The Other Virginia Colleges: VCU, ODU, GMU, CNU, UMW . . . .

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Anonymous wrote:VT is a national university. It is a completely different kind of experience than a regional school. It serves a different purpose.

Folks in San Diego or Seattle know Virginia Tech on a resume. Like a Clemson or FSU or Kansas U or an A&M. They don't know the others.

Get over any grand illusions of Virginia Tech having a "National Reputation". Of all these schools only one has a Nationally ranked Law school - that's George Mason.

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Anonymous wrote:VT is a national university. It is a completely different kind of experience than a regional school. It serves a different purpose.

Folks in San Diego or Seattle know Virginia Tech on a resume. Like a Clemson or FSU or Kansas U or an A&M. They don't know the others.

Get over any grand illusions of Virginia Tech having a "National Reputation". Of all these schools only one has a Nationally ranked Law school - that's George Mason.

And for that matter, VCU has the best medical school of the "lesser schools".

And JMU's business school is nationally ranked higher than VT as well.

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Anonymous wrote:VT is a national university. It is a completely different kind of experience than a regional school. It serves a different purpose.

Folks in San Diego or Seattle know Virginia Tech on a resume. Like a Clemson or FSU or Kansas U or an A&M. They don't know the others.

Get over any grand illusions of Virginia Tech having a "National Reputation". Of all these schools only one has a Nationally ranked Law school - that's George Mason.

Ranked what exactly?

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George Mason, (Univ, not law school) is ranked no. 1 up and coming university and yesterday was ranked no. 14 "most underrated" university in America. It's an amazing place and sending lots of graduates to good-paying jobs in the Dulles corridor. http://www.businessinsider.com/most-underrated-colleges-in-america-2015-1#16-tie-george-mason-university-34. The law school has come out of nowhere and is becoming a real force, especially when combined with Mason's econ. department.

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Anonymous wrote:George Mason, (Univ, not law school) is ranked no. 1 up and coming university and yesterday was ranked no. 14 "most underrated" university in America. It's an amazing place and sending lots of graduates to good-paying jobs in the Dulles corridor. http://www.businessinsider.com/most-underrated-colleges-in-america-2015-1#16-tie-george-mason-university-34. The law school has come out of nowhere and is becoming a real force, especially when combined with Mason's econ. department.

Not that Mason is bad, but you can find some obscure ranking to tell you whatever you want to read.

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Anonymous wrote:George Mason, (Univ, not law school) is ranked no. 1 up and coming university and yesterday was ranked no. 14 "most underrated" university in America. It's an amazing place and sending lots of graduates to good-paying jobs in the Dulles corridor. http://www.businessinsider.com/most-underrated-colleges-in-america-2015-1#16-tie-george-mason-university-34. The law school has come out of nowhere and is becoming a real force, especially when combined with Mason's econ. department.

Not that Mason is bad, but you can find some obscure ranking to tell you whatever you want to read.

+1

Those are the most random "rankings". LOL.

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Anonymous wrote:George Mason, (Univ, not law school) is ranked no. 1 up and coming university and yesterday was ranked no. 14 "most underrated" university in America. It's an amazing place and sending lots of graduates to good-paying jobs in the Dulles corridor. http://www.businessinsider.com/most-underrated-colleges-in-america-2015-1#16-tie-george-mason-university-34. The law school has come out of nowhere and is becoming a real force, especially when combined with Mason's econ. department.

A real force in what? Being a place 5 people outside of the DC area have heard of?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:George Mason, (Univ, not law school) is ranked no. 1 up and coming university and yesterday was ranked no. 14 "most underrated" university in America. It's an amazing place and sending lots of graduates to good-paying jobs in the Dulles corridor. http://www.businessinsider.com/most-underrated-colleges-in-america-2015-1#16-tie-george-mason-university-34. The law school has come out of nowhere and is becoming a real force, especially when combined with Mason's econ. department.

Not that Mason is bad, but you can find some obscure ranking to tell you whatever you want to read.

Forbes? Business Insider? U.S. News & World Report?

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Anonymous wrote:George Mason, (Univ, not law school) is ranked no. 1 up and coming university and yesterday was ranked no. 14 "most underrated" university in America. It's an amazing place and sending lots of graduates to good-paying jobs in the Dulles corridor. http://www.businessinsider.com/most-underrated-colleges-in-america-2015-1#16-tie-george-mason-university-34. The law school has come out of nowhere and is becoming a real force, especially when combined with Mason's econ. department.

A real force in what? Being a place 5 people outside of the DC area have heard of?

Everyone has heard of the University of Arkansas. Doesn't make it a top school.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:George Mason, (Univ, not law school) is ranked no. 1 up and coming university and yesterday was ranked no. 14 "most underrated" university in America. It's an amazing place and sending lots of graduates to good-paying jobs in the Dulles corridor. http://www.businessinsider.com/most-underrated-colleges-in-america-2015-1#16-tie-george-mason-university-34. The law school has come out of nowhere and is becoming a real force, especially when combined with Mason's econ. department.

A real force in what? Being a place 5 people outside of the DC area have heard of?

Everyone has heard of the University of Arkansas. Doesn't make it a top school.

Noted. If they had to do it again though, I'm sure they would have put the campus elsewhere.

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GMU's law school is currently ranked 30 (US News), tied with Emory and W&M.

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Why on earth are you bumping a 7 year old thread? To start another dog fight? For goodness sake ...

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Anonymous wrote:When I come across resumes for ivy's I will tell you what is really stupid. What is really stupid are the people who go to ivy league schools and graduate with a history or communications degree. Not just stupid because of the degree but REALLY stupid because they wasted all that money to get that type of degree at a very expensive school.

Dunno. Michael Lewis graduated from Princeton with an Art History major, got hired right away by an investment bank, and made a gazillion dollars as an author of books like The Blind Side and Moneyball. Doubt that would have happened if he was an Accounting major at LSU.

From wiki so usual caveats: "attended Princeton University where he received a BA degree (cum laude) in Art History in 1982 and was a member of the Ivy Club. He went on to work with New York art dealer Daniel Wildenstein. He enrolled in the London School of Economics, and received his MA degree in Economics in 1985. Lewis was hired by Salomon Brothers and moved to New York for their training program. He worked at their London office as a bond salesman.

Assuming this is correct, it wasn't his art history degree that landed him the job with Salomon Brothers

But it was his Princeton degree that got him into London School of Economics. And the initial NYC connections.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:George Mason, (Univ, not law school) is ranked no. 1 up and coming university and yesterday was ranked no. 14 "most underrated" university in America. It's an amazing place and sending lots of graduates to good-paying jobs in the Dulles corridor. http://www.businessinsider.com/most-underrated-colleges-in-america-2015-1#16-tie-george-mason-university-34. The law school has come out of nowhere and is becoming a real force, especially when combined with Mason's econ. department.

A real force in what? Being a place 5 people outside of the DC area have heard of?

Everyone has heard of the University of Arkansas. Doesn't make it a top school.

Noted. If they had to do it again though, I'm sure they would have put the campus elsewhere.

It's a surprisingly well-funded school, due to the proximity and support of the Walton family and an odd amount of Saudi investor money (not really sure why that's the case).