanted to go somewhere new.  But I know so many grads who had an amazing experience there, and terrific professional outcomes.  Some of them were locals and most did the traditional on-campus experience.  We have one kid still in high school, and that will be the first school we will visit for them.[/quote]

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