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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's basically like a bigger version of NVCC.

Not many people want to pay a university price for a community college experience.

I've not met anyone who graduated from there who would also allow their kid to attend. [/quote]

What nonsense. It is way better than NVCC.  I have a half dozen friends who graduated from there and are quite gainfully employed in this area, thanks mainly to the connections between GMU and surrounding businesses.  Everyone is very happy with the experience, although they are pretty career-focused people and didn't care about the typical college drinking and partying experience.[/quote]

It's more like a closer version of JMU.

It's probably the best deal around here in terms of ROI.

6 figure salay in no time hanging around there for 4 years for a CS degree.

It couldn’t be less like JMU. Also, everyone just keeps talking about how kids can graduate making six figs with their CS degree, you do know that not everyone wants to do that? Yeah sure we would all like to make that much but many kids are not interested in CS, so [b]what do non CS focused grads do at GMU?[/b]

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They get BAs, BSs, and BFAs in other disciplines and do fairly well as a group--GMU has excellent ROI, especially considering it's not a highly selective school.    Graduates work in policy, in industry, with non-profits, as teachers and other public positions, go on to grad school in law, medicine, and other disciplines etc. just like every other major university.  The DMV location is excellent for internships and connections in a lot of fields.[/quote]

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