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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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Important for recent data to look at how many kids submitted test scores.  Some schools have high scores because so few submitted--so you have a stronger chance at them then the scores might indicate.[/quote]

That is an interesting point and the variation is interesting.  At the high end, 51% of UVA and W&M entering students submitted SAT scores for Fall 2021.  The next highest is VT at 41%, followed by GMU at 37% and CNU at 36%.  No other schools were above 30%.

For GPA the results are reversed, with the lowest percentages of incoming students submitting GPA scores at UVA (83%) followed by W&M at 89%.  I wonder who the 17% at UVA are that enter without providing a GPA?  They don't have anywhere close to 17% international, I believe.  [/quote]

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