They just want their degree and want to stay near home. It does save money, if they don't have scholarship but at the end of the day, if you have a scholarship don't go to a mediocre college AKA NOVA 2.0 |
This is rude and immature. Not everyone has parents paying their way and not every kind of degree requires prestigious college name. Making smart financial decisions is much smarter than chasing prestige. |
lol. I call troll. Not true at all. |
Fact is that GMU is not just about prestige but also about actual rigor and mentality. I was a TA in a freshmen CS class there a few years back and half of the students not only didn't know basic coding, but they were also prone to cheating, begging for solutions, not turning in work etc. Definitely not the environment for a TJ graduate. |
Well, just so that you know - ton of cheating going on at TJ. |
+1 Less stress after 4 years of intensity, premed and want to more easily maintain a very high GPA (med schools care about GPA and MCATS---they don't care if you get a higher gpa at a "more challenging school") |
My friends son went to GMU for CS. Graduated 6 years back and now earning $300k+ in this area. Owns two homes.
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Plenty of bad apples at GMU CS. Have also heard of cheating - but mainly graduate students from India etc
For undergrad - its what you make of it. Do a CS in cyber, cloud etc and there are a ton of opportunities at places like LMT, CACI, etc |
Oh wow this is eye opening! Also, this is at least the FOURTH GMU thread this week. Someone is definitely trolling hard. |
All high schools deal with cheating, but it's not an area of focus because admins have more pressing problems to deal with (drugs, violence,...) |
You have to go to school and ask or look online in TJ Today senior issue that gets published in June which has the seniors school destinations 2023 Seniors - 5 to GMU - https://issuu.com/tjtoday/docs/2023seniorissue (look at pages 18-19) |
Many TJ grads, especially those admitted under the old system, struggle with the more rigorous programming. They could only pass as gifted because of years of outside enrichment and test prep. |
Would the mason troll just stop?
She must have run out of trolling topics for Wisconsin. I wish the forum owner would block that person's IP address. |
Oh, maybe THIS is why the TJ kids in the engineering program had to keep bringing up the fact that they were TJ kids...repeatedly |
+1. In each and every subject, at that. |