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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does VA have colleges for average kids anymore? Or decent safeties? There seems to be a big drop off between the top 4 schools and the rest. [/quote]

I assume VCU, CNU, Mary Washington, Longwood, ODU would all fit the bill?

Admittedly, that is a very broad and diverse range of different types of public universities, [b]but I would have had JMU in that category, as easier to get into than UVA and VT, but not anymore??[/b][/quote]

It's definitely easier to get into than UVA. For VT it's more about major. [b]There are majors at VT with very high admit rates.[/b][/quote]

Really?? I know it's harder to get into Engineering at VT, but I didn't know there were majors that had very high admit rates. Do we seriously have to wait until 2/28 for EA release date at VT?[/quote]

You can dig into the data here: https://udc.vt.edu/irdata/data/students/admission/index#college

Limiting it to in-state applicants, here are a few I found with admit rates >70%. A lot of these are newer/small majors.
Smart and Sustainable Cities (78%)
Environmental Policy & Planning (74%)
Sustainable Biomaterials (91%)
Packaging Systems and Design (82%)
Water Resources Policy and Management (88%)
Polymer Chemistry (78%)
Systems Biology (82%)
Mathematics (74%)
Statistics (74%)

There are a lot of majors with admit rates in the 60% range for in-state students.[/quote]

Yes but keep in mind for VTech it can be hard to change your major if you try to game the admissions stats. [/quote]

True, but if you are changing within a college, it's less of an issue. You definitely shouldn't apply to a less-popular major expecting to transfer into the Engineering or Business colleges.[/quote]

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