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[quote=Anonymous][quote]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.[/quote]

Well, the question was about GMU, VCU and JMU and not about VA Tech Engineering.   I wouldn't have my kid apply to VA Tech for anything with only a 3.98. But I don't think it's a problem to apply to JMU with this GPA and a test score that is 6 points above the 75th percentile.  If feels like some posters are one step away from recommending NOVA for kids who have gotten 3 to 5 Bs in HS when things are just not that bad.

Our FCPS high school has about 150 students+ applying to UVA each year and there is now way that "most" of these applicants have a GPA of 4.44 when only about 125 graduate with over a 4.0 (after the extra bump from senior year grades).

Anyway, congrats to all of those with early acceptances, even acceptances to "rolling admissions" schools that accept "anyone with a 3.0" lol.

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