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

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Anonymous wrote: One of my co-workers went to ODU and she is a senior Fed in the State Department,

That's great, but ODU is still a dogshit school and I wouldn't encourage anyone to attend it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And this is why some smart kids (see earlier posts on kids who end up at top law schools) pick schools below their ability. Mommy & Daddy wouldn't/couldn't pay for the best school. They went for the value option. Seems to be a big trend in VA because of the hype around great in-state schools.

Mommy and Daddy are smart. Hopefully the kids absorb the important lesson about "value for money" and do NOT graduate saddled with a crapload of debt.

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As for those who "never heard of GMU," you obviously never read and probably weren't looking at economics as a major. GMU is home to one of the top ranked economics departments in the country. I'm certain when James Buchanan won the Nobel prize back in 1986, people said GM who? Well, not anymore. Tyler Cowan is another leading light in GMU's economic depatrment, running the Mercatus Center. Other strong and well regarded programs are in IT and computer science, engineering and conflict analysis and resolution, among others. I first learned of the latter while living and working overseas in the mid-1990s and foreign governments were sending their students there.

[Anonymous]

The only reason why I follow these threads is to see the JMU/GMU booster(s) pop in to say just how awesome/well-known it is. If you need to convince us...

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

And this is why some smart kids (see earlier posts on kids who end up at top law schools) pick schools below their ability. Mommy & Daddy wouldn't/couldn't pay for the best school. They went for the value option. Seems to be a big trend in VA because of the hype around great in-state schools.

Why do you make this sound like a horrible decision? Do you think parent's should go into large amounts of debt to put their kids through college at a prestigious university? There's plenty of good schools which don't cost a fortune. It seems to me you've drunk the kool-aid and think a good education is only available at a big name school.

Generally speaking "better" schools tend to have better academic opportunities, job opportunities, networking/alumni network, etc. You can certainly work hard and get a decent education almost anywhere, but there really are other factors to consider as well. Maybe you choose not to prioritize them for your family, but they are there.

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Anonymous wrote:The only reason why I follow these threads is to see the JMU/GMU booster(s) pop in to say just how awesome/well-known it is. If you need to convince us...

Think it's less about convincing than, um, pointing out cluelessness.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only reason why I follow these threads is to see the JMU/GMU booster(s) pop in to say just how awesome/well-known it is. If you need to convince us...

Think it's less about convincing than, um, pointing out cluelessness.

I also love how quickly the booster jump to name calling.

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I don't have a dog in this fight, as I am not a parent of a CNU, JMU or GMU student, nor am I an alumus. That being said, I would have no problem with my child attending any of these universities.

As to networking opportunities, that really depends on the industry. Not one single referral for any of the jobs I have came from any alumnus of the two schools I graduated from. They came from me more or less building a network through informational interviews after networking at professional association meetings, trade show, etc.

As to alumni connections, GMU is very well interwined with the economic engines driving growth in the NoVa area, whether in IT, aerospace, government, etc. and there are plenty of professors you can network off of as well.

I'm second in command of an office at one the international affairs agencies, am fluent in three languages and have Ivy grads working under me. I guess I made the wrong choice.

Hint for the clueless: no one gives a sh*t ten years our where you went to school. It's all about performance. If you can't performm, you're out on your ass.

As my grandfather use to say, put that in your pipe and smoke it. And he never went to college yet rose to a senior VP position in an aerospace manufacturing company.

[Anonymous]

you sound very hostile and defensive pp. Good for you that you have a job. As far as your GF, that was when men got all of the jobs..poor example when women and people of color were completely excluded from the ring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:you sound very hostile and defensive pp. Good for you that you have a job. As far as your GF, that was when men got all of the jobs..poor example when women and people of color were completely excluded from the ring.

You mean, the time when America rose to greatness and we actually built vast, successful industrial enterprises? Oh what a horrible, horrible time that was.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you sound very hostile and defensive pp. Good for you that you have a job. As far as your GF, that was when men got all of the jobs..poor example when women and people of color were completely excluded from the ring.

You mean, the time when America rose to greatness and we actually built vast, successful industrial enterprises? Oh what a horrible, horrible time that was.

Ah - the good 'ole years back when insecure women couldn't post on DCUM. Those were the days!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't have a dog in this fight, as I am not a parent of a CNU, JMU or GMU student, nor am I an alumus. That being said, I would have no problem with my child attending any of these universities.

As to networking opportunities, that really depends on the industry. Not one single referral for any of the jobs I have came from any alumnus of the two schools I graduated from. They came from me more or less building a network through informational interviews after networking at professional association meetings, trade show, etc.

As to alumni connections, GMU is very well interwined with the economic engines driving growth in the NoVa area, whether in IT, aerospace, government, etc. and there are plenty of professors you can network off of as well.

I'm second in command of an office at one the international affairs agencies, am fluent in three languages and have Ivy grads working under me. I guess I made the wrong choice.

Hint for the clueless: no one gives a sh*t ten years our where you went to school. It's all about performance. If you can't performm, you're out on your ass.

As my grandfather use to say, put that in your pipe and smoke it. And he never went to college yet rose to a senior VP position in an aerospace manufacturing company.

What a ringing endorsement. Please, go on. The more you share the more "convinced" I am.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you sound very hostile and defensive pp. Good for you that you have a job. As far as your GF, that was when men got all of the jobs..poor example when women and people of color were completely excluded from the ring.

You mean, the time when America rose to greatness and we actually built vast, successful industrial enterprises? Oh what a horrible, horrible time that was.

Ah - the good 'ole years back when insecure women couldn't post on DCUM. Those were the days!

One of the pictures in any montage depicting American decline definitely has to be a woman pecking at her phone.

[Anonymous]

Actually, my GF was an immigrant who came here when he was16, started his own business and then was hired into the aircraft firm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only reason why I follow these threads is to see the JMU/GMU booster(s) pop in to say just how awesome/well-known it is. If you need to convince us...

Lol, when this thread started I was wondering when the "everybody from JMU is always saying how great it is. They must be trying to convince themselves" poster would show up. And here you are!!

Signed,
JMU Alum who would do those years over again in a heartbeat.