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And this is why some smart kids (see earlier posts on kids who end up at top law schools) pick schools below their ability. Mommy & Daddy wouldn't/couldn't pay for the best school. They went for the value option. Seems to be a big trend in VA because of the hype around great in-state schools. 
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Why do you make this sound like a horrible decision?  Do you think parent's should go into large amounts of debt to put their kids through college at a prestigious university?  There's plenty of good schools which don't cost a fortune.  It seems to me you've drunk the kool-aid and think a good education is only available at a big name school.[/quote]

Generally speaking "better" schools tend to have better academic opportunities, job opportunities, networking/alumni network, etc. You can certainly work hard and get a decent education almost anywhere, but there really are other factors to consider as well. Maybe you choose not to prioritize them for your family, but they are there. 
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You can justify your prestige craze any way you want, and pay $$$$ for the promise of "better". As several PPs pointed out, 10 years out of college no one gives a d@mn where one got their Bachelors degree.[/quote]

It's not about prestige.  And it certainly does matter.  I'm 25 years out and I'm about to call my former (brilliant) study partner to possibly bring him in on something.  The relationships are there for life.

There isn't anything wrong with JMU/GMU at all, but stop acting like they are something they are not.  They are decent regional universities with good name recognition in this region.

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It's funny, because NO ONE has been acting as if these schools are anything other than good (sorry, but they are better than decent) regional universities.  You, and your snob cohort, are the ones saying demeaning things about these schools, for no apparent reason other than to make yourselves feel better for spending a shitload of money on a school that no one even blinks at anymore.  Perhaps it's you who should stop making more of the schools you went to, because really - you're not all that.   :lol: [/quote]

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