UVA vs GMU
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Anonymous
DH got a CS degree from GMU. I went to William and Mary and have a law degree. DH makes more money than me  Hell, he makes more money than my brother who went to Harvard Law!
Anyway, OP, they are both good schools. Does your son have a preference regarding social feel of the school? Does he prefer a city-vibe? UVA is likely to be a more traditional college experience. Not much to do in Charlottesville. GMU offers easy access to DC, but fewer students live on-campus, etc. |
Anonymous
Yes but GMU has a Nobel laureate |
Anonymous
Nice thought out response dolt |
Anonymous
What's not to praise - it is the 3rd best school in VA.... |
Anonymous
Actually two, as well as quite a few nationally and international prominent faculty in any number of is departments. |
Anonymous
Why are they still there? |
Anonymous
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One, James Buchanon, who received the Noble Prize in Economics in 1986 recently died. Vernon Smith, who received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 now teaches at Chapman University in Orange, CA. Much of the work for which he received the Nobel Prize was completed at the University of Arizona.
Other noted current and past faculty at GMU: Tyler Cowen - Economics Peter Boettke - Economics Seymour Martin Lipset - Poltical Science. Being a PolySci major at another university who had to read Lipset, I was surprised to learn he taught at GMU prior to his death. Vasily Aksyonov - Prominent Soviet/Russian dissident and novelist taught Russian literature at GMU for 24 years. Kanatzhan "Kanat" Alibekov aka Ken Alibek - former Soviet army colonel who ran the USSR's biological weapons program. The profile I read of him in the New Yorker years back at this point and his description of what the USSR was doing was quite scary. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1992. He established GMU's biodefense master's program and its biosafety research facility. The list goes on. GMU has no problem attracting talent to teach and do research. |
Anonymous
I went to grad school at UVA for CS. One of the students with me came from the GMU program where he had a 4.0. He barely scraped by with a 3.0 on the way to his M.S. at Virginia. Bottom line is you're going to be surrounded by smarter kids at UVA. The only school in the area I'd pick hands down over UVA for CS would be UMD. VT is great for engineering, but probably a bit worse for CS. |
Anonymous
Your point? We get it...you think George Mason is the greatest thing since sliced bread. But for all your trolling, you've still only managed to convince yourself. |
Anonymous
Um, no. |
Anonymous
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GMU seems to have trouble holding on to their "super star" faculty. How many are committed to the Econ dept vs. their own ambitions?
Maybe GMU paid them sizeable fee in exchange for their name for a year or two? Can't see how that'd make a strong Econ department. |
Anonymous
Go Mason! |
Anonymous
George Mason really has come a long way. The final four in 2008 did it. Now it is more selective than VT |
Anonymous
Not sure it is any better known than ODU, VCU or CNU |