Seriously, has anyone outside of Virginia ever heard of JMU?
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Anonymous
It seems like you are working overtime to feign ignorance, when all you're really managing to do is convey a mix of stupidity and snobbery. |
Anonymous
That is my impression. Sorry if you have a different impression. Which point isn't accurate? |
Anonymous
I don't know where this misguided notion comes from that going to a regional school means that you cannot get into good law programs (or any other top tier graduate program). The name recognition of rigorous, prestigious schools may help (especially if the GPA is on the lower end), but in general to get into law school you need to have good grades, a high LSAT score and, to a lesser extent, strong letters of recommendation, a well written personal statement, and perhaps some compelling internship or work experience. There might be more students at someplace like CNU who struggle to get a good LSAT score, because overall the SAT scores are weaker than, say, UVA and standardized exam scores tend to correlate with one another. But honestly, that might not be the situation for your kid. Say you have a child who gets good SAT scores, but only graduates in the top half of their class (because they go to a competitive, pressure cooker high school in Northern Virginia where there's a lot of smart kids from highly educated families). And say, for financial reasons, you decide to pursue in state options. They are not going to get into UVA or William and Mary. But who is to say that they won't thrive being a very well prepared fish in a smaller pond? FWIW, if you look at the schools that the current Harvard Law 1L attended for undergrad, you'll see a number of schools that DCUM would consider "dissappointing" http://hls.harvard.edu/dept/jdadmissions/apply-to-harvard-law-school/undergraduate-colleges/ including several satellite campus of state schools and the previously disparaged on this thread SUNY-Binghamton. |
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- Never heard of CNU until this thread
- Have heard of GMU - When I read this thread, I thought you were talking about GMU. Never heard of JMU, nor do I know what it stands for, though I'd guess James Madison since it's Virginia. I've lived here 10 years, not looking at colleges for my kids yet. From Boston, went to school near there. Plenty of schools are largely regional. |
Anonymous
| Yes to JMU. A friend's dad taught there. Later, I dated a guy who taught there and I stupidly left a teaching position at another college and moved to this area because I was "in love". |
Anonymous
I went to SUNY-Binghamton because I was from NY and needed to pay in-state tuition. I studied mechanical engineering, and there were many bright students there, but Binghamton was a depressing town, and it was incredibly tough to get into the classes you needed in order to graduate in 4 years. It was fine, but would definitely not have been my first choice if finances were not an issue. |
Anonymous
+1 My son is currently a student at JMU and his housemates are from CT, MD, Ohio, and VA. Lots of out-of-state kids there. |
Anonymous
+100 |
Anonymous
JMU yes... The other one no... |
Anonymous
Not comparable. JMU regularly ranks highly nationally in periodicals covering Public College rankings. |
Anonymous
...and ranks below JMU, not just is selectivity, in every ranking of public universities....carry on. |
Anonymous
Don't feed the GMU troll... |
Anonymous
Right. |
Anonymous
Such as? They're all listed under Regional Universities for the USNews rankings. |
Anonymous
You're not very smart, are you? |