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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's been a few years, but when our oldest was looking at VA schools (we're in state) CNU was a nothing school much closer to the bottom of the pack than the top and not even in the same league as JMU or Mary Washington.  It was ODU level at best.  I know it's gotten more selective since then, but no I'm not convinced.  I'd be embarrassed to send a kid there still.

To me, in VA, there's UVA, W&M, Tech, JMU, VCU and MW -- and nowhere else worth thinking about or being proud about.[/quote]

UVA, Tech Engineering, W&M.
That's it. Nowhere else.

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What of your kid doesn't have the grades for those schools, or you don't have the money for privates or out of state?[/quote]

Then you do GMU, JMU, VCU, etc. And they are excellent schools. Ignore the ridiculous snobs on this board. Virginia is a goldmine of public universities.[/quote]

Indeed, said the Maryland mom. You are so lucky.[/quote]

Yes! Until this thread, I had no idea that each of these VA schools were public. Always thought that GMU was private. [/quote]

I refer to this chart often. First year admissions data for all public and private universities in VA.

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

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DP.  Great chart!  I wonder why VT doesn't report its 75th/median/25th ACT scores.[/quote]

At the 75th percentile for SAT and GPA, the Virginia public schools look like this, which suggests CNU is solidly in the group behind UVA, W&M, and VT -- GMU, CNU, UMW, JMU, and VCU.  All those schools are fairly close in stats.

School	75th SAT	75th GPA
W&M	1520	4.50
UVA	1510	4.52
VT	1400	4.24
GMU	1340	4.00
[b]CNU	1320	4.12[/b]
UMW	1320	4.05
JMU	1300	4.06
VCU	1300	4.11
VMI	1260	4.00
UVA-W	1240	4.21
ODU	1220	3.76
RU	1150	3.73
LU	1140	3.86
NSU	1082	3.50
VSU	1040	3.50[/quote]

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