Christopher Newport has a beautiful campus and they are building gorgeous new facilities as well. They are on their way up in the public university world and not that easy to get into anymore. CNU is a much better school than GMU and certainly a better choice than Radford (the haven for the classic underachiever).

Also, nice location and you can get some good beach time there as well.

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Anonymous wrote:First Tier: W&M, UVA and Tech

Second Tier: JMU, VCU?

Third Tier: Salem State, Radford, NVCC

Which are 2nd and 3rd Tier?

CNU
GMU
Mary Washington
Virginia State
VMI

This doesn't make any sense.

I think all the ones immediately above are 2nd tier.

Yes, and I would NOT put Tech up on the same level as UVA or W&M. No, thanks. It belongs in 2nd tier with JMU, etc.

Yes, you seem inexplicably determined to do that. I have no skin in this game, but I've always regarded Tech as first-tier.

George Mason is more selective than Va Tech. And better regarded for its public policy programs.

George Mason undergrad is a safety school for average students. You will never know your department chairman and you will never see a guidance counselor or anyone else who can help you with your classes. Graduate school is a whole other story.

Having gone to H.S. in Virginia, I always regarded Tech and JMU as some of the better colleges. Not as high as W&M & UVA, but certainly held in higher esteem than the other VA schools. That being said I've never understood how Tech's acceptance rate is so high, because all the kids I've known to go there have probably been in at least the top 20% of their class. And no, they were not going for engineering.

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Anonymous wrote:GMU is now more competitive than JMU and VT. A lower acceptance rate according to greatschools.com.

It has a lower acceptance rate than VT but significantly lower SAT scores. I guess they just get a lot more mediocre students applying. That's probably because its the safety school for every slightly above average student in NoVa.

Please don't feed the GMU troll

Anonymous wrote:GMU is now more competitive than JMU and VT. A lower acceptance rate according to greatschools.com.

It has a lower acceptance rate than VT but significantly lower SAT scores. I guess they just get a lot more mediocre students applying. That's probably because its the safety school for every slightly above average student in NoVa.

GMU is now more competitive than JMU and VT. A lower acceptance rate according to greatschools.com.

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Anonymous wrote:First Tier: W&M, UVA and Tech

Second Tier: JMU, VCU?

Third Tier: Salem State, Radford, NVCC

Which are 2nd and 3rd Tier?

CNU
GMU
Mary Washington
Virginia State
VMI

JMU is lower than gmu, jmu is now third tier where gmu is 2nd

Thanks for the laugh, George Mason dude! Do you live in Mosaic or Pimmit Hills?

George Mason is far more prestigious than JMU. Our business school is better. You JMU boosters are pathetic!

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Anonymous wrote:First Tier: W&M, UVA and Tech

Second Tier: JMU, VCU?

Third Tier: Salem State, Radford, NVCC

Which are 2nd and 3rd Tier?

CNU
GMU
Mary Washington
Virginia State
VMI

JMU is lower than gmu, jmu is now third tier where gmu is 2nd

Thanks for the laugh, George Mason dude! Do you live in Mosaic or Pimmit Hills?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First Tier: W&M, UVA and Tech

Second Tier: JMU, VCU?

Third Tier: Salem State, Radford, NVCC

Which are 2nd and 3rd Tier?

CNU
GMU
Mary Washington
Virginia State
VMI

This doesn't make any sense.

I think all the ones immediately above are 2nd tier.

Yes, and I would NOT put Tech up on the same level as UVA or W&M. No, thanks. It belongs in 2nd tier with JMU, etc.

Yes, you seem inexplicably determined to do that. I have no skin in this game, but I've always regarded Tech as first-tier.

George Mason is more selective than Va Tech. And better regarded for its public policy programs.

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Anonymous wrote:VT is definitely more on the level with JMU, not UVA or W&M. Just because a school only accepts a certain percentage of applicants doesn't mean they are a first-tier school; VT just happens to receive a lot of applications! You need to compare SAT and GPA's to determine where schools rank, and VT and JMU are rather close in that regard.

The comment above taking about rejection rates was sarcasm. VT accepts 66% of the kids that apply. Hardly selective.

VT is very selective for engineering. For everything else, it's pretty easy to get into.

And yet three years ago required a 3.9 GPA from Langly HS students (according to Naviance) for admission. So it really depends on where you're coming from.

If your kid went to a public h.s. in VA other than TJ and they're below a top 5% student -- they are going to be vying for spots with other kids with similar records. A middle class kid from a VA public school other than TJ is going to be fine going to any of these VA state schools.Some will even excel beyond anyone's dreams. Others like most of us will be good citizens working and paying taxes and minding their own business about their own lives. Not everyone is going to Harvard and not everyone will be a CEO or close to it.

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Anonymous wrote:VT is definitely more on the level with JMU, not UVA or W&M. Just because a school only accepts a certain percentage of applicants doesn't mean they are a first-tier school; VT just happens to receive a lot of applications! You need to compare SAT and GPA's to determine where schools rank, and VT and JMU are rather close in that regard.

The comment above taking about rejection rates was sarcasm. VT accepts 66% of the kids that apply. Hardly selective.

VT is very selective for engineering. For everything else, it's pretty easy to get into.

Anonymous wrote:Admission percentages (published) mean nothing if you're from nova ~ nova students can always get in to a higher ranked school out-of-state.

This has certainly been our experience with 3 kids attending top 10-15 out of state universities.

I checked their web page for graduate info (eg, Fullbrights, Rhodes, grad school, employment) and found nothing. Usually schools highlight this info--thoughts?

Admission percentages (published) mean nothing if you're from nova ~ nova students can always get in to a higher ranked school out-of-state.