Seriously, has anyone outside of Virginia ever heard of JMU?

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Anonymous wrote:DH works for an international accounting firm. They only recruit at two schools in VA, one of which is JMU.

Probably because JMU grads don't command a high salary, and really, who needs a degree from Harvard to do accounting, anyway? Credits on the right, debits on the left. Not rocket science.

Snotty much? Why don't you go sit for the CPA exam then and get back to us.

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Anonymous wrote:No. I wouldn't pay to send my kids to JMU or CNU.

Nor would I. Neither provide a high quality education.

You people are unbelievable. And I'm so glad you won't be sending your kids to these schools. Though it'll be fun to see where you actually do wind up sending them. Karma, you know.

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OP, why are you asking the question? I don't mean that snarky, just curious why you're asking.

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Anonymous wrote:- Never heard of CNU until this thread
- Have heard of GMU
- When I read this thread, I thought you were talking about GMU. Never heard of JMU, nor do I know what it stands for, though I'd guess James Madison since it's Virginia.

I've lived here 10 years, not looking at colleges for my kids yet. From Boston, went to school near there. Plenty of schools are largely regional.

You're not very smart, are you?

I'm the one you called not very smart. I went to a SLAC and have a masters degree in a top school in my field. I had a Fulbright scholarship.

But I'm not very familiar with regional schools around here so I am not very smart? I don't think so. I was just answering the OP's question. Have you hard of Stonehill College in Mass? How about Colby-Sawyer in NH? Whether or not you have has no bearing on whether or not you are smart.

I'm just not very familiar local colleges. I live in DC so I know the colleges in the District.

I'm a Woodson HS (Fairfax) grad and have heard of both of these schools you mentioned above.

If you have lived in the DC metro area and have never heard of JMU, you are just an oblivious sort. There are tons of alums in the area, and your neighbors kids may go there. Do you not see the bumper stickers and sweatshirts?

CNU is a little more forgivable because it is relatively new and does not have the alumni base around here.

I understand my CA cousins not knowing JMU. I didn't now their Cal State whatevers either. But a local? Oblivious.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. I wouldn't pay to send my kids to JMU or CNU.

Nor would I. Neither provide a high quality education.

You people are unbelievable. And I'm so glad you won't be sending your kids to these schools. Though it'll be fun to see where you actually do wind up sending them. Karma, you know.

Seriously. These posters must have young kids. My oldest is in 9th grade and suddenly parents are singing a different tune. Nothing like finding out that your "gifted" 3rd grade kid couldn't hack 8th grade Algebra 1 Intensified to make you reassess state schools. I'm finding the backtracking hilarious...

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Anonymous wrote:Or Christopher Newport University?

No. People in Virginia assume that JMU is well known and that CNU is becoming well known. But neither is.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm from New Jersey and never heard of either of these schools until moving to DC a few years ago.

Have any of you DMV folks every heard of Rider U, Fairleigh Dickinson or Montclair State U?

Not comparable. JMU regularly ranks highly nationally in periodicals covering Public College rankings.

Such as? They're all listed under Regional Universities for the USNews rankings.

You mean the one that has them listed as the #1 or #2 regional school in the South for 18 years running?

Look, I am no JMU proponent - at best it measures up to large, second tier Nationals. But it ranks significantly higher than the other schools you mention, including Mason.

How about looking at apples to apples - for example how does JMU or the other schools measure up against typical National State Us such as Rutgers, Maryland or Penn State rather than CNU, GMU or Montclair?

Pretty close as it turns out:

http://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-kiplinger-s-best-values-in-public-colleges/

https://best-colleges.time.com/money/more-rankings/the-50-best-public-colleges#/list

http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/news/2015/02/12/2015-rankings-of-u-s-public-colleges.html

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Anonymous wrote:Or Christopher Newport University?

Have not heard of the other one but James Madison is a fairly well-known school in my home state of Ohio, and along with VT is viewed as being the two best-know backups for UVa or William and Mary.

JMU was viewed as sort of a Miami U-type school - preppy but small, regional. VT was viewed as sort of an Ohio State-type school And we really don't have the equivalents of UVa and W&M - one of the reasons I am thinking of moving to VA from NWDC....

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Anonymous wrote:Or Christopher Newport University?

I would say the 25% of my kids class in Walt Whitman High School (MD) is applying to VT, JMU, UVA and W&M in addition to UMD. So yes, knowledge of Virginia's top publics do not stop at the Potomac.

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Anonymous wrote:JMU was a fairly popular safety school for my MD high school back in the 1980s. I'd never heard of CNU until last year when it was mentioned here.

Still is. At Walt Whitman, most of my son's friends talk about applying to Virginia Tech, JMU and Penn State as safeties to UVa - and believe it or not - UMd.

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Anonymous wrote:Or Christopher Newport University?

I am from Wilmington, North Carolina and yes, JMU is very well known here. So is Virginia Tech, William and Mary and Virginia.

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Anonymous wrote:Or Christopher Newport University?

My daughter got a tennis scholarship to JMU - it was actually the reason we moved to VA from Tucson NM. I had vaguely heard of the school once or twice, but in NM it is all about the Lobos.

My daughter had a great time at JMU, and ended up going to a top 14 law school. She wasn't the only one, so it can't be too bad a school.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Bethesda in the 1980s, and I went to private school in DC. I never heard of JMU until some of my HS friends did t get into UVA and had to go there.
I hadn't heard of Christopher Newport until very recently. I would consider it a massive fail if my child went there.
I've luved in Arlington for the past 15 years.

There is no shortage of CNU students from Arlington. You might want to start looking into a move back to Bethesda.

CNU is an up and coming school. Students these days are considering it over JMU/VT more and more.

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LOL - I think any place that's within a few hours drive would count as part of the same region. Regional. Funny how that works.

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Anonymous wrote:DH works for an international accounting firm. They only recruit at two schools in VA, one of which is JMU.

Probably because JMU grads don't command a high salary, and really, who needs a degree from Harvard to do accounting, anyway? Credits on the right, debits on the left. Not rocket science.

Snotty much? Why don't you go sit for the CPA exam then and get back to us.

Omg, this is absurd. I went to JMU and the people I graduated with do very well for the most part. Doctors, lawyers, white collar professionals, artists etc... I myself own my own business and believe it or not command a high salary. My sister and BIL also went there. Both own their own companies. Both command high salaries. JMU was filled with pretty high achieving kids. Is it a regional college? Yes. Is it Harvard? No. Still doesn't mean it wasn't an excellent school that turned out some great people.