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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]no shade to JMU but it's a huge difference in the job market overall, no matter the major. My grads are always been told, "wow UVA!" when they interview and it definitely makes an impression.  I know that's anecdotal
but UVA in state is not that expensive, and the reputational difference is a wide gulf.[/quote]

As a hiring manager in a competitive field, I focus more on the individual, their internships, their activities, and their demeanor more than where they went to school. JMU allows a kid to stand out and have opportunities that they may not have at a hyper competitive school like UVA - I have one of each on my team and both are hard workers and really smart. If I didn't know, I could not tell you which person went to UVA and which one went to JMU.[/quote]

I guess one data point is better than none.[/quote]

I work with people who went to both and know the ones who went to UVA, because they are still talking how they went to UVA. No one cares.  For those of us not from this area, this is not nearly as impressive as they think it is.  Honestly, I don’t care where anyone went to college because we are all at the same job.  It only came up about the person who went to JMU because we were talking about college visits for my kid. They don’t talk about it nonstop.

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