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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GMU, VCU, JMU getting tougher to get in even for a 4.0 GPA and 1310 kid.[/quote]

[b]Why would these schools reject a student with straight As?  [/quote][/b]

I don't even know where to begin.  I was at a Virginia Tech engineering day open house when a mom asked the same question and the entire room sucked in its breath.  Because you need a 4.0+ for engineering to get into Tech.   Because most kids applying for top in-state schools have a 4.44+ (indicating excellence in AP courses).  If you aren't low-income, URM, first-generation, athlete, national scholar, or fit some other profile, and especially if you are from NOVA, you need well over a 4.05.  The top 25% median of ENTERING (not accepted which is a higher figure) students last fall at JMU had a 4.02.  For UVA & W&M it was a 4.44, etc.   Unless you are at TJ, you can't look at the median and bottom 25% median GPAs or class rank because those slots are taken up by the international, low-income, blue ridge scholars, questbridge, first-generation types, etc. http://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp.  Go read this evening's post about JMU EA decisions being late because of the surge of applications for this past year.  The same happened to Virginia Tech last year - many families who thought they were safeties were not.[/quote]

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