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

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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.

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

VT is more like JMU to be honest. Agree on UVA and WM being a tier above JMU/VT...

I still think VT outranks JMU in most respects. VT is roughly the equivalent of a non-elite flagship state school, and is very well-known nationally. People in the DC area don't see it as anything special, just like people from Jersey don't see Rutgers as good. UVA and W&M are definitely on another level, though.

You can think what you want. JMUs business program is ranked higher than VT for example according to Businessweek. Both VT and JMU rank in the second tier overall (101-199) in the nation according to Forbes...not much difference but convince yourself otherwise if it makes you feel more validated.

Not PP, but who gets a "business" undergraduate degree.

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Anonymous wrote:I have lived here for 8 years and don't know JMU or where it's located. Still never heard of the other one. I knew UVA and barely VT since the shootings happened there.

You sound pretty ignorant. Who lives in a place for 8 years and knows nothing about colleges and universities in that general area?

PP has probably knows about Georgetown, GWU, American. Why must PP know about every little state school in the area?

Wow. Who lives in an area for that long and doesn't even know what colleges are available? Especially someone with kids? Lazy and ignorant.

My kids are 1 and 3. Why would I be looking at colleges yet?

And where would PP hear about all of these local colleges? Do they have radio/TV ads? Maybe she hasn't worked with someone from JMU.

I never heard of JMU until my last job when I met a very nice young alum. She represented the school well, but you? You just come across as an a-hole.

As do you, regardless of where you went to college.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

VT is more like JMU to be honest. Agree on UVA and WM being a tier above JMU/VT...

I still think VT outranks JMU in most respects. VT is roughly the equivalent of a non-elite flagship state school, and is very well-known nationally. People in the DC area don't see it as anything special, just like people from Jersey don't see Rutgers as good. UVA and W&M are definitely on another level, though.

You can think what you want. JMUs business program is ranked higher than VT for example according to Businessweek. Both VT and JMU rank in the second tier overall (101-199) in the nation according to Forbes...not much difference but convince yourself otherwise if it makes you feel more validated.

Not PP, but who gets a "business" undergraduate degree.

Umm... lots of people?

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Anonymous wrote:I have lived here for 8 years and don't know JMU or where it's located. Still never heard of the other one. I knew UVA and barely VT since the shootings happened there.

You sound pretty ignorant. Who lives in a place for 8 years and knows nothing about colleges and universities in that general area?

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People who are not looking at college for themselves or their kids if they have the (i.e. Young kids).

Simple as that.

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Anonymous wrote:I have lived here for 8 years and don't know JMU or where it's located. Still never heard of the other one. I knew UVA and barely VT since the shootings happened there.

You sound pretty ignorant. Who lives in a place for 8 years and knows nothing about colleges and universities in that general area?

PP has probably knows about Georgetown, GWU, American. Why must PP know about every little state school in the area?

Wow. Who lives in an area for that long and doesn't even know what colleges are available? Especially someone with kids? Lazy and ignorant.

My kids are 1 and 3. Why would I be looking at colleges yet?

And where would PP hear about all of these local colleges? Do they have radio/TV ads? Maybe she hasn't worked with someone from JMU.

I never heard of JMU until my last job when I met a very nice young alum. She represented the school well, but you? You just come across as an a-hole.

So you're on the College Forum... why, exactly?

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Anonymous wrote:I hadn't heard of the school prior to moving here from New England. I did recently tour the campus with DD and we both were really impressed with the school and she may be going there. Now that it's on our radar screen I seem to be frequently meeting graduates of JMU and they all rave about what a great experience they had there. I'm from an area where it's all about prestigious private schools, but I'd have no issue with DD attending JMU and wouldn't care if my friends from New England haven't heard of the school.

I loved my time at JMU and am still very close with several of my college friends (15 years later). The honors program was great when I was there and I ended up at the same medical school as my DH (who went to an Ivy league school undergrad).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

VT is more like JMU to be honest. Agree on UVA and WM being a tier above JMU/VT...

I still think VT outranks JMU in most respects. VT is roughly the equivalent of a non-elite flagship state school, and is very well-known nationally. People in the DC area don't see it as anything special, just like people from Jersey don't see Rutgers as good. UVA and W&M are definitely on another level, though.

You can think what you want. JMUs business program is ranked higher than VT for example according to Businessweek. Both VT and JMU rank in the second tier overall (101-199) in the nation according to Forbes...not much difference but convince yourself otherwise if it makes you feel more validated.

Not PP, but who gets a "business" undergraduate degree.

Not sure if serious, but Business is routinely among the most popular undergraduate majors at almost all schools.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

VT is more like JMU to be honest. Agree on UVA and WM being a tier above JMU/VT...

I still think VT outranks JMU in most respects. VT is roughly the equivalent of a non-elite flagship state school, and is very well-known nationally. People in the DC area don't see it as anything special, just like people from Jersey don't see Rutgers as good. UVA and W&M are definitely on another level, though.

You can think what you want. JMUs business program is ranked higher than VT for example according to Businessweek. Both VT and JMU rank in the second tier overall (101-199) in the nation according to Forbes...not much difference but convince yourself otherwise if it makes you feel more validated.

Not PP, but who gets a "business" undergraduate degree.

Not sure if serious, but Business is routinely among the most popular undergraduate majors at almost all schools.

Business majors accounts for the largest share of bachelor's degrees (1 in 5 degrees): http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/05/09/310114739/whats-your-major-four-decades-of-college-degrees-in-1-graph

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

VT is more like JMU to be honest. Agree on UVA and WM being a tier above JMU/VT...

I still think VT outranks JMU in most respects. VT is roughly the equivalent of a non-elite flagship state school, and is very well-known nationally. People in the DC area don't see it as anything special, just like people from Jersey don't see Rutgers as good. UVA and W&M are definitely on another level, though.

You can think what you want. JMUs business program is ranked higher than VT for example according to Businessweek. Both VT and JMU rank in the second tier overall (101-199) in the nation according to Forbes...not much difference but convince yourself otherwise if it makes you feel more validated.

Not PP, but who gets a "business" undergraduate degree.

Approx 35 per cent of all college grads...

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Anonymous wrote:No. No one outside of VA has heard of JMU.

Is that why my son's housemates are all from states other than VA? And one is from Michigan? Gotcha.

So MD, DE, and MI? Haha.

What point are you making?

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Anonymous wrote:I have lived here for 8 years and don't know JMU or where it's located. Still never heard of the other one. I knew UVA and barely VT since the shootings happened there.

You sound pretty ignorant. Who lives in a place for 8 years and knows nothing about colleges and universities in that general area?

PP has probably knows about Georgetown, GWU, American. Why must PP know about every little state school in the area?

JMU is not little. By the way, starting salaries and recruitment from JMU at top firms in the area is considerably more impressive than AU or GW...

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Anonymous wrote:No. No one outside of VA has heard of JMU.

Which is why 30 percent of the student body are from out of state....

How many are from outside of states that are adjacent to DC?

25 per cent, the same as the other top publics in VA

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I grew up in California on a ranch. VT has always had a good reputation for the agricultural and veterinary sciences. I always thought of UVA as an excellent state school something like Michigan. I knew of William and Mary because of its location and history. I had never heard of the other Virginia state schools until I moved here, but there seem to be some excellent programs at each. Generally, I think its better to go to a SLAC and get a very good general education and then specialize in grad school, unless you are sure of what you want to do, and in that case select a school not on general rankings, but on the specific major that you will pursue.