Anonymous
10/24/2015 23:11
Subject: Va Tech or George Mason--which is more prestigous?
I believe that the Veterinary Sciences are more prestigious at VA Tech than at GMU.
Anonymous
10/24/2015 22:16
Subject: Va Tech or George Mason--which is more prestigous?
Anonymous wrote:I'd say it depends on the major.
You might-but 75 percent of students accepted to both schools choose VT
Anonymous
10/24/2015 21:58
Subject: Va Tech or George Mason--which is more prestigous?
I'd say it depends on the major.
Anonymous
10/24/2015 21:47
Subject: Va Tech or George Mason--which is more prestigous?
Anonymous wrote:Which is more prestigious for economics?
Do you care. If they are right wing or left wing?
Anonymous
10/24/2015 21:19
Subject: Va Tech or George Mason--which is more prestigous?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Which is more prestigious for economics?
Of course GMU:
GMU List
Notable faculty and alumni[edit]
See also: List of George Mason University people
Faculty[edit]
James M. Buchanan, Nobel Prize-winning economist
Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Prize-winning economist
Gordon Tullock, developed public choice theory
James M. Buchanan, 1986 Nobel Prize winner for Economics
Tyler Cowen, economist, director of the Mercatus Center at Mason and founder of the blog Marginal Revolution
Jack Goldstone, sociologist and political scientist specializing in revolutions; nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; 2014 winner of Guggenheim Award
Brian Krebs, investigative journalist for the Washington Post and founder of KrebsOnSecurity.com
Steven Pearlstein, Pulitzer Prize winner for economics in the Washington Post
Roy Rosenzweig, Fulbright scholar, historian, founded Center for History and New Media
Martin Sherwin, Pulitzer Prize winner for his biography of Robert Oppenheimer
Vernon L. Smith, 2002 Nobel Prize-winning economist.
Louise Shelley, 2015 Andrew Carnegie Fellow from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Gordon Tullock, a founder of the public choice theory of economics and politics.
Alumni[edit]
Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, President of Puntland and Prime Minister of Somalia
Anousheh Ansari, Iranian-American engineer, co-founder of Prodea Systems and the first Muslim woman in space
Justin Bour, Professional Baseball Player with Miami Marlins
Anna E. Cabral, Treasurer of the United States under President George W. Bush
Shawn Camp, baseball player, Toronto Blue Jays
Kathleen L. Casey, Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Erden Eruç president and CEO of the non-profit Around-n-Over and the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the globe
Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Poet Laureate of Virginia
Hala Gorani, CNN International anchor
David Jolly, Member of the United States House of Representatives
Dayton Moore, general manager, senior VP of the Kansas City Royals
Steve Ricchetti, former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton
Martin Andrew Taylor, former senior executive Corporate VP of Windows Live and MSN, Chief of Staff to Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
Alan Webb, American record holder in the mile
Huh. I worked for Gordon Tullock in the mid-90s when he was an econ professor at the University of Arizona. That is one name I NEVER thought I'd see on DCUM!
Anonymous
10/24/2015 21:19
Subject: Va Tech or George Mason--which is more prestigous?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Who cares?
+1 it's like asking what's more prestigious- a Honda Accord or a Toyota Camry?
More like a Daewoo or Suzuki subcompact
Anonymous
10/24/2015 20:46
Subject: Va Tech or George Mason--which is more prestigous?
Anonymous wrote:
Who cares?
+1 it's like asking what's more prestigious- a Honda Accord or a Toyota Camry?
Anonymous
10/24/2015 20:45
Subject: Va Tech or George Mason--which is more prestigous?
Who cares?
Anonymous
10/24/2015 20:17
Subject: Va Tech or George Mason--which is more prestigous?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Which is more prestigious for economics?
Of course GMU:
GMU List
Notable faculty and alumni[edit]
See also: List of George Mason University people
Faculty[edit]
James M. Buchanan, Nobel Prize-winning economist
Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Prize-winning economist
Gordon Tullock, developed public choice theory
James M. Buchanan, 1986 Nobel Prize winner for Economics
Tyler Cowen, economist, director of the Mercatus Center at Mason and founder of the blog Marginal Revolution
Jack Goldstone, sociologist and political scientist specializing in revolutions; nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; 2014 winner of Guggenheim Award
Brian Krebs, investigative journalist for the Washington Post and founder of KrebsOnSecurity.com
Steven Pearlstein, Pulitzer Prize winner for economics in the Washington Post
Roy Rosenzweig, Fulbright scholar, historian, founded Center for History and New Media
Martin Sherwin, Pulitzer Prize winner for his biography of Robert Oppenheimer
Vernon L. Smith, 2002 Nobel Prize-winning economist.
Louise Shelley, 2015 Andrew Carnegie Fellow from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Gordon Tullock, a founder of the public choice theory of economics and politics.
Alumni[edit]
Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, President of Puntland and Prime Minister of Somalia
Anousheh Ansari, Iranian-American engineer, co-founder of Prodea Systems and the first Muslim woman in space
Justin Bour, Professional Baseball Player with Miami Marlins
Anna E. Cabral, Treasurer of the United States under President George W. Bush
Shawn Camp, baseball player, Toronto Blue Jays
Kathleen L. Casey, Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Erden Eruç president and CEO of the non-profit Around-n-Over and the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the globe
Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Poet Laureate of Virginia
Hala Gorani, CNN International anchor
David Jolly, Member of the United States House of Representatives
Dayton Moore, general manager, senior VP of the Kansas City Royals
Steve Ricchetti, former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton
Martin Andrew Taylor, former senior executive Corporate VP of Windows Live and MSN, Chief of Staff to Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
Alan Webb, American record holder in the mile
Along with 30,000 people who work at Arby's and/or cannot pay their student loans.
Anonymous
10/24/2015 19:48
Subject: Va Tech or George Mason--which is more prestigous?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Which is more prestigious for economics?
VT is for bozos who could not get into GMU.
Please.
Anonymous
10/24/2015 19:18
Subject: Va Tech or George Mason--which is more prestigous?
Anonymous wrote:Which is more prestigious for economics?
VT is for bozos who could not get into GMU.
Anonymous
10/24/2015 19:17
Subject: Va Tech or George Mason--which is more prestigous?
Anonymous wrote:Neither
GMU is certainly more selective - 58% to VT 70%
Anonymous
10/24/2015 19:15
Subject: Va Tech or George Mason--which is more prestigous?
Anonymous wrote:Which is more prestigious for economics?
Of course GMU:
GMU List
Notable faculty and alumni[edit]
See also: List of George Mason University people
Faculty[edit]
James M. Buchanan, Nobel Prize-winning economist
Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Prize-winning economist
Gordon Tullock, developed public choice theory
James M. Buchanan, 1986 Nobel Prize winner for Economics
Tyler Cowen, economist, director of the Mercatus Center at Mason and founder of the blog Marginal Revolution
Jack Goldstone, sociologist and political scientist specializing in revolutions; nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; 2014 winner of Guggenheim Award
Brian Krebs, investigative journalist for the Washington Post and founder of KrebsOnSecurity.com
Steven Pearlstein, Pulitzer Prize winner for economics in the Washington Post
Roy Rosenzweig, Fulbright scholar, historian, founded Center for History and New Media
Martin Sherwin, Pulitzer Prize winner for his biography of Robert Oppenheimer
Vernon L. Smith, 2002 Nobel Prize-winning economist.
Louise Shelley, 2015 Andrew Carnegie Fellow from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Gordon Tullock, a founder of the public choice theory of economics and politics.
Alumni[edit]
Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, President of Puntland and Prime Minister of Somalia
Anousheh Ansari, Iranian-American engineer, co-founder of Prodea Systems and the first Muslim woman in space
Justin Bour, Professional Baseball Player with Miami Marlins
Anna E. Cabral, Treasurer of the United States under President George W. Bush
Shawn Camp, baseball player, Toronto Blue Jays
Kathleen L. Casey, Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Erden Eruç president and CEO of the non-profit Around-n-Over and the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the globe
Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Poet Laureate of Virginia
Hala Gorani, CNN International anchor
David Jolly, Member of the United States House of Representatives
Dayton Moore, general manager, senior VP of the Kansas City Royals
Steve Ricchetti, former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton
Martin Andrew Taylor, former senior executive Corporate VP of Windows Live and MSN, Chief of Staff to Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
Alan Webb, American record holder in the mile
Anonymous
10/24/2015 19:15
Subject: Va Tech or George Mason--which is more prestigous?
Neither
Anonymous
10/24/2015 19:14
Subject: Va Tech or George Mason--which is more prestigous?
Which is more prestigious for economics?