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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:VT is my personal favorite. Best combination of academics and college experience, but obviously better if your child leans more towards the math and sciences.

That aside, my two cents:

VCU - decent school. good marketing program. urban campus in a fun part of Richmond. basketball program has been really good, so maybe people outside of Virginia have heard of it, but still not going to look good on your resume if you end up outside of Virginia.

ODU - exact same thing as above, but replace a "fun part of Richmond" with "near a shitty part of Norfolk".

GMU - much better academics than VCU or ODC, but lame commuter school with no college experience.

CNU - never heard of it.

UMW - surprisingly good school, but nobody knows that so what good does it do? i.e., I was interviewing a MW kid and everyone assumed he was an idiot because of his undergrad choice.

This really isn't the case anymore. Yes, there are still lots of ommuters, but there are also alot more students living on campus. My cousin goes there now and he came fom NYC, so he's no stranger to excitement. He just finished his junior year and he's having a blast. There is a ton of school spirit there now. It's not the GMU of the 1990's.

I think this is true for GMU thanks in no small part to its Cinderella appearance in the NCAA Final Four (6?) years ago. After that applications apparently soared by over 300% and the school gained national attention. The same is undoubtedly happening at VCU where certainly Shaka Smart is known to any college basketball fan.

2006. 17 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:VT is my personal favorite. Best combination of academics and college experience, but obviously better if your child leans more towards the math and sciences.

That aside, my two cents:

VCU - decent school. good marketing program. urban campus in a fun part of Richmond. basketball program has been really good, so maybe people outside of Virginia have heard of it, but still not going to look good on your resume if you end up outside of Virginia.

ODU - exact same thing as above, but replace a "fun part of Richmond" with "near a shitty part of Norfolk".

GMU - much better academics than VCU or ODC, but lame commuter school with no college experience.

CNU - never heard of it.

UMW - surprisingly good school, but nobody knows that so what good does it do? i.e., I was interviewing a MW kid and everyone assumed he was an idiot because of his undergrad choice.

This really isn't the case anymore. Yes, there are still lots of ommuters, but there are also alot more students living on campus. My cousin goes there now and he came fom NYC, so he's no stranger to excitement. He just finished his junior year and he's having a blast. There is a ton of school spirit there now. It's not the GMU of the 1990's.

I think this is true for GMU thanks in no small part to its Cinderella appearance in the NCAA Final Four (6?) years ago. After that applications apparently soared by over 300% and the school gained national attention. The same is undoubtedly happening at VCU where certainly Shaka Smart is known to any college basketball fan.

2006. 17 years ago.

Didn't realize I was replying to an post from 2012.

[Anonymous]

Based on this last admission's cycle, I've been seeing a lot of intent to enroll Insta posts reflecting a seeming skyrocketing VCU, CNU and GMU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Based on this last admission's cycle, I've been seeing a lot of intent to enroll Insta posts reflecting a seeming skyrocketing VCU, CNU and GMU.

Skyrocketing? CNU is newer but lots of kids were going to VCU and GMU back when I graduated a while ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:VT is my personal favorite. Best combination of academics and college experience, but obviously better if your child leans more towards the math and sciences.

That aside, my two cents:

VCU - decent school. good marketing program. urban campus in a fun part of Richmond. basketball program has been really good, so maybe people outside of Virginia have heard of it, but still not going to look good on your resume if you end up outside of Virginia.

ODU - exact same thing as above, but replace a "fun part of Richmond" with "near a shitty part of Norfolk".

GMU - much better academics than VCU or ODC, but lame commuter school with no college experience.

CNU - never heard of it.

UMW - surprisingly good school, but nobody knows that so what good does it do? i.e., I was interviewing a MW kid and everyone assumed he was an idiot because of his undergrad choice.

This really isn't the case anymore. Yes, there are still lots of ommuters, but there are also alot more students living on campus. My cousin goes there now and he came fom NYC, so he's no stranger to excitement. He just finished his junior year and he's having a blast. There is a ton of school spirit there now. It's not the GMU of the 1990's.

I think this is true for GMU thanks in no small part to its Cinderella appearance in the NCAA Final Four (6?) years ago. After that applications apparently soared by over 300% and the school gained national attention. The same is undoubtedly happening at VCU where certainly Shaka Smart is known to any college basketball fan.

2006. 17 years ago.

Didn't realize I was replying to a post from 2012.

DCUM should lock down these old posts.