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

[Anonymous]

I think every one of these enumerated VA state schools will experience and upward trajectory. As UVA/WM and even VA Tech become increasingly impossible to get into, JMU will be elevated so much so that they see themselves as hob-nobbing with the elites. That still leaves a ton of very bright, accomplished, and likely white kids in VA looking for state school options. GMU is almost over the hump as discarding the "commuter school option", and that new CNU president will give the institution a bump especially with the middle of the road to conservatives, and ODU will pick up the kids who find VCU a little bit too urban.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know why name recognition is such a big issue for you rich white mommas. The vast majority of children in this country are at universities you've never heard of and most of them will end up very successful. I know many Ivy and top state grads who are plugging away at the same average boring jobs as people who went to no name schools.

Curious why you felt it was necessary to label others with the bolded.

Probably because they are a troll.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Which one of these is on a strong upward trajectory?

I think the only VA college that has made a jump in ranking over the last decade is Virginia Tech. And it’s not a subject of this thread.

It’s been a decade since this thread started. Let’s stop with the “up and coming”. They’re fine schools if those are your choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go Spiders!

Oh my. Richmond was ridiculous. A vineyard vines ad with sad looking kids with Louis Vuitton bags. Beautiful, soulless campus.

[Anonymous]

why is JMU separated out?

It belongs together with GMU and VCU group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:why is JMU separated out?

It belongs together with GMU and VCU group.

What are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:why is JMU separated out?

It belongs together with GMU and VCU group.

What are you talking about?

They're pissed their kid at W&M isn't being treated like he's at MIT.

[Anonymous]

If your DC was focused on these "other VA colleges", which one did he/she end up picking and why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:why is JMU separated out?

It belongs together with GMU and VCU group.

What are you talking about?

If you are not familiar with VA schools, JMU is part of 'The Other Virginia Colleges: VCU, ODU, GMU, CNU, UMW, JMU . .'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:why is JMU separated out?

It belongs together with GMU and VCU group.

What are you talking about?

They're pissed their kid at W&M isn't being treated like he's at MIT.

People like you are soulless a-holes. Stop coming on here and denigrating others' college choices. It's repulsive. Like you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:generally speaking, if you think you might end up living and working somewhere else, I'd advise going to a shitty national type state school over a decent regional school. That means I prefer schools like WVU, NC State and Ole Miss over places like VCU, ODU and UMBC. If you apply in San Diego, at least they will have heard of where you went to school.

I actually think JMU falls into this category as well. I don't think it has the national name recognition that UVa, VT and W & M have.

I actually think that's the case for all of them (no national name recognition) except for UVA and W&M. I went to school in the Midwest and really, none of these schools are on anyone's radar screens out there. They would have heard about UVA and, maybe, W&M. They just have their own state schools which they are all consumed about and wrapped up in that these don't really penetrate through that regional parochialism. Which is totally fine, not criticizing them, we are the same way: not like we are all walking around thinking about Valparaiso or Marquette or perfectly fine schools like that. . . .just my two cents. . .

I went to UVa from out of state and literally not one single person I knew had ever heard of UVa. I distinctly remember telling someone I was going there, and they asked me if it was a 2-year college. Sorry to say that outside of the DMV, even UVa is not going to impress anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:generally speaking, if you think you might end up living and working somewhere else, I'd advise going to a shitty national type state school over a decent regional school. That means I prefer schools like WVU, NC State and Ole Miss over places like VCU, ODU and UMBC. If you apply in San Diego, at least they will have heard of where you went to school.

I actually think JMU falls into this category as well. I don't think it has the national name recognition that UVa, VT and W & M have.

I actually think that's the case for all of them (no national name recognition) except for UVA and W&M. I went to school in the Midwest and really, none of these schools are on anyone's radar screens out there. They would have heard about UVA and, maybe, W&M. They just have their own state schools which they are all consumed about and wrapped up in that these don't really penetrate through that regional parochialism. Which is totally fine, not criticizing them, we are the same way: not like we are all walking around thinking about Valparaiso or Marquette or perfectly fine schools like that. . . .just my two cents. . .

I went to UVa from out of state and literally not one single person I knew had ever heard of UVa. I distinctly remember telling someone I was going there, and they asked me if it was a 2-year college. Sorry to say that outside of the DMV, even UVa is not going to impress anyone.

That's just stupid. How can anyone say they don't know what any "University of ____" is? Obviously, U of Virginia is the equivalent of U of South Carolina, U of North Carolina, U of Massachusetts, U of Delaware, etc. If I'd never been to Virginia, or any other state, I'd assume U of ___ is the flagship. I may not know anything else about it but it's not complicated. Someone who thinks "U of ____" is a community college knows nothing about colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:generally speaking, if you think you might end up living and working somewhere else, I'd advise going to a shitty national type state school over a decent regional school. That means I prefer schools like WVU, NC State and Ole Miss over places like VCU, ODU and UMBC. If you apply in San Diego, at least they will have heard of where you went to school.

I actually think JMU falls into this category as well. I don't think it has the national name recognition that UVa, VT and W & M have.

I actually think that's the case for all of them (no national name recognition) except for UVA and W&M. I went to school in the Midwest and really, none of these schools are on anyone's radar screens out there. They would have heard about UVA and, maybe, W&M. They just have their own state schools which they are all consumed about and wrapped up in that these don't really penetrate through that regional parochialism. Which is totally fine, not criticizing them, we are the same way: not like we are all walking around thinking about Valparaiso or Marquette or perfectly fine schools like that. . . .just my two cents. . .

I went to UVa from out of state and literally not one single person I knew had ever heard of UVa. I distinctly remember telling someone I was going there, and they asked me if it was a 2-year college. Sorry to say that outside of the DMV, even UVa is not going to impress anyone.

That's just stupid. How can anyone say they don't know what any "University of ____" is? Obviously, U of Virginia is the equivalent of U of South Carolina, U of North Carolina, U of Massachusetts, U of Delaware, etc. If I'd never been to Virginia, or any other state, I'd assume U of ___ is the flagship. I may not know anything else about it but it's not complicated. Someone who thinks "U of ____" is a community college knows nothing about colleges.

Why are you getting your knickers in a knot about what a rando told PP a couple of decades ago?

[Anonymous]

My kid was accepted at VCU. We heard from college counselor it is a good fit for DC kids. We went to admitted students day and the presentation was bad. It was like they slapped it together that morning. The kids on the panel we weird. Campus was a little cash poor and the professor leading the tour, wasn't prepared.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid was accepted at VCU. We heard from college counselor it is a good fit for DC kids. We went to admitted students day and the presentation was bad. It was like they slapped it together that morning. The kids on the panel we weird. Campus was a little cash poor and the professor leading the tour, wasn't prepared.

that's a shame - I know so many families happy with VCU