Penn State, Tennessee and Indiana.

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Anonymous wrote:I would consider GMU as a good alternate if VT does not work out. They have good Engineering and CS. For kids in the higher stats quartile, I would consider GMU a safety. But if the stats are lower, then GMU might become another "target" and not a safety

this. GMU engineering is held in high regard

Ugh, that can't be comparable to a big, real university like VT. GMU is just basically like an expensive NVCC. No fun vibes.

If you’re paying big bucks for a “fun vibe”, you’re doing it wrong. In the meantime, we Virginia residents will continue to take advantage of the great value that is GMU.

Finding an affordable OOS flagship is well worth it. Football is more important than you seem to realize.

Not to everyone.

Bullshit

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Anonymous wrote:I would consider GMU as a good alternate if VT does not work out. They have good Engineering and CS. For kids in the higher stats quartile, I would consider GMU a safety. But if the stats are lower, then GMU might become another "target" and not a safety

this. GMU engineering is held in high regard

Ugh, that can't be comparable to a big, real university like VT. GMU is just basically like an expensive NVCC. No fun vibes.

If you’re paying big bucks for a “fun vibe”, you’re doing it wrong. In the meantime, we Virginia residents will continue to take advantage of the great value that is GMU.

Finding an affordable OOS flagship is well worth it. Football is more important than you seem to realize.

This depends on the student. I never cared about any college sports.

Anonymous wrote:For us it was Penn state

+1 My niece is at Penn State for engineering and was rejected at UVA and waitlisted at VT (OOS for all.) She loves it.

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Anonymous wrote:I would consider GMU as a good alternate if VT does not work out. They have good Engineering and CS. For kids in the higher stats quartile, I would consider GMU a safety. But if the stats are lower, then GMU might become another "target" and not a safety

this. GMU engineering is held in high regard

Ugh, that can't be comparable to a big, real university like VT. GMU is just basically like an expensive NVCC. No fun vibes.

If you’re paying big bucks for a “fun vibe”, you’re doing it wrong. In the meantime, we Virginia residents will continue to take advantage of the great value that is GMU.

Finding an affordable OOS flagship is well worth it. Football is more important than you seem to realize.

Not to everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:I would consider GMU as a good alternate if VT does not work out. They have good Engineering and CS. For kids in the higher stats quartile, I would consider GMU a safety. But if the stats are lower, then GMU might become another "target" and not a safety

this. GMU engineering is held in high regard

Ugh, that can't be comparable to a big, real university like VT. GMU is just basically like an expensive NVCC. No fun vibes.

If you’re paying big bucks for a “fun vibe”, you’re doing it wrong. In the meantime, we Virginia residents will continue to take advantage of the great value that is GMU.

Finding an affordable OOS flagship is well worth it. Football is more important than you seem to realize.

ODU

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Anonymous wrote:I would consider GMU as a good alternate if VT does not work out. They have good Engineering and CS. For kids in the higher stats quartile, I would consider GMU a safety. But if the stats are lower, then GMU might become another "target" and not a safety

this. GMU engineering is held in high regard

Ugh, that can't be comparable to a big, real university like VT. GMU is just basically like an expensive NVCC. No fun vibes.

If you’re paying big bucks for a “fun vibe”, you’re doing it wrong. In the meantime, we Virginia residents will continue to take advantage of the great value that is GMU.

While GMU is not like top 20-40 it has far changed than 10 years ago. The education is good specially for few majors.

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Anonymous wrote:I would consider GMU as a good alternate if VT does not work out. They have good Engineering and CS. For kids in the higher stats quartile, I would consider GMU a safety. But if the stats are lower, then GMU might become another "target" and not a safety

this. GMU engineering is held in high regard

Ugh, that can't be comparable to a big, real university like VT. GMU is just basically like an expensive NVCC. No fun vibes.

If you’re paying big bucks for a “fun vibe”, you’re doing it wrong. In the meantime, we Virginia residents will continue to take advantage of the great value that is GMU.

SCHEV data is only gpa and sat/act, it doesn’t have results by major, as far as I’ve seen.

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Anonymous wrote:VT non-engineering is much easier than VT engineering. JMU does not offer specific engineering degrees, so I am guessing srudent is not an engineering applicant.

It's increasingly not "much easier" at all.

That is not what the SCHEV data says.

Cite?

Isnt that what poster just did?

What major for the VT kid?

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Anonymous wrote:I would consider GMU as a good alternate if VT does not work out. They have good Engineering and CS. For kids in the higher stats quartile, I would consider GMU a safety. But if the stats are lower, then GMU might become another "target" and not a safety

this. GMU engineering is held in high regard

Ugh, that can't be comparable to a big, real university like VT. GMU is just basically like an expensive NVCC. No fun vibes.

Have you been on campus lately? I went there for grad school years ago when it was as you describe above. Visited recently and cannot believe how much the school has changed for the better. New dorms, new buildings, and definitely a campus vibe now. Which is nice, because even back then I was so impressed by the professors. It is a very good school and now feels like other four-year schools.

Anonymous wrote:My kid was high honors at NOVA and as a result VT, UVA and W&M were their safety schools.

Did this make you feel better?

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Anonymous wrote:I wish VT would just reimplement ED so those who have it as their first choice could express that!!

Or they can implement what all these other major flagships do for EA and notify earlier than late Feb!!!

ED would be preferable so that those for whom VT is their first choice can express that in no uncertain terms.

That would make sense.