Anonymous
Post 12/14/2024 19:40     Subject: No medium selectivity colleges in VA
Anonymous wrote:Is GMU really at the bottom of the tiers? Sorry, I may have FCPS blinders on, so just curious.


Tiers including which schools?
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2024 19:26     Subject: No medium selectivity colleges in VA
Is GMU really at the bottom of the tiers? Sorry, I may have FCPS blinders on, so just curious.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2024 19:20     Subject: Re:No medium selectivity colleges in VA
What?! You have some of the best state options in the country, OP?!! Practice gratitude.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2024 19:19     Subject: No medium selectivity colleges in VA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It will depend on subject major. I know VT is highly competitive for Engineering, but if your kid goes in as a humanities major it is less so.


This. Engineering is a harder admit than humanities at multiple VA publics.

Isn't this true everywhere?
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2024 19:18     Subject: No medium selectivity colleges in VA
Anonymous wrote:It will depend on subject major. I know VT is highly competitive for Engineering, but if your kid goes in as a humanities major it is less so.


This. Engineering is a harder admit than humanities at multiple VA publics.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2024 19:15     Subject: No medium selectivity colleges in VA
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:JMU is not 90% acceptance. It wasn't even that was 30 years ago. Current rate is 76%



JMU is a crapshoot. My public HS 3.9/1350 SAT kid got denied there but got into UW and Michigan. I actually called the admissions office thinking it was an error as my DD has a very common name (ie Jenn Smith). Nope, they meant to tell her no.


30 years ago, JMU had a 37 percent acceptance rate

Really?! What happened to make it so high now?
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2024 18:58     Subject: No medium selectivity colleges in VA
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:JMU is not 90% acceptance. It wasn't even that was 30 years ago. Current rate is 76%



JMU is a crapshoot. My public HS 3.9/1350 SAT kid got denied there but got into UW and Michigan. I actually called the admissions office thinking it was an error as my DD has a very common name (ie Jenn Smith). Nope, they meant to tell her no.


30 years ago, JMU had a 37 percent acceptance rate
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2024 23:20     Subject: No medium selectivity colleges in VA
The stats from last year show UVA and W&M as neck and neck, followed by VT then JMU, then GMU and UMW, VCU/CNU/ODU...

https://research.schev.edu//enrollment/B10_FreshmenProfile.asp
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2024 22:34     Subject: No medium selectivity colleges in VA
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:I would say Virginia has two: VT (non STEM) and JMU. I don't think MD has any. Most states don't have more than 2 except the ones significantly bigger than Virginia.


JMU should never be compared to VT.


Why? For non-STEM, JMU might be the better option for many.


Better option how? VT has much more respect in the D.C. metro area/VA than JMU. For any major.


Nope. I'm from here.
It's
Tier 1: uva and wm
Tier 2: jmu and vt
Tier 3: gmu, vcu, cnu etc


Back at you, 35 years as an adult in DC proper but from out West originally.

JMU is not on the VT level, in prestige, peer institution reputation or caliber of research and faculty. Not sure what you are smoking.