Our oldest is at VT and loves it. It's a perfect fit for the kid, and kid is doing well there. Younger one may need a smaller campus when the time comes, we'll see. Kid (entering 10th) has already ruled out GMU, since we left NOVA. No way I'm going back there it was so awful, kid tells me. Is open to all other schools, though. I'm thinking CNU will be on the tour list, so I'm enjoying these comments.

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Anonymous wrote:When u cite 75th percentile of GPA & SAT, it really helps if u clarify if those refer to applicants, acceptances, or enrollees.

If you are referring to SCHEV, those stats are gleaned from incoming students and published usually around October. . 75th percentile means 25 percent had higher; median covers next two quadrants, the bottom 25% are often but not always where the legacies . They are all enrolled students

Look closely at percentage submitting scores.

+1. Unless you look very closely, average test scores are extremely misleading for everyone but Ferrum College, which last year was still requiring all applicants to submit them.Ferrum's 75/50/25 of 1190/1040/920 looks pretty low compared to VCU's 1290/1160/1040, until you realize that barely a quarter of applicants submitted test scores to VCU. (Either that, or Ferrum screwed up their data submission.)

This can also go for GPAs, as well. UVA reports that nearly 700 incoming freshmen didn't submit a GPA. At the other end of the scale, the 75th percentile for GPA at Virginia Union University is 3.5. But with only 18 out of 232 freshmen submitting GPAs, that is definitely not their 75th percentile.

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Anonymous wrote:When u cite 75th percentile of GPA & SAT, it really helps if u clarify if those refer to applicants, acceptances, or enrollees.

If you are referring to SCHEV, those stats are gleaned from incoming students and published usually around October. . 75th percentile means 25 percent had higher; median covers next two quadrants, the bottom 25% are often but not always where the legacies . They are all enrolled students

Look closely at percentage submitting scores.

+1. Unless you look very closely, average test scores are extremely misleading for everyone but Ferrum College, which last year was still requiring all applicants to submit them.Ferrum's 75/50/25 of 1190/1040/920 looks pretty low compared to VCU's 1290/1160/1040, until you realize that barely a quarter of applicants submitted test scores to VCU. (Either that, or Ferrum screwed up their data submission.)

Anonymous wrote:How hard is it to walk on for soccer?

Can’t try out until Spring for sophomore year. It’s a good team and I don’t think it’s a realistic plan. They have club soccer that plays Fall and Spring.

Sorry, no. I wouldn’t send my kid to CNU. It’s an average school at best.

How hard is it to walk on for soccer?

Anonymous wrote:I am sure that this doesn’t characterize the entire student body, but I still can’t get past the girl in my sorority who transferred from there and sincerely told us that Jewish people had horns and tails. She didn’t stick around when she realized that our chapter was a mix of faiths.

Not sure how this is relevant. There are idiots at every school.

Anonymous wrote:Would those of you with experience please
share how much merit aid? Our DD is interested, has high stats and grades. TIA.

My kid is there now. Got about $25K in aid over 4 years but primarily chose it bc they were recruited for their sport after a nightmare around an injury/COVID. High stats but wanted to play their sport. Seems to love it and has no interest in transferring either for academics or another team. We have another kid at VT and one that went full pay private so the one at CNU has been, financially, a great deal.

Anonymous wrote:Google “Christopher Newport Notable alumni.” There are 5-6. That’s it. And pretty sure no one you’ve ever heard of. If CNU floats your boat, go for it. But don’t get upset when people don’t validate your decision with a “what a great school!” It’s just simply not.

Try again... from wiki. Looks like a lot ore than 5-6.
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Notable people
Alumni
William Lamont Strothers (BA, '91); NBA player, Portland Trail Blazers, Dallas Mavericks
Robin Abbott (BA, '98); Former Virginia House of Delegates Representative for the 93rd District.
Michael Caro; (BA '08); soccer player
Shirley Cooper; (BA '64); Former Virginia House of Delegates Representative for the 96th District.
Cassidy Hutchinson; (BA'19); Former White House aide and assistant to former U.S. President Donald Trump's White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
Gary Hudson; actor - Did not graduate
Karen Jackson; (BA '87), Former Virginia Secretary of Technology
Randall Munroe; (BS '06) creator of xkcd.
Chris Richardson; American Idol finalist - Did not graduate
Sam Ruby; (BA '82); Software Engineer.
Colleen Doran; Cartoonist
C9 Meteos (William Hartman); professional League of Legends player - Did not graduate
Michael P. Mullin; (BA '04) Virginia House of Delegates Representative for the 93rd District.
Jesse Pippy; (BA '04) Maryland House of Delegates Representative for the 4th District.
Melanie Rapp; (BA '90) Virginia House of Delegates Representative for the 96th District.
Kaitlyn Vincie; (BA '10) sports presenter and journalist.
Jeion Ward; (BA '95) Virginia House of Delegates Representative for the 92nd District.
Mojo Rawley; (AS ‘05) former NFL Player for the Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals, former WWE superstar.
Noah Green; (BA, '19) Perpetrator of the April 2021 United States Capitol car attack.[21]
Faculty
Jeffrey Bergner, former Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs
Philip Dimitrov, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Seth Roland (born 1957), soccer player and coach
Sources

Anonymous wrote:Google “Christopher Newport Notable alumni.” There are 5-6. That’s it. And pretty sure no one you’ve ever heard of. If CNU floats your boat, go for it. But don’t get upset when people don’t validate your decision with a “what a great school!” It’s just simply not.

Try again... from wiki. Looks like a lot ore than 5-6.
[b]
Notable people
Alumni
William Lamont Strothers (BA, '91); NBA player, Portland Trail Blazers, Dallas Mavericks
Robin Abbott (BA, '98); Former Virginia House of Delegates Representative for the 93rd District.
Michael Caro; (BA '08); soccer player
Shirley Cooper; (BA '64); Former Virginia House of Delegates Representative for the 96th District.
Cassidy Hutchinson; (BA'19); Former White House aide and assistant to former U.S. President Donald Trump's White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
Gary Hudson; actor - Did not graduate
Karen Jackson; (BA '87), Former Virginia Secretary of Technology
Randall Munroe; (BS '06) creator of xkcd.
Chris Richardson; American Idol finalist - Did not graduate
Sam Ruby; (BA '82); Software Engineer.
Colleen Doran; Cartoonist
C9 Meteos (William Hartman); professional League of Legends player - Did not graduate
Michael P. Mullin; (BA '04) Virginia House of Delegates Representative for the 93rd District.
Jesse Pippy; (BA '04) Maryland House of Delegates Representative for the 4th District.
Melanie Rapp; (BA '90) Virginia House of Delegates Representative for the 96th District.
Kaitlyn Vincie; (BA '10) sports presenter and journalist.
Jeion Ward; (BA '95) Virginia House of Delegates Representative for the 92nd District.
Mojo Rawley; (AS ‘05) former NFL Player for the Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals, former WWE superstar.
Noah Green; (BA, '19) Perpetrator of the April 2021 United States Capitol car attack.[21]
Faculty
Jeffrey Bergner, former Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs
Philip Dimitrov, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Seth Roland (born 1957), soccer player and coach
Sources

Anonymous wrote:Google “Christopher Newport Notable alumni.” There are 5-6. That’s it. And pretty sure no one you’ve ever heard of. If CNU floats your boat, go for it. But don’t get upset when people don’t validate your decision with a “what a great school!” It’s just simply not.

Big difference between “what a great school!” And “I’d be embarrassed to send my kid there.”

Anonymous wrote: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.

I’d be embarrassed to be you.

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Anonymous wrote:When u cite 75th percentile of GPA & SAT, it really helps if u clarify if those refer to applicants, acceptances, or enrollees.

If you are referring to SCHEV, those stats are gleaned from incoming students and published usually around October. . 75th percentile means 25 percent had higher; median covers next two quadrants, the bottom 25% are often but not always where the legacies . They are all enrolled students

Look closely at percentage submitting scores.

Anonymous wrote:When u cite 75th percentile of GPA & SAT, it really helps if u clarify if those refer to applicants, acceptances, or enrollees.

If you are referring to SCHEV, those stats are gleaned from incoming students and published usually around October. . 75th percentile means 25 percent had higher; median covers next two quadrants, the bottom 25% are often but not always where the legacies . They are all enrolled students

When u cite 75th percentile of GPA & SAT, it really helps if u clarify if those refer to applicants, acceptances, or enrollees.