Re: what is your opinion of the following va universities?
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Lovin'this
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Date: May 18, 2014 10:53PM
So I actually found this when searching for other people's opinions on VA colleges. I know that this was posted awhile ago, but if someone reads these comments like I just did, then maybe this can be helpful now. ;)
Okay....
ODU- good for people who didnt do the best in highschool and don't wanna go to community college. Very nice people there. I know a lot of people that are excited about going to ODU. I thought it would be a run down school, but it was way better than what I expected.
GMU- very BIG school (maybe 50000 students???). Cool for history buffs cuz it's near DC. Apparently it's a big party school. I believe the academics are standard for a college. Colder winters if you are used to the southern heat.
JMU- one of my top two choices. Medium sized school. Seriously crazy school spirit! Purple and yellow everywhere you look. Although 30000??? students there is a good student to staff ratio. Rated top 2 for college food in the country. Fresham 15 lol. Everyone was smiling. A lot of hang out spots and beautiful mountain scenery. There is also the kissing rock tradition and kissing on the bus tradition. Hope you are a friendly person haha. Just a very happy school. One negative is that the model dorm style I was shown, you share a bathroom with 11 others, but like 4 can shower and 4 can pee at one time. And the surrounding town is filled with cute little shops and this one AMAZING buffet. This college feels like the real deal college like in the movies.
Longwood- in the middle of the country. Not necessarily a bad thing, just something to consider. Little food selection. Biggest sized dorms I have ever seen in VA so far. Talked to a few who went there and they said that once you get past the fact that it is a small town and school (5000 students), the school is awesome and everyone is like brother and sister.
VA Tech- heard lots of great things. Know a lot of smarties who wanna go there. Great engineering program. Good school spirit. Far away for me, but maybe closer to where you live. Teachers are caring. My family's friend's son went there. He is at his senior year and loves it so much that he sometimes doesn't come home for the holidays. Haha. And he's going to rent an appartment and live there with his girlfriend after he graduates. The school gave him the opportunity for a high paying job there. He just loves the school and the area.
CNU- my other top pick. Sounds like a lot of people don't like cnu or haven't even heard of it. Well let me tell you, I haven't either until I took the tour. Now I am telling all of my friends to take the tour too. Unknown school but it has great academics and you can tell that the students there want to be taught. They are also all so very friendly and every one was smiling. Multiple eating options. Smaller school similar to longwood in size. Bright green grass and the most beautiful brick buildings with grand columns that I have seen from any college so far. And marble floors. It sounds extremely preppy though, like for rich kids, but it's not. I saw ordinary people there like any other college. And there's a tropical smoothie on campus. And chick fil a. Just love it. Although a little but pricey cuz of the new renovations. It is also a newer school and very well taken care of. And the Ferguson Center is part of campus so you can get very cheap tickets to shows like the blue man group. Also close to the beach, Busch gardens, and historical VA sites like Jamestown.
UVA/W&M- both great schools achidemically. If you have a 4.0 or higher than apply to either of these two. They are great schools and are nationally known and rated as some of the highest in the nation. As a kid I always said that I would go to William and Mary cuz of the colors but I have not visited yet. But I plan too. One thing that I heard is that both of these schools have a lot of whites there (no racist comment intended, just facts). But great great great colleges that will make you sound impressive if you say that you graduated from either of these. W&M is extremely close to Busch Gardens.
Mary Washington- scheduled a visit for the summer. My friend went there and said that it was so beautiful and amazing and that I need to go visit so I plan to. I don't know much about it, and never heard if it until my friend talked about it. The way she described if made it seem magical haha. Hopefully I can add it to my top list of cnu and jmu.
VCU- definentally not the best area as some people have said. But lots of my friends want to go there. It is great for city loving people. There arts program is amazing. Maybe they over did it with the graffiti though, but it adds character. My economics teacher graduated from there and she suggests it to all of her classes haha. Oh and just a few minutes away from Richmond with great shopping areas and restaurants. Also close to Kingsdominion which I went to after taking the campus tour haha.
Okay. I am getting tired of typing now haha. Hope this is helpful to someone. And my opinions should NOT change your mind about a college that you thought you wanted to apply to. Just my opinions. ;)