Engineering: Pitt or JMU

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Anonymous wrote:No question Pitt is better for engineering if that’s all you are considering. I also think the city is better and an overall better college experience.

Pitt may be better for engineering, but I disagree Pittsburgh is an "overall better college experience." If you want urban, sure. Many kids do not. JMU is located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley - lots of hiking and outdoor activities available.

JMU is literally cut in half by the interstate. PA is also beautiful with extensive outdoor activities, parks, and civilization nearby.

[Anonymous]

JMU might not be famous for engineering, but it’s still a great program and a fine school. Everyone doesn’t need to go to Harvard to get a job afterwards you know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No question Pitt is better for engineering if that’s all you are considering. I also think the city is better and an overall better college experience.

Pitt may be better for engineering, but I disagree Pittsburgh is an "overall better college experience." If you want urban, sure. Many kids do not. JMU is located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley - lots of hiking and outdoor activities available.

JMU is literally cut in half by the interstate. PA is also beautiful with extensive outdoor activities, parks, and civilization nearby.

I am aware. But Pitt is $100,000 more expensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No question Pitt is better for engineering if that’s all you are considering. I also think the city is better and an overall better college experience.

Pitt may be better for engineering, but I disagree Pittsburgh is an "overall better college experience." If you want urban, sure. Many kids do not. JMU is located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley - lots of hiking and outdoor activities available.

JMU is literally cut in half by the interstate. PA is also beautiful with extensive outdoor activities, parks, and civilization nearby.

Says someone who last visited in 1995.

JMU is a gorgeous campus and has great community. Pitt is a city school. They are completely different settings.

JMU has excellent job placement for after graduation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No question Pitt is better for engineering if that’s all you are considering. I also think the city is better and an overall better college experience.

Pitt may be better for engineering, but I disagree Pittsburgh is an "overall better college experience." If you want urban, sure. Many kids do not. JMU is located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley - lots of hiking and outdoor activities available.

JMU is literally cut in half by the interstate. PA is also beautiful with extensive outdoor activities, parks, and civilization nearby.

Pittsburgh does not have “extensive outdoor activities.”

[Anonymous]

JMU has solid job placement in the DC area. I don't know if that is the case with engineering but there is a strong alumni network in the area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:JMU has solid job placement in the DC area. I don't know if that is the case with engineering but there is a strong alumni network in the area.

+1
Absolutely. And throughout the country. JMU alumni are extremely active - and loyal.
https://www.alumni.jmu.edu/s/1591/18/interior.aspx?sid=1591&gid=3&pgid=7560

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No question Pitt is better for engineering if that’s all you are considering. I also think the city is better and an overall better college experience.

Pitt may be better for engineering, but I disagree Pittsburgh is an "overall better college experience." If you want urban, sure. Many kids do not. JMU is located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley - lots of hiking and outdoor activities available.

JMU is literally cut in half by the interstate. PA is also beautiful with extensive outdoor activities, parks, and civilization nearby.

Says someone who last visited in 1995.

JMU is a gorgeous campus and has great community. Pitt is a city school. They are completely different settings.

JMU has excellent job placement for after graduation.

This. The bolded is such a dated thing to say. The highway doesn't just cut right through the quad, for crying out loud. There are two distinct campuses, East and West, and a bridge that connects them. It's a non-issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No question Pitt is better for engineering if that’s all you are considering. I also think the city is better and an overall better college experience.

Pitt may be better for engineering, but I disagree Pittsburgh is an "overall better college experience." If you want urban, sure. Many kids do not. JMU is located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley - lots of hiking and outdoor activities available.

JMU is literally cut in half by the interstate. PA is also beautiful with extensive outdoor activities, parks, and civilization nearby.

This is just so silly. Have you even been on campus? It's beautiful. As for Pitt, it seems to have only one tall building that's used in promotional pictures. The rest is completely non-descript.
DP

[Anonymous]

If you are in state, I would pick JMU. I don't think you will have difficulty finding a job. Engineering is a tough major and a career in demand. Smaller program might offer opportunities for networking and internships.

[Anonymous]

JMU

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No question Pitt is better for engineering if that’s all you are considering. I also think the city is better and an overall better college experience.

Pitt may be better for engineering, but I disagree Pittsburgh is an "overall better college experience." If you want urban, sure. Many kids do not. JMU is located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley - lots of hiking and outdoor activities available.

JMU is literally cut in half by the interstate. PA is also beautiful with extensive outdoor activities, parks, and civilization nearby.

Pittsburgh does not have “extensive outdoor activities.”

The outdoor activities line made me LOL, because JMU is near Shenandoah, among other things. It's not like Pitt v. Columbia or something!

[Anonymous]

We are from VA and considering JMU, Pitt and GMU and waitlisted at top choice VT. Being in state, we are leaning toward JMU. Pitt is a great school especially in the engineering area, but hard to justify paying $$ for out of state tuition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are in state, I would pick JMU. I don't think you will have difficulty finding a job. Engineering is a tough major and a career in demand. Smaller program might offer opportunities for networking and internships.

This!!

[Anonymous]

Agree