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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to JMU back in the 80s and did not like it, mostly because I hadn’t expected the strong Christian vibes from so many kids. I hadn’t had any experience with the Bible Belt kind of thing before that. When I took my daughter to visit in 2013, I felt very much like it seemed like an extension of high school. I know lots of kids are happy there, though.

Our tour guide at JMU was big into the campus ministry. I hadn't thought much about it. Better that than the tour guide at another school with plural pronouns who supported Palestine with no apparent awareness of what would happen to them if they actually traveled over there.

Anyway, JMU was a really nice campus and I've heard nothing but good things from anyone who's ever gone there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went to JMU back in the 80s and did not like it, mostly because I hadn’t expected the strong Christian vibes from so many kids. I hadn’t had any experience with the Bible Belt kind of thing before that. When I took my daughter to visit in 2013, I felt very much like it seemed like an extension of high school. I know lots of kids are happy there, though.

I also attended JMU in the 80s and honestly have no idea what you're talking about! Bible Belt? That was not my experience or impression at all.

I went JMU in the 90s and didn’t know anyone that was overtly religious. I was Greek, though, and even my non-Greek friends partied. Maybe PP didn’t drink and that attracts a more religious crowd? I would think that’s not unique to any school, especially in the south.

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Anonymous wrote:My DCs grad class (nova public) had 50+ attend and many of them roomed together. My kid said no way - didn’t even apply.

Any VA public will have about the same percentage from nova. Why do people single out JMU?

Because it was far and away the highest number going to one college from the class. VA Tech was closer to 25-30 and UVA was 10.

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Anonymous wrote:My DCs grad class (nova public) had 50+ attend and many of them roomed together. My kid said no way - didn’t even apply.

Any VA public will have about the same percentage from nova. Why do people single out JMU?

Because it was far and away the highest number going to one college from the class. VA Tech was closer to 25-30 and UVA was 10.

Lol. Your kid was worried about 50 kids from his high school class out of 5,000 students in the freshman class? Is he studying humanities?

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Anonymous wrote:My DCs grad class (nova public) had 50+ attend and many of them roomed together. My kid said no way - didn’t even apply.

Any VA public will have about the same percentage from nova. Why do people single out JMU?

Because it was far and away the highest number going to one college from the class. VA Tech was closer to 25-30 and UVA was 10.

Lol. Your kid was worried about 50 kids from his high school class out of 5,000 students in the freshman class? Is he studying humanities?

+1 Exactly. If this is truly a concern, that’s ridiculous and the kid doesn’t have a grasp of how big JMU is. More likely than not, it’s thinly veiled snobbery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DCs grad class (nova public) had 50+ attend and many of them roomed together. My kid said no way - didn’t even apply.

Nice trolling! A+.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DCs grad class (nova public) had 50+ attend and many of them roomed together. My kid said no way - didn’t even apply.

Any VA public will have about the same percentage from nova. Why do people single out JMU?

Because they’re disgruntled trolls with nothing better to do. It’s kind of amusing, in a sad way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think there are people invested on this board pumping up that image for some reason. Not sure if you're part of them OP. It's like any school of a lot of kids--there are some who are friendly, some who are not. It's not a super-selective school so you're not going to get as much of the overt academic competitive spirit that you might see at another school, but there's plenty of drama around social life with people who are jerks, manipulators, immature, self-centered etc. that you will see at any college. There's nothing magical about the place that makes normal social life tensions disappear. It's tilted towards women and is one of the more predominately white of the public schools in VA. Not sure if OP is one of the people where that sub-consciously gives them 'friendlier vibes' or not.

Oh, please. If anything, it’s perfectly clear there are one or two people determined to tear down a lovely school for no reason at all. No one stated anything close to your bizarre claims. But the fact is, JMU is known for having happy, kind, smart students who by and large, love their experience and become loyal alumni.

Clearly you have an axe to grind which makes your comments suspect.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went to JMU back in the 80s and did not like it, mostly because I hadn’t expected the strong Christian vibes from so many kids. I hadn’t had any experience with the Bible Belt kind of thing before that. When I took my daughter to visit in 2013, I felt very much like it seemed like an extension of high school. I know lots of kids are happy there, though.

Our tour guide at JMU was big into the campus ministry. I hadn't thought much about it. Better that than the tour guide at another school with plural pronouns who supported Palestine with no apparent awareness of what would happen to them if they actually traveled over there.

Anyway, JMU was a really nice campus and I've heard nothing but good things from anyone who's ever gone there.

Completely agree. I have no issue with different campus ministries, and there is also an active Hillel community there too. This is a school with something for everyone none of the idiot extremism seen at certain other universities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DCs grad class (nova public) had 50+ attend and many of them roomed together. My kid said no way - didn’t even apply.

Nice trolling! A+.

not trolling, 100% true, it was even announced at graduation by the principal. Why you think it's some kind of selective school?

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Anonymous wrote:My DCs grad class (nova public) had 50+ attend and many of them roomed together. My kid said no way - didn’t even apply.

Any VA public will have about the same percentage from nova. Why do people single out JMU?

Because it was far and away the highest number going to one college from the class. VA Tech was closer to 25-30 and UVA was 10.

Lol. Your kid was worried about 50 kids from his high school class out of 5,000 students in the freshman class? Is he studying humanities?

+1 Exactly. If this is truly a concern, that’s ridiculous and the kid doesn’t have a grasp of how big JMU is. More likely than not, it’s thinly veiled snobbery.

mostly because all of the people my DD didn't like, as in were partiers, not serious students, but somehow managed a mid 3.something GPA, went there.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s funny. I heard that. We went to Choices and it was not a good experience. Seemed like a distracted, phone carrying, typical NOVA high school. JMU was an option, but DS decided against it after Choices. The lunch in the dining hall was a sh@$ show.

Truthfully I had never heard anything but positives. But the dorms, many buildings seemed dated (80s and 90s).

It seemed like a NOVA high school which is not what DS wanted in college.

You've just described what we experienced at W&M.

YEs! we had the worst tour at W&M by a student. I gave feedback that they should try to do a better job selecting who does the tours.

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Anonymous wrote:My DCs grad class (nova public) had 50+ attend and many of them roomed together. My kid said no way - didn’t even apply.

Any VA public will have about the same percentage from nova. Why do people single out JMU?

Because it was far and away the highest number going to one college from the class. VA Tech was closer to 25-30 and UVA was 10.

Lol. Your kid was worried about 50 kids from his high school class out of 5,000 students in the freshman class? Is he studying humanities?

+1 Exactly. If this is truly a concern, that’s ridiculous and the kid doesn’t have a grasp of how big JMU is. More likely than not, it’s thinly veiled snobbery.

mostly because all of the people my DD didn't like, as in were partiers, not serious students, but somehow managed a mid 3.something GPA, went there.

Fun, socially well-adjusted kids?

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Anonymous wrote:My DCs grad class (nova public) had 50+ attend and many of them roomed together. My kid said no way - didn’t even apply.

Any VA public will have about the same percentage from nova. Why do people single out JMU?

Because it was far and away the highest number going to one college from the class. VA Tech was closer to 25-30 and UVA was 10.

Lol. Your kid was worried about 50 kids from his high school class out of 5,000 students in the freshman class? Is he studying humanities?

+1 Exactly. If this is truly a concern, that’s ridiculous and the kid doesn’t have a grasp of how big JMU is. More likely than not, it’s thinly veiled snobbery.

mostly because all of the people my DD didn't like, as in were partiers, not serious students, but somehow managed a mid 3.something GPA, went there.

Fun, socially well-adjusted kids?

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The PP has done this shtick before. Apparently, someone who wronged her and/or her kid went to JMU and she’s been on a mission to smear the whole school ever since.

Our high school had a great group of kids go to JMU - all of them were smart and had different interests. And my own DC sees none of them on campus.

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Anonymous wrote:My DCs grad class (nova public) had 50+ attend and many of them roomed together. My kid said no way - didn’t even apply.

Any VA public will have about the same percentage from nova. Why do people single out JMU?

Because it was far and away the highest number going to one college from the class. VA Tech was closer to 25-30 and UVA was 10.

Lol. Your kid was worried about 50 kids from his high school class out of 5,000 students in the freshman class? Is he studying humanities?

+1 Exactly. If this is truly a concern, that’s ridiculous and the kid doesn’t have a grasp of how big JMU is. More likely than not, it’s thinly veiled snobbery.

mostly because all of the people my DD didn't like, as in were partiers, not serious students, but somehow managed a mid 3.something GPA, went there.

Fun, socially well-adjusted kids?

+1
The PP has done this shtick before. Apparently, someone who wronged her and/or her kid went to JMU and she’s been on a mission to smear the whole school ever since.

Our high school had a great group of kids go to JMU - all of them were smart and had different interests. And my own DC sees none of them on campus.

haha PP you're referencing here. I actually like JMU, it's a great option for the many kids. My DD is the one who hated it and said it's basically just HS 13th grade.