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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just skimmed the thread, which seems to be mainly an argument about the value of various majors. For me, the real news here is how much more valuable a degree from JMU and GMU seems to be than William & Mary. I am the only one who finds that interesting? As a grad of JMU with an art history major and working in a job that I set out to do with such a dumb major and a graduate degree from a top 20 university, I do have to remind my children who are gunning for top schools that JMU is absoluletly what you make of it. [/quote]

Every college is exactly what you make of it.  That is why DCUM and others who are SO hung up on Rankings don't need to be.  Going to a decent college and working hard, making connections, finding research and internships  and you will go far in life.

Seriously, for most areas, the Elite college only helps when you are jobs searching and might use the alumni network.  After your first job, nobody cares where you got your degree, they care what you did at your job.

And even there, my kid graduated from a T100 school with a good alumni network, my DH (an executive so has a huge network)  connected our DC with his contacts who graduated from the same college (and are now top level execs at Top companies).  They were happy to interview/meet with our DC and connect them with other people as well.  Yes, some happened due to my DH but largely these people love helping alumni from their undergrad university---it doesn't matter how they heard about them.  So Alumni networks are there at all universities.  [/quote]

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