Va Tech or George Mason--which is more prestigous?
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Anonymous
| Which is more prestigious for economics? |
Anonymous
| Neither |
Anonymous
Of course GMU: GMU List Notable faculty and alumni[edit] See also: List of George Mason University people Faculty[edit] James M. Buchanan, Nobel Prize-winning economist Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Prize-winning economist Gordon Tullock, developed public choice theory James M. Buchanan, 1986 Nobel Prize winner for Economics Tyler Cowen, economist, director of the Mercatus Center at Mason and founder of the blog Marginal Revolution Jack Goldstone, sociologist and political scientist specializing in revolutions; nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; 2014 winner of Guggenheim Award Brian Krebs, investigative journalist for the Washington Post and founder of KrebsOnSecurity.com Steven Pearlstein, Pulitzer Prize winner for economics in the Washington Post Roy Rosenzweig, Fulbright scholar, historian, founded Center for History and New Media Martin Sherwin, Pulitzer Prize winner for his biography of Robert Oppenheimer Vernon L. Smith, 2002 Nobel Prize-winning economist. Louise Shelley, 2015 Andrew Carnegie Fellow from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Gordon Tullock, a founder of the public choice theory of economics and politics. Alumni[edit] Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, President of Puntland and Prime Minister of Somalia Anousheh Ansari, Iranian-American engineer, co-founder of Prodea Systems and the first Muslim woman in space Justin Bour, Professional Baseball Player with Miami Marlins Anna E. Cabral, Treasurer of the United States under President George W. Bush Shawn Camp, baseball player, Toronto Blue Jays Kathleen L. Casey, Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Erden Eruç president and CEO of the non-profit Around-n-Over and the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the globe Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Poet Laureate of Virginia Hala Gorani, CNN International anchor David Jolly, Member of the United States House of Representatives Dayton Moore, general manager, senior VP of the Kansas City Royals Steve Ricchetti, former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton Martin Andrew Taylor, former senior executive Corporate VP of Windows Live and MSN, Chief of Staff to Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Alan Webb, American record holder in the mile |
Anonymous
GMU is certainly more selective - 58% to VT 70% |
Anonymous
VT is for bozos who could not get into GMU. |
Anonymous
Please. |
Anonymous
Along with 30,000 people who work at Arby's and/or cannot pay their student loans. |
Anonymous
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Who cares? |
Anonymous
+1 it's like asking what's more prestigious- a Honda Accord or a Toyota Camry? |
Anonymous
More like a Daewoo or Suzuki subcompact |
Anonymous
Huh. I worked for Gordon Tullock in the mid-90s when he was an econ professor at the University of Arizona. That is one name I NEVER thought I'd see on DCUM! |
Anonymous
Do you care. If they are right wing or left wing? |
Anonymous
| I'd say it depends on the major. |
Anonymous
You might-but 75 percent of students accepted to both schools choose VT |
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I believe that the Veterinary Sciences are more prestigious at VA Tech than at GMU. |