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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC chose CNU over UVA. He liked the fit better and the vibe. UVA was larger than he wanted as well. 10K was his goal but other than Radford and WM not many schools in that range. He is thriving at CNU and (from my biased view) is a big fish there. He made a great decision. He also wants to be closer to the beach than the mountains. [/quote]

What a bizarre decision, sorry.  [/quote]

You’re a jerk, sorry. DP[/quote]

The average GPA at CNU is about 1200 with an acceptance rate over 80%.  If your kid got into UVA, then your kid isn't a big fish in a little pond, your kid is a whale in a fishtank.  This does seem a little bit unusual.

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DP. My kid is truly torn between UVA and VCU, which has a 92% acceptance rate.[/quote]

I had kids attend both.  One of my VCU kid’s BFF was a UVA transfer, and one of my UVA kid’s BFFs also transferred to VCU after the first year at UVA.  In both instances the kids were artsy types with interests in the kind of majors that made them natural fits for VCU from the get go but who were also very high achievers in high school who felt pressure from parents and peers and themselves to try UVA because it’s UVA.

VCU is a totally different vibe and attracts a totally different type of student than UVA, though.  So you can see how for a discrete subset of student going there over UVA makes complete and total sense.

[b]But CNU over UVA makes no sense at all. [/b]

[b]Also, notwithstanding its higher acceptance rate, VCU is a much better school than CNU in its own right.  [/quote][/b]

Do you have a cite?[/quote]

It’s a given.  [/quote]

That’s not how this works. I’m sure a CNU student knows to cite courses. Oh well, next time don’t make claims without being able to back them up with a cite. [/quote]

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