Anonymous wrote:Some people have lots of money so the price difference doesn't matter to them. So paying up means their kids will be surrounded by people like them.

Not everyone is looking for the best deal.

Anonymous wrote:With respect to the introduction of JMU as a school of equivalence, in this this national ranking, Conn placed 97th and JMU placed 380th:

https://wallethub.com/edu/e/college-rankings/40750

Anonymous wrote:With respect to the introduction of JMU as a school of equivalence, in this this national ranking, Conn placed 97th and JMU placed 380th:

https://wallethub.com/edu/e/college-rankings/40750

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Add to that pathetic yield of 15% even though half the class is drawn from early decision.

SAT
25% is 1160
50% 1280

Absolute trash statistics.

That's pretty close to the JMU 25th and 50th (1180 and 1240).

Not many people on DCUM think JMU is trash these days. But the question is why you'd pay more for Connecticut versus JMU in-state (or one of the other in-state universities with similar SAT percentiles).

When you are comparing (rightfully so) JMU versus Conn College, why in the world would any one pay $90k a year for Conn College? This isn't a knock on JMU or Conn College just that being peers there is a huge value proposition for JMU that can't be overcome.

For some of us, JMU is not in-state

OK so what are the equivalent options in your state? Or are you going to argue that there are no affordable, mediocre colleges in your state?

"Why is Conn worth more to us? The ability for our kid to continue his sport"

If you are willing to pay $220k for your kid to play a sport versus $130k for an in-state equivalent then you do you I guess.

Ok I will bite... in many states on the east coast where conn attracts students, UMC kids don't really use the state school option that often -- sorry, that is true. For instance, in mass, many kids would pick Conn Coll over Umass Amherst, and definitely would pick it over Umass Lowell, which is a better comparison to JMU. The peer group at Umass Lowell would not be other rich, private school kids... the peer group at Conn would be more of a true peer group.

In Conn College's own state, UConn has better SAT scores of the lower 25%! The quality of student at UConn from top to bottom is better than the quality of student at Conn College.

UConn $36,000
Conn College $91,000

Not necessarily true. A much higher percentage of students submit scores to ConnColl than to UConn. It's easy to have have high SAT ranges when only the top third of students actually send their scores. At ConnColl it's more than half.

38% of UConn students submitted an SAT. 25% of those who submitted and enrolled scored below a 1220.
54% of Conn College students submitted an SAT score. 25% of those who submitted and enrolled scored below a 1160.


The 25%/50%/75% SAT scores
UConn
1220/1330/1410
Conn College
1160/1280/1400

You are wrong. If you are a high scorer (above 50th percentile for the school, you submit). But even those are higher than at UConn.

UConn is 1/3rd the price, attracts stronger students. That is why a college like Conn College finds itself in the position it does.

Did you make it past algebra 1?

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Add to that pathetic yield of 15% even though half the class is drawn from early decision.

SAT
25% is 1160
50% 1280

Absolute trash statistics.

That's pretty close to the JMU 25th and 50th (1180 and 1240).

Not many people on DCUM think JMU is trash these days. But the question is why you'd pay more for Connecticut versus JMU in-state (or one of the other in-state universities with similar SAT percentiles).

When you are comparing (rightfully so) JMU versus Conn College, why in the world would any one pay $90k a year for Conn College? This isn't a knock on JMU or Conn College just that being peers there is a huge value proposition for JMU that can't be overcome.

For some of us, JMU is not in-state

OK so what are the equivalent options in your state? Or are you going to argue that there are no affordable, mediocre colleges in your state?

"Why is Conn worth more to us? The ability for our kid to continue his sport"

If you are willing to pay $220k for your kid to play a sport versus $130k for an in-state equivalent then you do you I guess.

Ok I will bite... in many states on the east coast where conn attracts students, UMC kids don't really use the state school option that often -- sorry, that is true. For instance, in mass, many kids would pick Conn Coll over Umass Amherst, and definitely would pick it over Umass Lowell, which is a better comparison to JMU. The peer group at Umass Lowell would not be other rich, private school kids... the peer group at Conn would be more of a true peer group.

In Conn College's own state, UConn has better SAT scores of the lower 25%! The quality of student at UConn from top to bottom is better than the quality of student at Conn College.

UConn $36,000
Conn College $91,000

Not necessarily true. A much higher percentage of students submit scores to ConnColl than to UConn. It's easy to have have high SAT ranges when only the top third of students actually send their scores. At ConnColl it's more than half.

38% of UConn students submitted an SAT. 25% of those who submitted and enrolled scored below a 1220.
54% of Conn College students submitted an SAT score. 25% of those who submitted and enrolled scored below a 1160.


The 25%/50%/75% SAT scores
UConn
1220/1330/1410
Conn College
1160/1280/1400

You are wrong. If you are a high scorer (above 50th percentile for the school, you submit). But even those are higher than at UConn.

UConn is 1/3rd the price, attracts stronger students. That is why a college like Conn College finds itself in the position it does.

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Add to that pathetic yield of 15% even though half the class is drawn from early decision.

SAT
25% is 1160
50% 1280

Absolute trash statistics.

That's pretty close to the JMU 25th and 50th (1180 and 1240).

Not many people on DCUM think JMU is trash these days. But the question is why you'd pay more for Connecticut versus JMU in-state (or one of the other in-state universities with similar SAT percentiles).

When you are comparing (rightfully so) JMU versus Conn College, why in the world would any one pay $90k a year for Conn College? This isn't a knock on JMU or Conn College just that being peers there is a huge value proposition for JMU that can't be overcome.

For some of us, JMU is not in-state

OK so what are the equivalent options in your state? Or are you going to argue that there are no affordable, mediocre colleges in your state?

"Why is Conn worth more to us? The ability for our kid to continue his sport"

If you are willing to pay $220k for your kid to play a sport versus $130k for an in-state equivalent then you do you I guess.

Ok I will bite... in many states on the east coast where conn attracts students, UMC kids don't really use the state school option that often -- sorry, that is true. For instance, in mass, many kids would pick Conn Coll over Umass Amherst, and definitely would pick it over Umass Lowell, which is a better comparison to JMU. The peer group at Umass Lowell would not be other rich, private school kids... the peer group at Conn would be more of a true peer group.

In Conn College's own state, UConn has better SAT scores of the lower 25%! The quality of student at UConn from top to bottom is better than the quality of student at Conn College.

UConn $36,000
Conn College $91,000

Not necessarily true. A much higher percentage of students submit scores to ConnColl than to UConn. It's easy to have have high SAT ranges when only the top third of students actually send their scores. At ConnColl it's more than half.

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Add to that pathetic yield of 15% even though half the class is drawn from early decision.

SAT
25% is 1160
50% 1280

Absolute trash statistics.

That's pretty close to the JMU 25th and 50th (1180 and 1240).

Not many people on DCUM think JMU is trash these days. But the question is why you'd pay more for Connecticut versus JMU in-state (or one of the other in-state universities with similar SAT percentiles).

When you are comparing (rightfully so) JMU versus Conn College, why in the world would any one pay $90k a year for Conn College? This isn't a knock on JMU or Conn College just that being peers there is a huge value proposition for JMU that can't be overcome.

For some of us, JMU is not in-state

OK so what are the equivalent options in your state? Or are you going to argue that there are no affordable, mediocre colleges in your state?

"Why is Conn worth more to us? The ability for our kid to continue his sport"

If you are willing to pay $220k for your kid to play a sport versus $130k for an in-state equivalent then you do you I guess.

Ok I will bite... in many states on the east coast where conn attracts students, UMC kids don't really use the state school option that often -- sorry, that is true. For instance, in mass, many kids would pick Conn Coll over Umass Amherst, and definitely would pick it over Umass Lowell, which is a better comparison to JMU. The peer group at Umass Lowell would not be other rich, private school kids... the peer group at Conn would be more of a true peer group.

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Add to that pathetic yield of 15% even though half the class is drawn from early decision.

SAT
25% is 1160
50% 1280

Absolute trash statistics.

That's pretty close to the JMU 25th and 50th (1180 and 1240).

Not many people on DCUM think JMU is trash these days. But the question is why you'd pay more for Connecticut versus JMU in-state (or one of the other in-state universities with similar SAT percentiles).

When you are comparing (rightfully so) JMU versus Conn College, why in the world would any one pay $90k a year for Conn College? This isn't a knock on JMU or Conn College just that being peers there is a huge value proposition for JMU that can't be overcome.

For some of us, JMU is not in-state

OK so what are the equivalent options in your state? Or are you going to argue that there are no affordable, mediocre colleges in your state?

"Why is Conn worth more to us? The ability for our kid to continue his sport"

If you are willing to pay $220k for your kid to play a sport versus $130k for an in-state equivalent then you do you I guess.

Ok I will bite... in many states on the east coast where conn attracts students, UMC kids don't really use the state school option that often -- sorry, that is true. For instance, in mass, many kids would pick Conn Coll over Umass Amherst, and definitely would pick it over Umass Lowell, which is a better comparison to JMU. The peer group at Umass Lowell would not be other rich, private school kids... the peer group at Conn would be more of a true peer group.

UMass will cost $35k a year, so you'd have to get a pretty significant discount from Conn Coll to make that worth it. I'm pretty skeptical that the prestige of Conn Coll is greater enough than UMass to justify the extra cost. Regardless of social class, UMass Lowell kids are the intellectual peers of Conn Coll kids.

Basically Conn Coll lacks "bang for the buck".

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Add to that pathetic yield of 15% even though half the class is drawn from early decision.

SAT
25% is 1160
50% 1280

Absolute trash statistics.

That's pretty close to the JMU 25th and 50th (1180 and 1240).

Not many people on DCUM think JMU is trash these days. But the question is why you'd pay more for Connecticut versus JMU in-state (or one of the other in-state universities with similar SAT percentiles).

When you are comparing (rightfully so) JMU versus Conn College, why in the world would any one pay $90k a year for Conn College? This isn't a knock on JMU or Conn College just that being peers there is a huge value proposition for JMU that can't be overcome.

For some of us, JMU is not in-state

OK so what are the equivalent options in your state? Or are you going to argue that there are no affordable, mediocre colleges in your state?

"Why is Conn worth more to us? The ability for our kid to continue his sport"

If you are willing to pay $220k for your kid to play a sport versus $130k for an in-state equivalent then you do you I guess.

Ok I will bite... in many states on the east coast where conn attracts students, UMC kids don't really use the state school option that often -- sorry, that is true. For instance, in mass, many kids would pick Conn Coll over Umass Amherst, and definitely would pick it over Umass Lowell, which is a better comparison to JMU. The peer group at Umass Lowell would not be other rich, private school kids... the peer group at Conn would be more of a true peer group.

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Add to that pathetic yield of 15% even though half the class is drawn from early decision.

SAT
25% is 1160
50% 1280

Absolute trash statistics.

That's pretty close to the JMU 25th and 50th (1180 and 1240).

Not many people on DCUM think JMU is trash these days. But the question is why you'd pay more for Connecticut versus JMU in-state (or one of the other in-state universities with similar SAT percentiles).

When you are comparing (rightfully so) JMU versus Conn College, why in the world would any one pay $90k a year for Conn College? This isn't a knock on JMU or Conn College just that being peers there is a huge value proposition for JMU that can't be overcome.

For some of us, JMU is not in-state

OK so what are the equivalent options in your state? Or are you going to argue that there are no affordable, mediocre colleges in your state?

"Why is Conn worth more to us? The ability for our kid to continue his sport"

If you are willing to pay $220k for your kid to play a sport versus $130k for an in-state equivalent then you do you I guess.

Ok I will bite... in many states on the east coast where conn attracts students, UMC kids don't really use the state school option that often -- sorry, that is true. For instance, in mass, many kids would pick Conn Coll over Umass Amherst, and definitely would pick it over Umass Lowell, which is a better comparison to JMU. The peer group at Umass Lowell would not be other rich, private school kids... the peer group at Conn would be more of a true peer group.

In Conn College's own state, UConn has better SAT scores of the lower 25%! The quality of student at UConn from top to bottom is better than the quality of student at Conn College.

UConn $36,000
Conn College $91,000