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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To OP - I noticed the 75 to UVA and 32+ to Virginia Tech.  That is an increase, isn't it?  Isn't it usually 60 to UVA?  This was a tough year for admission to Virginia Tech, so am curious if the TJ number is up.  And I assume most of those are for engineering?[/quote]

Last year’s list was

UVA   62
VT.    42
WM.  39
VCU. 10
GMU. 7

Given that some kids are missing, it looks like UVA is up, WM is down and VT, VCU, GMU basically held steady

Berkley was the big one left off the list.  Pitt was way up.   GA Tech was way up.  This year had 2-3 more kids go to several of the Ivy’s (Harvard, Yale, etc.), Plus, a few more Duke and Chicago.  A few fewer to Michigan. A few more to UI-CU.

Here is the 2017 list:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/649621.page

And yes, kids who go to VT usually do engineering. Some do other specialized programs, like architecture or their environmental sciences program.

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Thank you.  I don't have anyone at VT but have been watching the statistics change.  So I'm right about a jump in UVA students - that comports with what I'm seeing across the board with VA schools - just a general increase in applications and rise in required stats to get in because the SLACs, LACs and private universities have price themselves out of affordability for most families.

The TJ students attending GMU  major in engineering or computer science, right? I have a DC who recently graduated from there. I understand the engineering, computer and econ departments are strong (DD was in another field).[/quote]

Hard to tell. I don’t know any of this year’s kids personally. But usually it is CS.  Sometimes kids do mentorships with GMU faculty and stay.  [b]My understanding is that every class also has a few kids who need a commuter college for personal, medical or family reasons. [/quote][/b]

GMU is not a commuter school.  It's the largest research university in Virginia and all freshman are required to live on campus unless they get a waiver.  It has three campuses, 37,000 students and a new campus in Seoul, Korea.  Its engineering, computer science and econ departments are especially strong.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mason_University[/quote]

Oh FFS.  Quit being so touchy. GMU is a great school.  it is also a school kids can attend if they need to live at home for person, medical, family or financial reasons.    Which was the context of the statement.  If you are unable to leave NOVA for school for some option, then GMU is one of your few options logistically. [/quote]

+1. And let’s face it, a lot of freshman get a waiver so they don’t have to live on campus. Not many other schools even offer a waiver. [b]It is most definitely considered a commuter school around here.[/quote][/b]

Gosh, I guess i had better inform the international and OOS students in my DS's dorm at GMU. :roll:  Please read before you insult the TJ students . .  a lot has changed since you were in the 70s.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mason_University[/quote]

[b]For some reason you equate the words “commuter school” with inferiority? How is referring to it as that an insult? It simply means a lot of people who go there commute from home. Obviously, the out of state and internationals can’t commute, you f’ing moron.[/quote][/b]

And obviously 34,000 students are not commuting.  GMU long ago stopped being a commuter school. You are insisting on smearing a fine university with a reputation that dates bakc to the 70s.   All first year students are required to live on campus unless they meet certain criteria (student is parent of child; student is taking care of parents; student has other family obligations; student is special needs; or student lives in an area close to the school).  https://housing.gmu.edu/apply/new-students.  In fact, there is such a crunch for housing that seniors who wanted housing have been told to make other plans because the university needs the housing for first year students.[/quote]

You seem weirdly fixated on proving something about GMU on a thread about TJ admissions. We get it your kid is at GMU.  Congrats. It it is getting harder to get into. That does not change the fact that some kids in NOVA choose it because they live in an area close to the school (one of the reasons for a waiver) and need to live at home and commute.  That says nothing about the quality of a GMU education. It says that me they have have family, financial, medical, etc. issues and need to live at home and commute to college.

No one is saying that the fact some kids commute makes the school bad. But the fact is, some kids choose it because they need to commute from home and still want to attend college. I know a couple of these kids.

So chill. Relax. No one is throwing shade on GMU. [/quote]

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