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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]CNU is beautiful and I know students who love it. JMU is much larger, also lovely, and I know MANY students who love it. 
If I were thinking about them I would note the size differences which lead to differences in the alumni networks— JMU network is HUGE compared to CNU. Alums helped my daughter find summer jobs, etc. [/quote]

Of course a larger school is going to have a larger alumni network.  But that also means there are far more students that may be seeking their help in looking for jobs, etc. (and there's only so much time/help to go around).  The ratio of students to alumni and the percent of alumni in influential positions that can provide meaningful help can be just as important as the total number of alumni.   [/quote]

Good point[/quote]

PP with a kid that graduated from CNU.  I was randomly in a Walmart with my kid last summer.  Kid was wearing a CNU tshirt.  In the checkout line, the guy behind us (looked like a random suburban dad) struck up a conversation with us bc of the tshirt.  Turns out subarban dad was a CNU graduate and had some high powered job on the Hill.  He offered to connect my kid should he want to pursue work (my kid has a job, not into politics).  Anyhow random incident, but my older VT graduate who pretty much wears nothing but VT swag when out has never had this kind of encounter.  I mean Go Hokies and the fan base is rabid but I think the smaller nature of the CNU population may mean they look out for alums more?  Who knows and I know this is N1. [/quote]

Interesting!  I talked to someone yesterday who told me that their daughter really enjoys JMU, but it has been challenging to register for classes needed to graduate on time.  This concerns me.[/quote]

DP.  I’ve had two kids at JMU and neither ever had any issue registering for classes and graduating in four years - to include study abroad semesters.[/quote]

NP.  My daughter goes to JMU and course registration is the biggest negative of the school.  They don't open up enough classes in a lot of cases.  So far it has worked out, but it has been very stressful.  All seniors register for classes at the same time, all juniors the same time the next day, and so on and so on.  Daughter as well as everyone else in her year all get on early and refresh until it opens, which casues the system to not load properly sometimes and you have to guess whether it is better to wait for the page to load or start over.  The gods need to be in your favor.  If you aren't a lucky one then you need to stalk the class registration page or use coursicle to notify you when there is an opening and then you must act fast.  If all classes are full, they should open up another section.  This isn't just a one time occurance, this is something that regularly happens.  Its not the case of there being an 8 am or a professor with a bad review with an opening.  Even these are full.  JMU really needs to get their act together with course registration/scheduling.[/quote]

This is the case at most larger schools. Its not a JMU-specific issue. [/quote]

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