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(12-22-2021 03:03 PM)ODUMONARCHZ1 Wrote:  I went to a community college first then transferred into ODU, but that was with a 3.5 GPA in CC. I don't think I would have gotten in out of highschool with my GPA and SAT score. lol Definitely was not easy to graduate. ODU certainly is not an easy place to get a degree and I'm very proud to have one from there.

I got in with a 3.45, 1140 on the SAT in 1997. In person applications at my high school. Extra curriculars out the wazoo. Wasn’t real worried about getting in with that to be honest.

But my friend also got in, and she had a 2.4 and had progressively worse SATs that wouldn’t have even made her pass the clearinghouse minimums if she was an athlete. Never broke 800. So it wasn’t terribly hard to get in when I was coming out of HS and I’ve read the acceptance rate is higher now than it was then - I could have read an inaccurate report, but 20+ years ago, some of the requirement was simply “pulse.”

She also didn’t last a year. Most who know my posting history know of my extended run as an undergrad. So the exceptions weren’t the rule …