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

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Anonymous wrote:This was quite some thread to read through. To answer the original question, I would say James Madison is reasonably well known by those who know colleges, but not as familiar with the other one. I once dated a JMU lady as an undergrad at WLU - she was very polished and sharp. Went on to go to law school at W&L but has been a SAHM for over a decade after 4 years at Akin.

Liked her so much I married her!

Is this another VA university? I know W&L high school...

-not from here

Washington & Lee?

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Anonymous wrote:This was quite some thread to read through. To answer the original question, I would say James Madison is reasonably well known by those who know colleges, but not as familiar with the other one. I once dated a JMU lady as an undergrad at WLU - she was very polished and sharp. Went on to go to law school at W&L but has been a SAHM for over a decade after 4 years at Akin.

Liked her so much I married her!

Two people from schools noone heard of finding each other....true love!

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Some anecdotes, in my early 40s now

I went to JMU (honors program) undergrad (from NJ) I have a PhD from Penn

My 2 freshman roommates (one from Denver, one from PA) are now a lawyer (went to NYU) and a physician (UCSD)

Most (all maybe?) of the people I still am in contact with went on to graduate degrees at some point


Back in NJ now, in a district similar to Bethesda, JMU is popular for kids in the 70-90th percentile

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Wait is JMU the one in Fairfax or the one out on 81?

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Anonymous wrote:Hey, Professor Boy, here is the kind of prof Stanford hires:

BA in Journalism from Arizona State University in 1992; an MFA from the writing program at McNeese State University in 1996; and a PhD in English from Florida State University

So do you think the fact that Adam Johnson won a Pulitzer might justify hiring him as a creative writing professor? It's not like he got hired by the Lit Dept.

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This is a really sad thread. Some of the best people I know - the kind of people you would want to hang out with- are JMU grads. Most adults I know are successful entrepreneurs running cool businesses or non profits, coaching teams, running fundraisers and enjoying successful and productive lives. I think these types of folks would be successful most anywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a really sad thread. Some of the best people I know - the kind of people you would want to hang out with- are JMU grads. Most adults I know are successful entrepreneurs running cool businesses or non profits, coaching teams, running fundraisers and enjoying successful and productive lives. I think these types of folks would be successful most anywhere.

+100 This is so true. But the people caught up in labels and rankings will never get that. Nor will they be the kind of adults you want to hang out with.

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I'm from DC and only heard of CN because I attended Hampton University.

Some students attended math classes there because it was a bit easier to pass.

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I'm marveling at the fact that an "academic" such as yourself (snicker) would be spending so much time on a thread concerning a school or schools you have such disdain for. It appears you are a poor advertisement for your own profession. Clearly academia isn't keeping you nearly busy enough!

One of the benefits of tenure is that I have all the time I need to correct people who are wrong on the internet.

And shouldn't you be slaving away at your humdrum office job right now?

People like you are a dime a dozen, whether in academia or in life.

LOL I don't think you know what the odds are of getting through a PhD, then getting hired, then getting tenure.

In fact, the odds are so vanishingly small that you'd have to be stupid to go down that road without attending the most prestigious possible schools. Otherwise you are almost certainly wasting your time and money. Yeah, go ahead, cite the few exceptions... but for every exception there are HUNDREDS of people with PhDs who never got hired to the tenure track.

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Anonymous wrote:
I'm marveling at the fact that an "academic" such as yourself (snicker) would be spending so much time on a thread concerning a school or schools you have such disdain for. It appears you are a poor advertisement for your own profession. Clearly academia isn't keeping you nearly busy enough!

One of the benefits of tenure is that I have all the time I need to correct people who are wrong on the internet.

And shouldn't you be slaving away at your humdrum office job right now?

Serious question: why are you on this thread, "correcting" people who have not made incorrect statements? No one has compared JMU to Stanford or an Ivy, but they have correctly stated that it is a good school. Why do you feel the need to insert yourself at all? You have added nothing to the discussion. Nothing.

"Good" for what? No doubt people attend JMU and get jobs afterward. More power to 'em. If you think that is a "good" school to attend if you want to become an academic, you are extremely ignorant indeed.

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Anonymous wrote:Hey, Professor Boy, here is the kind of prof Stanford hires:

BA in Journalism from Arizona State University in 1992; an MFA from the writing program at McNeese State University in 1996; and a PhD in English from Florida State University

If you think he is a typical academic and that ASU/FSU grads have great prospects in academia, you are hilariously deluded.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I'm marveling at the fact that an "academic" such as yourself (snicker) would be spending so much time on a thread concerning a school or schools you have such disdain for. It appears you are a poor advertisement for your own profession. Clearly academia isn't keeping you nearly busy enough!

One of the benefits of tenure is that I have all the time I need to correct people who are wrong on the internet.

And shouldn't you be slaving away at your humdrum office job right now?

Serious question: why are you on this thread, "correcting" people who have not made incorrect statements? No one has compared JMU to Stanford or an Ivy, but they have correctly stated that it is a good school. Why do you feel the need to insert yourself at all? You have added nothing to the discussion. Nothing.

"Good" for what? No doubt people attend JMU and get jobs afterward. More power to 'em. If you think that is a "good" school to attend if you want to become an academic, you are extremely ignorant indeed.

What are you prattling on about? There is plenty of representation at top PhD programs from James Madison graduates...

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The publicity of JMU went up this week because the "some muscle" professor at Missouri went there.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is ridiculous. How many people have heard of regional schools if they aren't from that region? You could make the same statement about almost any regional school.

+1

Most people know UVA, William & Mary and VT. I'm sure JMU is fine, but it's not well-known outside of the area.

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No. No one outside of VA has heard of JMU.