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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 what do non CS focused grads do at GMU?

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Do you think any degree from JMU is more valuable than ones from GMU?? 
What do non CS focused grads do at JMU?

Schools like JMU GMU VCU automacailly get on the list for most of the Instate students after UVA VT & W&M.

A lot of people choose to stay instate mainly for financial reasons and also actually want/need to stay close to home.
For the similar reason there are people who choose GMU.  They can save a lot of money for room and board, and want/need to stay close to home. 
So it's basically JMU but close to home and save money.

Not everyone is into tech and not everyone can do it. 
But if some conditions are met, it's actually the best bank for the buck.

People are saying 'college experience', but you can actually make more friends and have more fun at GMU being in NOVA.

I went to VA Tech for BS, and got MS from GMU attending part time.  My employer paid the tuition.
My brother went to GMU and helped out parents while attending college.

All three of my kids went out of state.  Two of them wanted out of state experience. 
One actually wanted to stay close to home, so Georgetown was top of the list, but got into an OOS school that is irresistible.

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