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UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
LooksLikeI'mGoingToTechNow
()
Date: March 25, 2015 04:20PM
What the flying fuck. I had a 4.4 GPA and 2160 SAT and I got waitlisted at both. They're gay as ever this year. The only people that got into both for my school were ~7 people in the top 10. Overqualified nova kids inflate the instate acceptance rate to 45% despite how hard it is to get in.
Who else did or didn't get in?
Who else did or didn't get in?
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
set your sights higher
()
Date: March 25, 2015 04:28PM
UVA and W&M are by no means bad schools…but, truth to be told, you should also apply to real leaders such as Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, as well as some good foreign schools such as Oxford and Cambridge. If you can speak or learn German, there are some excellent schools there as well.
Tech is, frankly a joke-not as bad as Regent or Liberty to be sure, but still a joke nonetheless.
Tech is, frankly a joke-not as bad as Regent or Liberty to be sure, but still a joke nonetheless.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
Stafford County Kid
()
Date: March 25, 2015 04:44PM
Sucks to be you! I had a 3.1 and 1850 and got into both!
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
Whitepower
()
Date: March 25, 2015 05:32PM
Stafford County Kid Wrote:
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> Sucks to be you! I had a 3.1 and 1850 and got
> into both!
Well you're a minority, so we all know who really wins here.
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> Sucks to be you! I had a 3.1 and 1850 and got
> into both!
Well you're a minority, so we all know who really wins here.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
that's why
()
Date: March 25, 2015 05:33PM
^^^ minority
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
fourlegs
()
Date: March 25, 2015 06:03PM
What was your highschool OP?
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“Imitation is suicide.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“Imitation is suicide.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
Dane Bramage
()
Date: March 25, 2015 09:35PM
LooksLikeI'mGoingToTechNow Wrote:
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> What the flying fuck. I had a 4.4 GPA and 2160 SAT
> and I got waitlisted at both. They're gay as ever
> this year. The only people that got into both for
> my school were ~7 people in the top 10.
> Overqualified nova kids inflate the instate
> acceptance rate to 45% despite how hard it is to
> get in.
>
> Who else did or didn't get in?
They're giving the slots to out-of-state applicants who pay triple the in-state rate. Understanding state taxes subsidize their over-paid faculty, they still don't care to admit many VA residents. Write your delegate and complain.
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“We don’t have any rude, unpleasant people here. We’re different!”
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> What the flying fuck. I had a 4.4 GPA and 2160 SAT
> and I got waitlisted at both. They're gay as ever
> this year. The only people that got into both for
> my school were ~7 people in the top 10.
> Overqualified nova kids inflate the instate
> acceptance rate to 45% despite how hard it is to
> get in.
>
> Who else did or didn't get in?
They're giving the slots to out-of-state applicants who pay triple the in-state rate. Understanding state taxes subsidize their over-paid faculty, they still don't care to admit many VA residents. Write your delegate and complain.
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“We don’t have any rude, unpleasant people here. We’re different!”
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
JoeT
()
Date: March 25, 2015 09:56PM
To the contrary, public colleges are required to accept students in numbers expected to lead to a yield (which is the actual number of admitted students who then enroll) off 2/3 in-state. It still means qualified Virginia kids don't get in, but there is a cap on the number of out of state kids. I think UVA gets less than 10% of its operating fund from the state too, but I don't know where the rest comes from then. It's definitely frustrating. My son had stellar stats, certainly in the range for it but was denied at Virginia and went to Tech, and he loved it. My daughter got in to both UVa and W&M and chose Virginia where she is very happy. My next son didn't apply to any of the three and is at another state school where he is flourishing. I'm sorry, OP, but I would bet you'll go to the admitted student events at Tech and be very excited to attend school there by the time you leave. Good luck.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
You're a racist
()
Date: March 26, 2015 05:51AM
set your sights higher Wrote:
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> UVA and W&M are by no means bad schools…but,
> truth to be told, you should also apply to real
> leaders such as Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, as well
> as some good foreign schools such as Oxford and
> Cambridge. If you can speak or learn German, there
> are some excellent schools there as well.
>
> Tech is, frankly a joke-not as bad as Regent or
> Liberty to be sure, but still a joke nonetheless.
You're a racist.
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> UVA and W&M are by no means bad schools…but,
> truth to be told, you should also apply to real
> leaders such as Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, as well
> as some good foreign schools such as Oxford and
> Cambridge. If you can speak or learn German, there
> are some excellent schools there as well.
>
> Tech is, frankly a joke-not as bad as Regent or
> Liberty to be sure, but still a joke nonetheless.
You're a racist.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
Dane Bramage
()
Date: March 26, 2015 07:00AM
JoeT Wrote:
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> To the contrary, public colleges are required to
> accept students in numbers expected to lead to a
> yield (which is the actual number of admitted
> students who then enroll) off 2/3 in-state. It
> still means qualified Virginia kids don't get in,
> but there is a cap on the number of out of state
> kids. I think UVA gets less than 10% of its
> operating fund from the state too, but I don't
> know where the rest comes from then. It's
> definitely frustrating. My son had stellar stats,
> certainly in the range for it but was denied at
> Virginia and went to Tech, and he loved it. My
> daughter got in to both UVa and W&M and chose
> Virginia where she is very happy. My next son
> didn't apply to any of the three and is at another
> state school where he is flourishing. I'm sorry,
> OP, but I would bet you'll go to the admitted
> student events at Tech and be very excited to
> attend school there by the time you leave. Good
> luck.
There actually isn't a hard cap, although legislation was introduced and not passed. It's more of a 'pressure from Richmond' cap than a real one.
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“We don’t have any rude, unpleasant people here. We’re different!”
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> To the contrary, public colleges are required to
> accept students in numbers expected to lead to a
> yield (which is the actual number of admitted
> students who then enroll) off 2/3 in-state. It
> still means qualified Virginia kids don't get in,
> but there is a cap on the number of out of state
> kids. I think UVA gets less than 10% of its
> operating fund from the state too, but I don't
> know where the rest comes from then. It's
> definitely frustrating. My son had stellar stats,
> certainly in the range for it but was denied at
> Virginia and went to Tech, and he loved it. My
> daughter got in to both UVa and W&M and chose
> Virginia where she is very happy. My next son
> didn't apply to any of the three and is at another
> state school where he is flourishing. I'm sorry,
> OP, but I would bet you'll go to the admitted
> student events at Tech and be very excited to
> attend school there by the time you leave. Good
> luck.
There actually isn't a hard cap, although legislation was introduced and not passed. It's more of a 'pressure from Richmond' cap than a real one.
-------------------------------------------------
“We don’t have any rude, unpleasant people here. We’re different!”
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
History Speaks
()
Date: March 26, 2015 08:06AM
Remember the story of David Franklin DeJesus. Applied to UVA in 2009 as David Franklin using his Virginia home address, and as David DeJesus from his mother's Maryland address. Exact same application, though he used an SSN on one and a TIN on the other. Virginia application rejected. Maryland application accepted, with plenty of financial aid.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
Ghv
()
Date: March 26, 2015 08:08AM
I knew someone who went to Tech that now works for NASA, and I knew someone else who went to UVA and played lacrosse and is now in jail for murder.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
pT6hh
()
Date: March 26, 2015 08:11AM
It's been said before: Go to NVCC for two (or three) years, save money, earn good grades, and apply using the guaranteed admissions program.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
me too
()
Date: March 26, 2015 09:37AM
I know someone who went to VT, owned his own business, sold out, and retired before the age of 40.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
schools molly coddle
()
Date: March 26, 2015 09:54AM
Know someone went to Harvard, trained as a lawyer, and is trying to work as a programmer. Very intelligent person but never really gets anything done on his own. Notice they now provide programming language classes in CompSci and other majors. In my day, you were expected to learn languages on your own time.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
Kirk V
()
Date: March 26, 2015 10:10AM
Why is Gudger College so underrated?
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
Bill.N.
()
Date: March 26, 2015 12:11PM
UVa takes that Public Ivy line seriously. They don't really need another overachieving NoVa student with a high GPA, high test score and large number of advanced classes for an incoming First Year class that is already overstocked with these. There are a large number of colleges and universities out there who are looking for precisely this type of student though, and are willing to offer nice financial incentives for you to go there. If you had done your homework you might have found a number of very good schools that would have taken you, and that would have offered enough money so that they were roughly comparable to UVa in net cost.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
Nice surprise
()
Date: March 26, 2015 12:18PM
Bill.N. Wrote:
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> UVa takes that Public Ivy line seriously. They
> don't really need another overachieving NoVa
> student with a high GPA, high test score and large
> number of advanced classes for an incoming First
> Year class that is already overstocked with these.
> There are a large number of colleges and
> universities out there who are looking for
> precisely this type of student though, and are
> willing to offer nice financial incentives for you
> to go there. If you had done your homework you
> might have found a number of very good schools
> that would have taken you, and that would have
> offered enough money so that they were roughly
> comparable to UVa in net cost.
I had no idea this was true until my child decided to major in something that is not well-represented in Virginia schools. They received terrific enticement packages to go to out-of-state very prestigious schools. We did not qualify for any financial aid by any stretch of the imagination and never really expected or asked for anything. I think the Virginia schools are driving away Virginia students with their acceptance policies and admissions policies. I know that they are also limited in the number of students they have room for.
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> UVa takes that Public Ivy line seriously. They
> don't really need another overachieving NoVa
> student with a high GPA, high test score and large
> number of advanced classes for an incoming First
> Year class that is already overstocked with these.
> There are a large number of colleges and
> universities out there who are looking for
> precisely this type of student though, and are
> willing to offer nice financial incentives for you
> to go there. If you had done your homework you
> might have found a number of very good schools
> that would have taken you, and that would have
> offered enough money so that they were roughly
> comparable to UVa in net cost.
I had no idea this was true until my child decided to major in something that is not well-represented in Virginia schools. They received terrific enticement packages to go to out-of-state very prestigious schools. We did not qualify for any financial aid by any stretch of the imagination and never really expected or asked for anything. I think the Virginia schools are driving away Virginia students with their acceptance policies and admissions policies. I know that they are also limited in the number of students they have room for.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
Nice surprise
()
Date: March 26, 2015 12:21PM
ACT 28 and 4.0 with a full year of college credits was my child's presentation. And we are white. Did not even bother filling out the FAFSA.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
The Agree-er
()
Date: March 26, 2015 12:24PM
Nice surprise Wrote:
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> Bill.N. Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > UVa takes that Public Ivy line seriously. They
> > don't really need another overachieving NoVa
> > student with a high GPA, high test score and
> large
> > number of advanced classes for an incoming
> First
> > Year class that is already overstocked with
> these.
> > There are a large number of colleges and
> > universities out there who are looking for
> > precisely this type of student though, and are
> > willing to offer nice financial incentives for
> you
> > to go there. If you had done your homework you
> > might have found a number of very good schools
> > that would have taken you, and that would have
> > offered enough money so that they were roughly
> > comparable to UVa in net cost.
>
>
> I had no idea this was true until my child decided
> to major in something that is not well-represented
> in Virginia schools. They received terrific
> enticement packages to go to out-of-state very
> prestigious schools. We did not qualify for any
> financial aid by any stretch of the imagination
> and never really expected or asked for anything. I
> think the Virginia schools are driving away
> Virginia students with their acceptance policies
> and admissions policies. I know that they are also
> limited in the number of students they have room
> for.
+1 What they both said.
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> Bill.N. Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > UVa takes that Public Ivy line seriously. They
> > don't really need another overachieving NoVa
> > student with a high GPA, high test score and
> large
> > number of advanced classes for an incoming
> First
> > Year class that is already overstocked with
> these.
> > There are a large number of colleges and
> > universities out there who are looking for
> > precisely this type of student though, and are
> > willing to offer nice financial incentives for
> you
> > to go there. If you had done your homework you
> > might have found a number of very good schools
> > that would have taken you, and that would have
> > offered enough money so that they were roughly
> > comparable to UVa in net cost.
>
>
> I had no idea this was true until my child decided
> to major in something that is not well-represented
> in Virginia schools. They received terrific
> enticement packages to go to out-of-state very
> prestigious schools. We did not qualify for any
> financial aid by any stretch of the imagination
> and never really expected or asked for anything. I
> think the Virginia schools are driving away
> Virginia students with their acceptance policies
> and admissions policies. I know that they are also
> limited in the number of students they have room
> for.
+1 What they both said.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
Change Your Name
()
Date: March 26, 2015 12:57PM
The entrance standards are MUCH LOWER if you're Black and indicate that you want to major in Victim Studies. That's a fact, which is why degrees "earned" by Blacks are worthless.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
LooksLikeI'mGoingToTechNow
()
Date: March 26, 2015 08:08PM
Bill.N. Wrote:
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> UVa takes that Public Ivy line seriously. They
> don't really need another overachieving NoVa
> student with a high GPA, high test score and large
> number of advanced classes for an incoming First
> Year class that is already overstocked with these.
> There are a large number of colleges and
> universities out there who are looking for
> precisely this type of student though, and are
> willing to offer nice financial incentives for you
> to go there. If you had done your homework you
> might have found a number of very good schools
> that would have taken you, and that would have
> offered enough money so that they were roughly
> comparable to UVa in net cost.
Where do you have in mind? I got into Wake and UMD w/ 48k scholarship. Waitlisted at UCLA.
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> UVa takes that Public Ivy line seriously. They
> don't really need another overachieving NoVa
> student with a high GPA, high test score and large
> number of advanced classes for an incoming First
> Year class that is already overstocked with these.
> There are a large number of colleges and
> universities out there who are looking for
> precisely this type of student though, and are
> willing to offer nice financial incentives for you
> to go there. If you had done your homework you
> might have found a number of very good schools
> that would have taken you, and that would have
> offered enough money so that they were roughly
> comparable to UVa in net cost.
Where do you have in mind? I got into Wake and UMD w/ 48k scholarship. Waitlisted at UCLA.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
Wait a tick
()
Date: March 26, 2015 08:34PM
I believe I speak for everyone when I say this thread is waaaaaay too mature for FFU, so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE someone make some sort of inappropriate comment, or even better, post a pic of Jack Dale having a threesome with an employee from the Fairfax Papa John's and an illegal about to be killed by a local contractor.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
Derp derp derp
()
Date: March 26, 2015 08:40PM
set your sights higher Wrote:
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> UVA and W&M are by no means bad schools…but,
> truth to be told, you should also apply to real
> leaders such as Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, as well
> as some good foreign schools such as Oxford and
> Cambridge. If you can speak or learn German, there
> are some excellent schools there as well.
>
> Tech is, frankly a joke-not as bad as Regent or
> Liberty to be sure, but still a joke nonetheless.
With the school’s long history as a technical institution, graduate offerings include programs in the highly ranked College of Engineering. The school is also a research powerhouse, with seven research institutes and two university research centers – including the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute – that offer research opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students alike. All students can also take advantage of the Math Emporium, an off-campus lab that houses more than 500 Mac computers, tutoring sessions and classes. Notable Hokie alumni include football player Michael Vick and talk show host Hoda Kotb.
Top 25 in engineering. But I guess you worthless business majors wouldn't know nothing about that.
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> UVA and W&M are by no means bad schools…but,
> truth to be told, you should also apply to real
> leaders such as Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, as well
> as some good foreign schools such as Oxford and
> Cambridge. If you can speak or learn German, there
> are some excellent schools there as well.
>
> Tech is, frankly a joke-not as bad as Regent or
> Liberty to be sure, but still a joke nonetheless.
With the school’s long history as a technical institution, graduate offerings include programs in the highly ranked College of Engineering. The school is also a research powerhouse, with seven research institutes and two university research centers – including the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute – that offer research opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students alike. All students can also take advantage of the Math Emporium, an off-campus lab that houses more than 500 Mac computers, tutoring sessions and classes. Notable Hokie alumni include football player Michael Vick and talk show host Hoda Kotb.
Top 25 in engineering. But I guess you worthless business majors wouldn't know nothing about that.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
cunt southern virginians
()
Date: March 26, 2015 08:41PM
LooksLikeI'mGoingToTechNow Wrote:
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> What the flying fuck. I had a 4.4 GPA and 2160 SAT
> and I got waitlisted at both. They're gay as ever
> this year. The only people that got into both for
> my school were ~7 people in the top 10.
> Overqualified nova kids inflate the instate
> acceptance rate to 45% despite how hard it is to
> get in.
>
> Who else did or didn't get in?
SO you arent from nova? How shitty is the backwater you are from that you come on this website to talk to humans. Go back to goochland or danville or richmond you cunt. Your highschool is a joke, thats why you didn't get into those schools. Wow you took AP calculus? So do 40% of Northern Virginia students, its expected along with 6-9 other AP courses.
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> What the flying fuck. I had a 4.4 GPA and 2160 SAT
> and I got waitlisted at both. They're gay as ever
> this year. The only people that got into both for
> my school were ~7 people in the top 10.
> Overqualified nova kids inflate the instate
> acceptance rate to 45% despite how hard it is to
> get in.
>
> Who else did or didn't get in?
SO you arent from nova? How shitty is the backwater you are from that you come on this website to talk to humans. Go back to goochland or danville or richmond you cunt. Your highschool is a joke, thats why you didn't get into those schools. Wow you took AP calculus? So do 40% of Northern Virginia students, its expected along with 6-9 other AP courses.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
Going2TechNow
()
Date: March 26, 2015 09:58PM
cunt southern virginians Wrote:
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> LooksLikeI'mGoingToTechNow Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > What the flying fuck. I had a 4.4 GPA and 2160
> SAT
> > and I got waitlisted at both. They're gay as
> ever
> > this year. The only people that got into both
> for
> > my school were ~7 people in the top 10.
> > Overqualified nova kids inflate the instate
> > acceptance rate to 45% despite how hard it is
> to
> > get in.
> >
> > Who else did or didn't get in?
>
>
> SO you arent from nova? How shitty is the
> backwater you are from that you come on this
> website to talk to humans. Go back to goochland or
> danville or richmond you cunt. Your highschool is
> a joke, thats why you didn't get into those
> schools. Wow you took AP calculus? So do 40% of
> Northern Virginia students, its expected along
> with 6-9 other AP courses.
Correct, and I'm also top 10. That wouldn't happen in nova. UVA bottlenecks it so that they only accept the top 10% of a highschool's class so they can keep their precious "percentage of students in the top 10% of their graduating class" statistic high, regardless of how well qualified the top 25% or 50% may be. That's why the kids at TJ get buttfucked every year.
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> LooksLikeI'mGoingToTechNow Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > What the flying fuck. I had a 4.4 GPA and 2160
> SAT
> > and I got waitlisted at both. They're gay as
> ever
> > this year. The only people that got into both
> for
> > my school were ~7 people in the top 10.
> > Overqualified nova kids inflate the instate
> > acceptance rate to 45% despite how hard it is
> to
> > get in.
> >
> > Who else did or didn't get in?
>
>
> SO you arent from nova? How shitty is the
> backwater you are from that you come on this
> website to talk to humans. Go back to goochland or
> danville or richmond you cunt. Your highschool is
> a joke, thats why you didn't get into those
> schools. Wow you took AP calculus? So do 40% of
> Northern Virginia students, its expected along
> with 6-9 other AP courses.
Correct, and I'm also top 10. That wouldn't happen in nova. UVA bottlenecks it so that they only accept the top 10% of a highschool's class so they can keep their precious "percentage of students in the top 10% of their graduating class" statistic high, regardless of how well qualified the top 25% or 50% may be. That's why the kids at TJ get buttfucked every year.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
Alexander Smith
()
Date: March 27, 2015 02:00AM
Only fools would apply or attend Virginia Tech. It's the NOVA of universities. You would be better off going to NOVA for two years and then transferring to a real college.
But if you don't mind being murdered or turn up missing, then go ahead. That school has a great track record for those sort of things.
But if you don't mind being murdered or turn up missing, then go ahead. That school has a great track record for those sort of things.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
Martese J
()
Date: March 27, 2015 08:16AM
Alexander Smith Wrote:
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> Only fools would apply or attend Virginia Tech.
> It's the NOVA of universities. You would be better
> off going to NOVA for two years and then
> transferring to a real college.
>
>
> But if you don't mind being murdered or turn up
> missing, then go ahead. That school has a great
> track record for those sort of things.
Sounds like some butthurt loser didn't get accepted to Tech.
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> Only fools would apply or attend Virginia Tech.
> It's the NOVA of universities. You would be better
> off going to NOVA for two years and then
> transferring to a real college.
>
>
> But if you don't mind being murdered or turn up
> missing, then go ahead. That school has a great
> track record for those sort of things.
Sounds like some butthurt loser didn't get accepted to Tech.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
eat some worms
()
Date: March 28, 2015 04:35PM
If you are a guy... Tell Them you wear a dress and duck dick. If you are a gurl...Tell them you munch pussy and like to wear a strap on. You'll get into UVA.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
VT been good to me
()
Date: March 28, 2015 04:46PM
When to VT and got a Computer Science Degree. Life's been very good since.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
justanidea
()
Date: March 28, 2015 06:21PM
Genuine question...
Is the expense and hassle worth it? What options are there besides a four-year college? (please fight the urge to post jokes about McDonald's burger flipping)
If you're set on a STEM job, there are still options other than a 4year. such as NVCC that someone mentioned upthread.
What sucks about NVCC (or any community college) is that credit transfers are a pain. I have found CLEP to be easier, cheaper, take far less time, and be universally accepted.
My personal experience and opinion is that my time at college was a waste of time and money. I worked instead. I ended up equal/better than college grads in my field with my additional years of experience, but I didn't have a huge debt to pay off. I have consistently made over $100k each year for the last 15 years with a couple of $200k years during some good times.
Today, can anybody reasonably expect to make a career without an education?
Is the expense and hassle worth it? What options are there besides a four-year college? (please fight the urge to post jokes about McDonald's burger flipping)
If you're set on a STEM job, there are still options other than a 4year. such as NVCC that someone mentioned upthread.
What sucks about NVCC (or any community college) is that credit transfers are a pain. I have found CLEP to be easier, cheaper, take far less time, and be universally accepted.
My personal experience and opinion is that my time at college was a waste of time and money. I worked instead. I ended up equal/better than college grads in my field with my additional years of experience, but I didn't have a huge debt to pay off. I have consistently made over $100k each year for the last 15 years with a couple of $200k years during some good times.
Today, can anybody reasonably expect to make a career without an education?
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
Great Falls Dad
()
Date: March 28, 2015 06:30PM
Want to go to a real good and impressive school - be like me and pay $71k a year for my artistic beautiful spoiled daughter to go to NYU.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
Posted by:
really nice used car
()
Date: March 28, 2015 08:14PM
There is a program where you go to NOVA for 2 years get a B average and uva takes you automatically. You get in and save enough to pay for a really nice used car.
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
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really nice used car
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Date: March 28, 2015 08:14PM
There is a program where you go to NOVA for 2 years get a B average and uva takes you automatically. You get in and save enough to pay for a really nice used car.
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transfer agreements
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Date: March 28, 2015 08:18PM
Universities and Colleges with transfer agreements with NOVA
http://www.nvcc.edu/current-students/transfer/Search/GAAAdmission.aspx
http://www.nvcc.edu/current-students/transfer/Search/GAAAdmission.aspx
Re: UVA and W&M decisions are out
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ick
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Date: March 28, 2015 09:17PM
It's been said before: Go to NVCC for two (or three) years, save money, earn good grades, and apply using the guaranteed admissions program.
yeah, like that's my dream
yeah, like that's my dream
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jewveegay
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Date: March 28, 2015 10:14PM
^^^ Shows how the quality of UVA has declined if you get a B in community college and they automatically accept you.