Anonymous wrote:OP here: we're in the DMV. By "easy" I don't mean open admissions, but where a 3.2 GPA can get in.
The post about 1/2 the kids getting turned down from West Virginia is depressing. I was banking on that one.

Your 3.2 GPA will get you in and if your SAT breaks 1000 you'll get merit aid. Over half the students are out of state and over 80% are admitted.
https://admissions.wvu.edu/cost-and-aid/scholarship-chart#sod

OP here - I should have just said over 8K students. It can be a big school.

Salisbury

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How easy?

In VA, VCU or GMU
In MD, Towson or UMBC

But these aren't 'open admissions' level of easy, just not as competitive as some other state options.

True, but OP needs to know that the 75th percentile at GMU last fall had a 4.0 and a 30 ACT. It's not as easy to get in to as some on DCUM think. And it's the largest research university in the Commonwealth, so actually HUGE. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Yes, I didn't know how to interpret their question-- whether it was somewhere between medium and large, or just bigger than 8k. GMU has 27k undergraduates so a lot of its size comes from grad students. But, yes, it's very big.

And while there are a lot of strong students at GMU-hence the high 75th percentile, it has a high acceptance rate--86%. So you might be one of the weaker students in the school, but you can often still get in with a lower academic level.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How easy?

In VA, VCU or GMU
In MD, Towson or UMBC

But these aren't 'open admissions' level of easy, just not as competitive as some other state options.

True, but OP needs to know that the 75th percentile at GMU last fall had a 4.0 and a 30 ACT. It's not as easy to get in to as some on DCUM think. And it's the largest research university in the Commonwealth, so actually HUGE. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

Yes, I didn't know how to interpret their question-- whether it was somewhere between medium and large, or just bigger than 8k. GMU has 27k undergraduates so a lot of its size comes from grad students. But, yes, it's very big.

OP here: we're in the DMV. By "easy" I don't mean open admissions, but where a 3.2 GPA can get in.
The post about 1/2 the kids getting turned down from West Virginia is depressing. I was banking on that one.

Anonymous wrote:How easy?

In VA, VCU or GMU
In MD, Towson or UMBC

But these aren't 'open admissions' level of easy, just not as competitive as some other state options.

True, but OP needs to know that the 75th percentile at GMU last fall had a 4.0 and a 30 ACT. It's not as easy to get in to as some on DCUM think. And it's the largest research university in the Commonwealth, so actually HUGE. https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp

PP again - just want to add that even though I think West Virginia and East Carolina offer “easier admission” I don’t think they are bad schools. We were impressed by WVU when we visited and it would’ve been a really solid safety for my kid if they didn’t get into their top choices.

Rowan

Normally I would say West Virginia and East Carolina but at our NoVa high school, only half of the kids who applied got in, even though admission rates for each is near 80%.

Temple
Indiana U of PA

Lol OP how the hell are we supposed to know where you’d be driving from? This site attracts a lot of folks who don’t live in the DMV, as well as folks who moved away because they think the DMV was so awful - yet they keep coming back here instead of moving on.

How easy?

In VA, VCU or GMU
In MD, Towson or UMBC

But these aren't 'open admissions' level of easy, just not as competitive as some other state options.

WVU
Elon
Alabama

What medium to large school, over 8K student, has an easier admission standard? Something driveable would be nice but not an absolute.