James Madison vs. East Carolina

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks so much for the responses. Any thoughts on what would be comparable to JMU in Pennsylvania?

I don't think there is one. Unless you count Delaware, which is pretty spot-on.

Expanding a bit geographically, you could add Clemson, Tennessee, and Ohio U.

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Anonymous wrote:JMU > ECU for academic quality. The North Carolina equivalent of JMU would probably be Appalachian State

I agree with PP. ECU is below a number of other NC publics, not just UNC and State. App State, UNCW, UNCA, and UNCC are superior to ECU academically.

Where is UNCG in this ranking?

NC native here (Chapel Hill grad). UNCG is overall not great (where my slacker cousins went) but still better than ECU. The joke I've heard is that if you roll down your windows driving through Greenville, they'll throw a diploma in your car. UNCG is good for specific performing arts/music stuff but frankly that is probably not what you want your kid getting a degree in.

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Anonymous wrote:JMU > ECU for academic quality. The North Carolina equivalent of JMU would probably be Appalachian State

I agree with PP. ECU is below a number of other NC publics, not just UNC and State. App State, UNCW, UNCA, and UNCC are superior to ECU academically.

Where is UNCG in this ranking?

UNCG > ECU

Correct, but UNCG is below the bolded UNC schools.

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Anonymous wrote:JMU > ECU for academic quality. The North Carolina equivalent of JMU would probably be Appalachian State

This is correct. Both Harrisonburg and Boone also are waaaay nicer than Greenville.

This is a joke right? (Sometimes you can't tell on the internet).

Not joking. Boone is a great mountain town and Harrisonburg doesn't suck at all. Greenville...

Harrisonburg is in the middle of the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. Gorgeous hiking all around.
DP

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Another NC native here. I live in MD now.

I want DS to apply to JMU. There is NO F'IN WAY that I will even consider ECU, even though he is a legacy. My parents are both alums. They both started a few years after it was renamed from ECTC (East Carolina Teachers College). Quite a different university 60 years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:JMU > ECU for academic quality. The North Carolina equivalent of JMU would probably be Appalachian State

I agree with PP. ECU is below a number of other NC publics, not just UNC and State. App State, UNCW, UNCA, and UNCC are superior to ECU academically.

Where is UNCG in this ranking?

NC native here (Chapel Hill grad). UNCG is overall not great (where my slacker cousins went) but still better than ECU. The joke I've heard is that if you roll down your windows driving through Greenville, they'll throw a diploma in your car. UNCG is good for specific performing arts/music stuff but frankly that is probably not what you want your kid getting a degree in.

+1 from another NC native. ECU was known to have a good nursing program, but it has a rep as a huge party school and not good academically.

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If she is interested in international business, the University of South Carolina has a good program. There is also (or used to be) a consortium to which a number of states belonged whereby if your child was pursuing a major not offered in your state, then you could get in-state tuition at the out-of-state school. I know that both MD and SC were states within the same consortium.

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I wouldn't pay for either of these schools out of state unless they provide merit aid.

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Anonymous wrote:JMU > ECU for academic quality. The North Carolina equivalent of JMU would probably be Appalachian State

I agree with PP. ECU is below a number of other NC publics, not just UNC and State. App State, UNCW, UNCA, and UNCC are superior to ECU academically.

Where is UNCG in this ranking?

NC families consider it this way

UNC
NCST
UNC Greensboro
UNC Willmington
App State
East Carolina

That said a kid studying Engineering or CS would pick NC STATE over UNC. Or a kid studying environmental science might choose App State as that school has a better career track for that major. UNC Greensboro many kids go if they want to be teachers.

OP East Carolina is the bottom of the barrel for instate. That said, medical school instate yeah it's a great school. You see in NC they take in-state students over out of state applicants for Med School.

I would say not worth it for out of state students. Instate it's perfectly fine. But job wise which is the idea right, East Carolina is not the best, ie companies from OOS do not really look for students.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:JMU > ECU for academic quality. The North Carolina equivalent of JMU would probably be Appalachian State

I agree with PP. ECU is below a number of other NC publics, not just UNC and State. App State, UNCW, UNCA, and UNCC are superior to ECU academically.

Where is UNCG in this ranking?

NC families consider it this way

UNC
NCST
UNC Greensboro
UNC Willmington
App State
East Carolina

That said a kid studying Engineering or CS would pick NC STATE over UNC. Or a kid studying environmental science might choose App State as that school has a better career track for that major. UNC Greensboro many kids go if they want to be teachers.

OP East Carolina is the bottom of the barrel for instate. That said, medical school instate yeah it's a great school. You see in NC they take in-state students over out of state applicants for Med School.

I would say not worth it for out of state students. Instate it's perfectly fine. But job wise which is the idea right, East Carolina is not the best, ie companies from OOS do not really look for students.

You left UNC-Charlotte off the list. I think they'd be #3.

I'm not sure UNC-G is even top 5... based on SAT profile.

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NC families consider it this way

UNC
NCST
UNC Greensboro
UNC Willmington
App State
East Carolina

Respectfully, that is not accurate.
UNCW, UNC Asheville, and UNC Charlotte are all better schools than UNCG. And App State is not below all of those.
Yes to ECU at the bottom of that list.

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Anonymous wrote:JMU > ECU for academic quality. The North Carolina equivalent of JMU would probably be Appalachian State

Radford in Virginia would be more similar to ECU.

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Anonymous wrote:JMU > ECU for academic quality. The North Carolina equivalent of JMU would probably be Appalachian State

Radford in Virginia would be more similar to ECU.

Radford is a step up from ECU

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Anonymous wrote:JMU > ECU for academic quality. The North Carolina equivalent of JMU would probably be Appalachian State

Radford in Virginia would be more similar to ECU.

Radford is a step up from ECU

Damn. Crossing ECU off DDs list for safeties. I had no idea it was that bad!

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It is not that bad. This is scum, and everything except the Ivy’s suck.