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

[Anonymous]

I love how one PP marshaled a lot of evidence of the quality of CNU, and not one bashed has been able to counter that evidence with anything other than never heard of it.

[Anonymous]

People actually care about this shit?

[Anonymous]

Then what was the point of the OP's post? Getting an education on VA schools or trolling DCUM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People actually care about this shit?

If you don't care, why are you reading the College forum?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People actually care about this shit?

If you don't care, why are you reading the College forum?

I read recent topics and many of my friends went to JMU. I am just constantly amazed at how grown people, years out of school, still somehow manage to carry their degrees like a badge of honor as if anyone that doesn't have an inferiority complex cares.

[Anonymous]

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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.

You can justify your prestige craze any way you want, and pay $$$$ for the promise of "better". As several PPs pointed out, 10 years out of college no one gives a d@mn where one got their Bachelors degree.

[Anonymous]

We had a summer intern who was in the JMU Honors program. That guy was scary-smart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had a summer intern who was in the JMU Honors program. That guy was scary-smart.

That intern must have been 1 or 2 TJ grads who attend JMU each year.

[Anonymous]

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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.

You can justify your prestige craze any way you want, and pay $$$$ for the promise of "better". As several PPs pointed out, 10 years out of college no one gives a d@mn where one got their Bachelors degree.

It's not about prestige. And it certainly does matter. I'm 25 years out and I'm about to call my former (brilliant) study partner to possibly bring him in on something. The relationships are there for life.

There isn't anything wrong with JMU/GMU at all, but stop acting like they are something they are not. They are decent regional universities with good name recognition in this region.

[Anonymous]

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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.

You can justify your prestige craze any way you want, and pay $$$$ for the promise of "better". As several PPs pointed out, 10 years out of college no one gives a d@mn where one got their Bachelors degree.

It's not about prestige. And it certainly does matter. I'm 25 years out and I'm about to call my former (brilliant) study partner to possibly bring him in on something. The relationships are there for life.

There isn't anything wrong with JMU/GMU at all, but stop acting like they are something they are not. They are decent regional universities with good name recognition in this region.

Agree. You can't discount the fact that "It's who you know not what you know".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We had a summer intern who was in the JMU Honors program. That guy was scary-smart.

That intern must have been 1 or 2 TJ grads who attend JMU each year.

Yes, there are only 1-2 students in the whole JMU Honors Program

[Anonymous]

I'm from Florida and went to college in PA. I had not heard of JMU or Christopher Newport until I had lived here for 2 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

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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.

You can justify your prestige craze any way you want, and pay $$$$ for the promise of "better". As several PPs pointed out, 10 years out of college no one gives a d@mn where one got their Bachelors degree.

It's not about prestige. And it certainly does matter. I'm 25 years out and I'm about to call my former (brilliant) study partner to possibly bring him in on something. The relationships are there for life.

There isn't anything wrong with JMU/GMU at all, but stop acting like they are something they are not. They are decent regional universities with good name recognition in this region.

No one here, except for the snotty few who say they are crap schools, says anything different.

[Anonymous]

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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.

You can justify your prestige craze any way you want, and pay $$$$ for the promise of "better". As several PPs pointed out, 10 years out of college no one gives a d@mn where one got their Bachelors degree.

It's not about prestige. And it certainly does matter. I'm 25 years out and I'm about to call my former (brilliant) study partner to possibly bring him in on something. The relationships are there for life.

There isn't anything wrong with JMU/GMU at all, but stop acting like they are something they are not. They are decent regional universities with good name recognition in this region.

No one here, except for the snotty few who say they are crap schools, says anything different.

Really? What about the booster(s) calling people stupid or clueless if they haven't heard of those schools before?

[Anonymous]

Because they are ignorant, and even when instructed, they remain so.