Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 20:56     Subject: Re:Longwood
Daughter applied, got accepted, but will go somewhere else. The business program (her intended major) is not accredited and that’s a big red flag. Other majors might be fine.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 20:40     Subject: Longwood
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Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."


Right. Fewer than half. But unlike them, I actually graduated.


Where is your cite? I don’t believe you


Go to the College Navigator website. Look up Longwood University. Look at the tab for graduation and retention rates.

80% of full-time freshmen who started in fall 2023 returned for fall 2024.
48% of the full-time, first-time students starting in fall 2018 graduated in four years(spring 2022); 61% graduated in six years (spring 2024).
Keep in mind this spans the Covid years, so a good number may have taken a semester or two off, artificially reducing their four-year grad rate.

College Navigator has just been updated within the last few weeks with the most recent IPEDS data in this category.


So their graduation rate is above 50% lol as expected PP was full of $hit


Four year graduation rate is 48 percent. Last I checked, 48 is less than 50.


Colleges always cite the 6 year rate.


And? That doesn't mean the 4 year rate is over 50 percent.

Here are the 4 year rates:

https://research.schev.edu/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=gradrates.GRS04_Report
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 20:31     Subject: Longwood
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Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."


Right. Fewer than half. But unlike them, I actually graduated.


Where is your cite? I don’t believe you


Go to the College Navigator website. Look up Longwood University. Look at the tab for graduation and retention rates.

80% of full-time freshmen who started in fall 2023 returned for fall 2024.
48% of the full-time, first-time students starting in fall 2018 graduated in four years(spring 2022); 61% graduated in six years (spring 2024).
Keep in mind this spans the Covid years, so a good number may have taken a semester or two off, artificially reducing their four-year grad rate.

College Navigator has just been updated within the last few weeks with the most recent IPEDS data in this category.


So their graduation rate is above 50% lol as expected PP was full of $hit


Four year graduation rate is 48 percent. Last I checked, 48 is less than 50.


Colleges always cite the 6 year rate.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 20:30     Subject: Longwood
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."


Right. Fewer than half. But unlike them, I actually graduated.


Where is your cite? I don’t believe you


Go to the College Navigator website. Look up Longwood University. Look at the tab for graduation and retention rates.

80% of full-time freshmen who started in fall 2023 returned for fall 2024.
48% of the full-time, first-time students starting in fall 2018 graduated in four years(spring 2022); 61% graduated in six years (spring 2024).
Keep in mind this spans the Covid years, so a good number may have taken a semester or two off, artificially reducing their four-year grad rate.

College Navigator has just been updated within the last few weeks with the most recent IPEDS data in this category.


So their graduation rate is above 50% lol as expected PP was full of $hit


Four year graduation rate is 48 percent. Last I checked, 48 is less than 50.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 20:29     Subject: Longwood
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."


Right. Fewer than half. But unlike them, I actually graduated.


Where is your cite? I don’t believe you


Go to the College Navigator website. Look up Longwood University. Look at the tab for graduation and retention rates.

80% of full-time freshmen who started in fall 2023 returned for fall 2024.
48% of the full-time, first-time students starting in fall 2018 graduated in four years(spring 2022); 61% graduated in six years (spring 2024).
Keep in mind this spans the Covid years, so a good number may have taken a semester or two off, artificially reducing their four-year grad rate.

College Navigator has just been updated within the last few weeks with the most recent IPEDS data in this category.


So their graduation rate is above 50% lol as expected PP was full of $hit
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 20:10     Subject: Longwood
Anonymous wrote:Law enforcement, the small town atmosphere can be punitive. It was previously a dry county (no alcohol allowed) I wouldn't want that for an ordinary acting college student. Friend's DD was hassled, threatened with arrest. She had just left a college party with a group of girlfriends and were walking back to their dorm. All were 21.



Oh puhleeze! FarmVille stopped being a dry county in 1933 - almost 100 years ago. Grow up
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 20:08     Subject: Longwood
Anonymous wrote:Law enforcement, the small town atmosphere can be punitive. It was previously a dry county (no alcohol allowed) I wouldn't want that for an ordinary acting college student. Friend's DD was hassled, threatened with arrest. She had just left a college party with a group of girlfriends and were walking back to their dorm. All were 21.


Prince Edward County hasn't been a dry county in at least 30 years. Source: me, who partied at Longwood and Hampden-Sydney in the 90's and witnessed public drunkenness galore and purchased booze there legally.

When was it a dry county? Prohibition?

Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 20:01     Subject: Longwood
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."


Right. Fewer than half. But unlike them, I actually graduated.


Where is your cite? I don’t believe you


Go to the College Navigator website. Look up Longwood University. Look at the tab for graduation and retention rates.

80% of full-time freshmen who started in fall 2023 returned for fall 2024.
48% of the full-time, first-time students starting in fall 2018 graduated in four years(spring 2022); 61% graduated in six years (spring 2024).
Keep in mind this spans the Covid years, so a good number may have taken a semester or two off, artificially reducing their four-year grad rate.

College Navigator has just been updated within the last few weeks with the most recent IPEDS data in this category.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 18:41     Subject: Longwood
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Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."


Right. Fewer than half. But unlike them, I actually graduated.


Where is your cite? I don’t believe you


Just Google it man. It's true.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 18:05     Subject: Longwood
It’s not a dry county! Maybe fifty years ago, if then. How bizarre to think that!
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 17:56     Subject: Longwood
Anonymous wrote:what law?


Drunk in public
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 17:54     Subject: Longwood
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."


Right. Fewer than half. But unlike them, I actually graduated.


Where is your cite? I don’t believe you
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 11:21     Subject: Longwood
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."


Right. Fewer than half. But unlike them, I actually graduated.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 11:10     Subject: Longwood
Anonymous wrote:Less than half of the students graduate in four years and nearly a quarter don't even return for sophomore year.


What you mean is "fewer than half of the students..."
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2026 11:07     Subject: Longwood
Anonymous wrote:The 25% that don’t return probably transferred to uva, VATech, or jmu


Nope. They're dropping out.