IU or JMU?

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so weird. IU is a flagship university. JMU is...not.

Seriously. It's not even close between these two schools. This board talks about JMU like it's an emerging powerhouse, but according to its just-released CDS for this year, fewer than 30% of incoming freshmen were in the top QUARTER of their high school class, and the ACT median is 26. It's very unlikely you're getting into IU, even from in state, if you're outside the top quarter of your class and have a 26 ACT.

If IU is so much more selective than JMU, then it’s all the more frankly amazing how JMU does in terms of 6 yr graduation - which outpaces most State “flagships”

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Anonymous wrote:JMU is being slow this year with their early action decision. In the past 3 years they have announced results by now (1/17). I’m betting we have another week or so before we even know if we have a choice between an IU and a JMU acceptance

Their decision release dates are in line with most other colleges. Perhaps you're just impatient?

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Anonymous wrote:Based on JMU’s football performance and relative acceptance rate and affordability from OOS, it is rising in popularity. It’s not like a SLAC or something no one’s ever heard of.

Don’t be bringing your facts in here like that!

On a related note, the JMU football coach is leaving JMU to coach at IU and is taking a bunch of coaches and players.
https://www.idsnews.com/article/2024/01/indiana-football-james-madison-transfers-curt-cignetti-bloomington

. That was already said earlier in the chain.

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JMU is a great school for kids from NOVA who don't want to be far from Mommy & Daddy.

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Anonymous wrote:JMU is a great school for kids from NOVA who don't want to be far from Mommy & Daddy.

Especially when salary outcomes are about the same for IU and JMU.

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Which is better for engineering?

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Anonymous wrote:Which is better for engineering?

Not JMU

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Not sure why all the hate on IU. It's a pretty good school. It is in Indiana, where the competion is significantly lower. 70% of the students are from Indiana, and the acceptance rate for in-state is 82%. So if you are from Indiana and are the average to above average candidate, IU presents a good choice. Out of state, your chances to be accepted to JMU are significantly lower than in-state IU. So apply to both, go visit both and make the best choice for yourself, based on where you get accepted.

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I would definitely send my kid to IU. But...we live in Indiana. That OOS price tag? It's either IU or Purdue for us for undergrad. No OOS.

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Anonymous wrote:JMU is a great school for kids from NOVA who don't want to be far from Mommy & Daddy.

And IU is a great school for kids from Indiana who don't want to be far from Mommy & Daddy. This is fun!

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Anonymous wrote:I would definitely send my kid to IU. But...we live in Indiana. That OOS price tag? It's either IU or Purdue for us for undergrad. No OOS.

You live in Indiana but are on this page? Weird

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IU admittance rate for in state candidates is 82%. So there's that... why do you feel the need to try to knock down one school or they other? They are both good schools. Neither is Harvard.

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Anonymous wrote:I would definitely send my kid to IU. But...we live in Indiana. That OOS price tag? It's either IU or Purdue for us for undergrad. No OOS.

You live in Indiana but are on this page? Weird

DCUM posters tend to be from all over the country. Most forums here aren't specific to Washington, DC. If this person were active on the Arlington schools forum, that would be weird. The college forum, not so much.

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Anonymous wrote:Btdt - kid picked IU honors direct admit Kelley school of business.
Cost difference was not excessive and not $100k
Bloomington did not vote for trump in the last election, and is quite a liberal town.
There are available medical services in town if needed
Kelley is very diverse, to the point some business fraternities are almost all Asian
No one goes to IU for great football but maybe they will be better, more a basketball school

Soccer school! (I mean, yes, definitely a basketball school - even when the team is mediocre. But the soccer team's performance over the last 50 years is other-worldly).

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Anonymous wrote:I would definitely send my kid to IU. But...we live in Indiana. That OOS price tag? It's either IU or Purdue for us for undergrad. No OOS.

Another Hoosier here. My son went to IU (and is doing great). My daughter very much wanted to get out of her brother's shadow and go elsewhere. But, when it came time to compare the price tag, the quality, and the course offerings; none of the out of state places she got into were worth the extra cost. (She was a very competitive student, but nothing that was getting her into an Ivy or the like.) So, now I have two kids at IU.