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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]VT is kind of bottom line that you can talk to your friedns that your kid is going to VT Engineering[/b]

Practically GMU CS is very fine. [/quote]

Forgive me, but I don't understand what this means?[/quote]

It’s braggy.

My son got into CS at Mason and some people almost looked at me with pity when I shared where he was going. It’s an exceptional program and he’ll have no problem landing internships and work. And he’s having a great time there as well.[/quote]

I think you hit the nail on the head.  Practically speaking George Mason is a solid school and a number of majors will have good prospects coming out of there, practically speaking being in the DC area is a big plus.  But for a lot of people in the area it is below the line in terms of name and reputation.

I am not sure how much George Mason can do about that.  One thing they should do is try to take advantage of some of the games VT is playing with highly qualified northern Virginia applicants - court them, make them feel wanted, pull in some of those TJ graduates.  VT may not really be a high enough profile school to get away with some of the games they are playing.  Long term they need the high academic northern Virginia students more than those students need them.  Maybe George Mason can be more of a winner with the new more multicultural student population.[/quote]

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