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

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JMU was a hot up and coming school in the 90s , but now it's blah

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Anonymous wrote:JMU was a hot up and coming school in the 90s , but now it's blah[/quote

It's definitely not blah. That's hilarious.

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This thread is hilarious. I graduated from JMU in the 90s. My college friends and I have managed to achieve successful enough professional careers that we could purchase homes in major metropolitan areas up and down the east coast (and for several of us, second homes) while raising families.

But apparently we are failures, because not everyone has heard of our alma mater.

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It's not always the school, it's the student and his/her motivation.

If JMU is Virginia's "best kept secret" among colleges, I'm sure the alumni don't mind it one bit.

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No OP, but unless someone goes to an Ivy or Stanford/MIT ... all of the rest are pretty much the same--- "Standard State U. or the likes". Stop being so snobbish. Where did you go?

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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.

JMU and UNCW are in the same athletics conference (except for football, as UNCW doesn't have a football program), that is why people know what JMU is.

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JMU also has had a good football program for the past few years (Division I-AA now called FBS).

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Anonymous wrote:JMU also has had a good football program for the past few years (Division I-AA now called FBS).

7-0 this season!

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Anonymous wrote:Just for the record, a lot of people have 'never heard' of lots of schools that upper middle class Ivy educated people assume are household names. Ask the average person if they have ever heard of Bowdoin, MacAlester, etc. As somebody pointed out, most people know schools that have big sports programs.

Poster who has been called oblivious and not smart here. I definitely know Macalester and Bowdoin!

To answer the JMU grad following, nobody doubts you can't be successful just because some people haven't heard of your school. Don't worry about it.

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Anonymous wrote:University of Maine fans and students have heard of JMU.

+1 JMU seems to be doing well in their conference against W&M, Richmond, Villanova, Delaware as well as UM....

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Anonymous wrote:I'm the poster who has been called not very smart and oblivious. I thought my lack of knowledge would be useful to OP, to confirm it is not well known by me at least. I do not live in VA but DC so it's not a public option here. Moreover my kids are young and I love in a neighborhood with mostly young kids and retirees. I know very few people with high school or college age kids. So it is not on my radar screen. I don't think that makes me oblivious. Outside of kid stuff, my work is mostly in international affairs so I have never run across a JMU grad. I think I must be different if you live in VA since your tax dollars are supporting this university and it is a cheap in- state option for kids.

Funny. I am JMU grad (granted also have PhD in Economics from UChicago, and I have never seen you in my role at World Bank...

I am not the only one either...

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

JMU and UNCW are in the same athletics conference (except for football, as UNCW doesn't have a football program), that is why people know what JMU is.

So is William and Mary, Villanova, JMU, Richmond....your point?

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Anonymous wrote:Or Christopher Newport University?

JMU yes. It is known (along with Va Tech) as being solid backup to UVA and W&M.

Not sure about Newport....

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you serious? I went to JMU. I am not from Virginia and there were tons of kids from NJ and NY there. We also had numerous West Coast kids too. Of course it's primarily kids from VA but you have to be joking if you think only people from VA have heard of it.

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My son is currently a student at JMU and his housemates are from CT, MD, Ohio, and VA. Lots of out-of-state kids there.

I went there in the 1980s. Have to say this thread is amusing-almost like someone has an axe to grind against James Madison.

Seems odd. Never had any problem with name recognition with my alma mater in Philadelphia main line suburbs for what it's worth. JMU is viewed as a pretty good school by most folks here....although a lot of folks mistake it as a private school.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you serious? I went to JMU. I am not from Virginia and there were tons of kids from NJ and NY there. We also had numerous West Coast kids too. Of course it's primarily kids from VA but you have to be joking if you think only people from VA have heard of it.

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My son is currently a student at JMU and his housemates are from CT, MD, Ohio, and VA. Lots of out-of-state kids there.

I went there in the 1980s. Have to say this thread is amusing-almost like someone has an axe to grind against James Madison.

Seems odd. Never had any problem with name recognition with my alma mater in Philadelphia main line suburbs for what it's worth. JMU is viewed as a pretty good school by most folks here....although a lot of folks mistake it as a private school.

+1...FYI for Business it ranks as one of the top 25 business undergrads in the nation www.businessweek.com