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Anonymous wrote:As someone from outside of NOVA, I thought I'd just chime in to say that GMU is not well-known outside of NOVA. It's basically UVA, VaTech and W&M.

Would you recommend someone attend a CalState over UCLA? That's basically the equivalent of what is being suggested here.

Unless it's much more affordable, I don't see how choosing GMU over UVA makes sense.

That being said, a computer science degree from basically anywhere will get you a job these days. So, if it's a question of going into debt for UVA vs a big scholarship at GMU, maybe GMU makes sense.

Incorrect. California has a three tier system - the U.C. schools, the Cal State Schools (which are supposed to be more tech. and locally oriented for skill-sets) and the community college system, formerly called junior colleges. VA has only a two-tier system - the four year universities all funded by the state (except for UVA), and the community colleges, also funded by the state. There is no equivalent to the Cal STate system in Virginia.

What do you mean by "except for UVA"?

UVA has sufficient endowment now to run itself now, so does not receive funding from the state of Virginia.

According to its published budget is still receives money from the commonwealth of Virginia. http://www.virginia.edu/bov/meetings/14Jun/Budget%20Summary%20-%202014-15%20Final%20for%20BOV_V2.pdf

Scroll down to page 6 of the report.

Anonymous wrote:The President of GMU, Angel Cabrera, has stated that the GMU grads make more money than the UVA and William & Mary grads, and this slightly dated study from the Wash. Posts supports him. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/new-data-tells-what-a-virginia-college-degree-is-worth/2012/10/04/007f0b42-0e28-11e2-bd1a-b868e65d57eb_story.html/ Signed happy parent with son at GMU who lives in dorms and has put up (with good cheer) all the never-ending construction that is going on.

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Anonymous wrote:As someone from outside of NOVA, I thought I'd just chime in to say that GMU is not well-known outside of NOVA. It's basically UVA, VaTech and W&M.

Would you recommend someone attend a CalState over UCLA? That's basically the equivalent of what is being suggested here.

Unless it's much more affordable, I don't see how choosing GMU over UVA makes sense.

That being said, a computer science degree from basically anywhere will get you a job these days. So, if it's a question of going into debt for UVA vs a big scholarship at GMU, maybe GMU makes sense.

Incorrect. California has a three tier system - the U.C. schools, the Cal State Schools (which are supposed to be more tech. and locally oriented for skill-sets) and the community college system, formerly called junior colleges. VA has only a two-tier system - the four year universities all funded by the state (except for UVA), and the community colleges, also funded by the state. There is no equivalent to the Cal STate system in Virginia.

What do you mean by "except for UVA"?

UVA has sufficient endowment now to run itself now, so does not receive funding from the state of Virginia.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty sure my plumber makes more money than me...

Women's studies major at Wellesley were you?

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Anonymous wrote:As someone from outside of NOVA, I thought I'd just chime in to say that GMU is not well-known outside of NOVA. It's basically UVA, VaTech and W&M.

Would you recommend someone attend a CalState over UCLA? That's basically the equivalent of what is being suggested here.

Unless it's much more affordable, I don't see how choosing GMU over UVA makes sense.

That being said, a computer science degree from basically anywhere will get you a job these days. So, if it's a question of going into debt for UVA vs a big scholarship at GMU, maybe GMU makes sense.

Incorrect. California has a three tier system - the U.C. schools, the Cal State Schools (which are supposed to be more tech. and locally oriented for skill-sets) and the community college system, formerly called junior colleges. VA has only a two-tier system - the four year universities all funded by the state (except for UVA), and the community colleges, also funded by the state. There is no equivalent to the Cal STate system in Virginia.

What do you mean by "except for UVA"?

UVA has sufficient endowment now to run itself now, so does not receive funding from the state of Virginia.

Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty sure my plumber makes more money than me...

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Anonymous wrote:As someone from outside of NOVA, I thought I'd just chime in to say that GMU is not well-known outside of NOVA. It's basically UVA, VaTech and W&M.

Would you recommend someone attend a CalState over UCLA? That's basically the equivalent of what is being suggested here.

Unless it's much more affordable, I don't see how choosing GMU over UVA makes sense.

That being said, a computer science degree from basically anywhere will get you a job these days. So, if it's a question of going into debt for UVA vs a big scholarship at GMU, maybe GMU makes sense.

Incorrect. California has a three tier system - the U.C. schools, the Cal State Schools (which are supposed to be more tech. and locally oriented for skill-sets) and the community college system, formerly called junior colleges. VA has only a two-tier system - the four year universities all funded by the state (except for UVA), and the community colleges, also funded by the state. There is no equivalent to the Cal STate system in Virginia.

What do you mean by "except for UVA"?

UVA has sufficient endowment now to run itself now, so does not receive funding from the state of Virginia.

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Anonymous wrote:As someone from outside of NOVA, I thought I'd just chime in to say that GMU is not well-known outside of NOVA. It's basically UVA, VaTech and W&M.

Would you recommend someone attend a CalState over UCLA? That's basically the equivalent of what is being suggested here.

Unless it's much more affordable, I don't see how choosing GMU over UVA makes sense.

That being said, a computer science degree from basically anywhere will get you a job these days. So, if it's a question of going into debt for UVA vs a big scholarship at GMU, maybe GMU makes sense.

Incorrect. California has a three tier system - the U.C. schools, the Cal State Schools (which are supposed to be more tech. and locally oriented for skill-sets) and the community college system, formerly called junior colleges. VA has only a two-tier system - the four year universities all funded by the state (except for UVA), and the community colleges, also funded by the state. There is no equivalent to the Cal STate system in Virginia.

What do you mean by "except for UVA"?

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Anonymous wrote:Computer Science is huge at GMU. http://cs.gmu.edu/. Serious Game Design as well. You have to be accepted into the programs, however, because they are in such demand. Game Design applicants must submit portfolios. The departments meet monthly with the Dulles corridor hi-tech companies to work with them to handle contracts (some students are paid to work on them) and to assess need. The average graduate in computer science makes more than the average UVA and William and Mary graduate (per President Cabrera). The internaitonal student body is immense, as are out-of-state students. Fourteen admissions counselors handle the international students alone. 35,000 students attend, 1/3 of which are Doct. or Masters' candidates. 12,750 live on campus and the construction there never ends. Please go visit and read up on what's in your own backyard. It's an astonishing institution that the state legislature has pumped millions into. Facilities are new and state-of-the art. The engineering schools are also well regarded. And Mason just opened its North Korean campus last year.

Please remove your post, my kids will be applying there in a couple of years.

. Good luck by then. We got one into GMU and are aiming another at UVA and Va Tech, but if the OOS and International rates keep rising there may be so few Virginia seats left that you may not want to even bother applying.

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Anonymous wrote:As someone from outside of NOVA, I thought I'd just chime in to say that GMU is not well-known outside of NOVA. It's basically UVA, VaTech and W&M.

Would you recommend someone attend a CalState over UCLA? That's basically the equivalent of what is being suggested here.

Unless it's much more affordable, I don't see how choosing GMU over UVA makes sense.

That being said, a computer science degree from basically anywhere will get you a job these days. So, if it's a question of going into debt for UVA vs a big scholarship at GMU, maybe GMU makes sense.

Incorrect. California has a three tier system - the U.C. schools, the Cal State Schools (which are supposed to be more tech. and locally oriented for skill-sets) and the community college system, formerly called junior colleges. VA has only a two-tier system - the four year universities all funded by the state (except for UVA), and the community colleges, also funded by the state. There is no equivalent to the Cal STate system in Virginia.

Anonymous wrote:As someone from outside of NOVA, I thought I'd just chime in to say that GMU is not well-known outside of NOVA. It's basically UVA, VaTech and W&M.

Would you recommend someone attend a CalState over UCLA? That's basically the equivalent of what is being suggested here.

Unless it's much more affordable, I don't see how choosing GMU over UVA makes sense.

That being said, a computer science degree from basically anywhere will get you a job these days. So, if it's a question of going into debt for UVA vs a big scholarship at GMU, maybe GMU makes sense.