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

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Anonymous wrote:No, I had never heard of it until I moved to VA.

JMU is a regional school. Most of the graduates work in this region too.

And people do care where you got your degree especially at top companies and academia.

When you're patently wrong, why do you persist? Have any evidence JMU grads have a harder time getting into the top Law, Medical, Business or PhD programs? You might be surprised what you find if you got your head out of your provincial @ss. In a manner of speaking of course....

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Anonymous wrote:Or Christopher Newport University?

Had not heard of either until I moved to DC in the 80s, and of course James Madison is very well known here in DC...I went to a regional school too..Villanova. But we just started getting known outside of Philly because of Basketball...right about the time I graduated.

Dad is applying to JMU, WM and UVA...it is fair to say that those 3, along with Va Tech, are the best known VA publics. In MD its UMd and St Mary's..:

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Anonymous wrote:Or Christopher Newport University?

Had not heard of either until I moved to DC in the 80s, and of course James Madison is very well known here in DC...I went to a regional school too..Villanova. But we just started getting known outside of Philly because of Basketball...right about the time I graduated.

Dad is applying to JMU, WM and UVA...it is fair to say that those 3, along with Va Tech, are the best known VA publics. In MD its UMd and St Mary's..:

DD, not dad

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Anonymous wrote:Or Christopher Newport University?

Had not heard of either until I moved to DC in the 80s, and of course James Madison is very well known here in DC...I went to a regional school too..Villanova. But we just started getting known outside of Philly because of Basketball...right about the time I graduated.

Dad is applying to JMU, WM and UVA...it is fair to say that those 3, along with Va Tech, are the best known VA publics. In MD its UMd and St Mary's..:

Well JMU is well known to be a party school-ranked in the top 20 party schools by Playboy in an old issue my husband has lying around

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http://college.usatoday.com/2014/12/09/what-are-the-top-10-colleges-in-virginia/

VT/JMU/GMU all rank high. CNU does not.

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Anonymous wrote:http://college.usatoday.com/2014/12/09/what-are-the-top-10-colleges-in-virginia/

VT/JMU/GMU all rank high. CNU does not.

LOL. Key phrase: "in Virginia"

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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.

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

Yes because only one "booster" could possibly disagree with you or opinion that James Madison is a nothing school, right?

Who said it's a nothing school? It is what it is. Why are people even debating that it's not a regional school?

Cue GMU Econ guy...

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And people do care where you got your degree especially at top companies and academia.

People in academia care where you get your degree, but 99% their caring about this is evaluating where you did your PhD and postdoc. Undergrad doesn't really matter that much. I see faculty candidates all the time who went to regional schools for their undergrad and then Caltech/Berkeley/Harvard whatever for PhD who are plenty competitive. I don't know that there is any particular edge to the person who attended a more prestigious school even when you have two candidates, say, where one went to Harvard for undergrad and the other went to, say, a SUNY school but both went to Caltech for their PhD--at that point it's going to depend on their graduate record (publications, rec letters, etc.) and whether or not they are the right fit for the department.

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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.

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

Yes because only one "booster" could possibly disagree with you or opinion that James Madison is a nothing school, right?

Who said it's a nothing school? It is what it is. Why are people even debating that it's not a regional school?

Cue GMU Econ guy...

I'm one of the GMU econ guys. It's still a regional school.

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And people do care where you got your degree especially at top companies and academia.

People in academia care where you get your degree, but 99% their caring about this is evaluating where you did your PhD and postdoc. Undergrad doesn't really matter that much. I see faculty candidates all the time who went to regional schools for their undergrad and then Caltech/Berkeley/Harvard whatever for PhD who are plenty competitive. I don't know that there is any particular edge to the person who attended a more prestigious school even when you have two candidates, say, where one went to Harvard for undergrad and the other went to, say, a SUNY school but both went to Caltech for their PhD--at that point it's going to depend on their graduate record (publications, rec letters, etc.) and whether or not they are the right fit for the department.

This is my experience as well.

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Aw....Come on....academic snobbery? Really? There is a school for every child. It is your job, as a parent, to find the right fit for your child. The years your child is an undergraduate are some of the most formative years of their lives. My child is a JMU graduate who is currently employed and working on her masters. She excels over her Georgetown, Ivy League relatives.
It's not about you, the parent, it's about the child.

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Anonymous wrote:No, I had never heard of it until I moved to VA.

JMU is a regional school. Most of the graduates work in this region too.

And people do care where you got your degree especially at top companies and academia.

When you're patently wrong, why do you persist? Have any evidence JMU grads have a harder time getting into the top Law, Medical, Business or PhD programs? You might be surprised what you find if you got your head out of your provincial @ss. In a manner of speaking of course....

Are you a JMU grad? You probably applied to UVA but didn't get in. JMU is a regional school. That's a fact. I didn't say anything about top law, med, or PhD placement. Do you have any stats to share? I would guess the average GRE/GMAT correlates to the SAT score. Chances are not many from JMU will go on to top graduate schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Or Christopher Newport University?

In the mid Atlantic most people have heard of UVA/WM

VT is probably the best know because of sports. JMU is a little less well known but fairly so.

Every other public school in Va - Longwood, Radford, GMU, ODU, CNU....pretty unknown.

LOL at GMU pretty unknown. Did you forget out the final four run in 2006 that put Mason on the map? That tournament increased Mason's enrollment big time.

ODU has had some success in football since they started that program earlier this century.

I grew up out West, and GMU was not just "pretty unknown" but TOTALLY unknown - along with JMU and VT.

The only school that any of us heard of - or would think about attending - in MD/DC/VA was Georgetown.

Gee, kind of like those of us who grew up on the east coast have never heard of Mills College (CA), Whitworth University (Seattle), or Westminster College (Utah)? There are good regional schools all over the U.S. Just because you've never heard of them doesn't mean a thing.

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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...

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.

Too funny, I was wondering when he'd show up too! Someone clearly has a huge chip on their shoulder. Anytime JMU is brought up, he becomes very, very upset!

I have a child currently at JMU who is loving it - studying exactly what he wanted to, meeting interesting professors, and making great friends. Lots of beautiful outdoor activities too. We'd love it if our other kids go there too.

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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.

What an idiotic remark. Several kids from our (non-TJ) high school get into JMU Honors every year.