Anonymous
10/25/2015 22:57
Subject: UVA vs GMU
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
DH got a CS degree from GMU. I went to William and Mary and have a law degree. DH makes more money than meHell, he makes more money than my brother who went to Harvard Law!
Anyway, OP, they are both good schools. Does your son have a preference regarding social feel of the school? Does he prefer a city-vibe? UVA is likely to be a more traditional college experience. Not much to do in Charlottesville. GMU offers easy access to DC, but fewer students live on-campus, etc.
Go Mason!
George Mason really has come a long way. The final four in 2008 did it. Now it is more selective than VT
Not sure it is any better known than ODU, VCU or CNU
Anonymous
10/24/2015 19:19
Subject: UVA vs GMU
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
DH got a CS degree from GMU. I went to William and Mary and have a law degree. DH makes more money than me
Anyway, OP, they are both good schools. Does your son have a preference regarding social feel of the school? Does he prefer a city-vibe? UVA is likely to be a more traditional college experience. Not much to do in Charlottesville. GMU offers easy access to DC, but fewer students live on-campus, etc.
Go Mason!
George Mason really has come a long way. The final four in 2008 did it. Now it is more selective than VT
Anonymous
10/24/2015 14:05
Subject: UVA vs GMU
Anonymous wrote: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.
DH got a CS degree from GMU. I went to William and Mary and have a law degree. DH makes more money than me
Anyway, OP, they are both good schools. Does your son have a preference regarding social feel of the school? Does he prefer a city-vibe? UVA is likely to be a more traditional college experience. Not much to do in Charlottesville. GMU offers easy access to DC, but fewer students live on-campus, etc.
Go Mason!
Anonymous
10/24/2015 09:18
Subject: UVA vs GMU
GMU seems to have trouble holding on to their "super star" faculty. How many are committed to the Econ dept vs. their own ambitions?
Maybe GMU paid them sizeable fee in exchange for their name for a year or two? Can't see how that'd make a strong Econ department.
Maybe GMU paid them sizeable fee in exchange for their name for a year or two? Can't see how that'd make a strong Econ department.
Anonymous
10/24/2015 09:12
Subject: UVA vs GMU
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I've heard GMU has a really strong Computer Science program.
My son is in it. Fantastic. And they are committed to working with local industry to help your kid get a job. Hope it remains a sleeper school!!
+100
Great, great program.
Said one poster. Ever.
There are several posters here who have been praising GMU, and rightfully so. Try to keep up.
What's not to praise - it is the 3rd best school in VA....
Um, no.
Anonymous
10/24/2015 09:11
Subject: UVA vs GMU
Anonymous wrote:One, James Buchanon, who received the Noble Prize in Economics in 1986 recently died. Vernon Smith, who received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 now teaches at Chapman University in Orange, CA. Much of the work for which he received the Nobel Prize was completed at the University of Arizona.
Other noted current and past faculty at GMU:
Tyler Cowen - Economics
Peter Boettke - Economics
Seymour Martin Lipset - Poltical Science. Being a PolySci major at another university who had to read Lipset, I was surprised to learn he taught at GMU prior to his death.
Vasily Aksyonov - Prominent Soviet/Russian dissident and novelist taught Russian literature at GMU for 24 years.
Kanatzhan "Kanat" Alibekov aka Ken Alibek - former Soviet army colonel who ran the USSR's biological weapons program. The profile I read of him in the New Yorker years back at this point and his description of what the USSR was doing was quite scary. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1992. He established GMU's biodefense master's program and its biosafety research facility.
The list goes on. GMU has no problem attracting talent to teach and do research.
Your point? We get it...you think George Mason is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
But for all your trolling, you've still only managed to convince yourself.
Anonymous
10/24/2015 07:49
Subject: UVA vs GMU
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't pick GMU over UVA for any subject.
UVA does not deserve their reputation
I went to grad school at UVA for CS. One of the students with me came from the GMU program where he had a 4.0. He barely scraped by with a 3.0 on the way to his M.S. at Virginia. Bottom line is you're going to be surrounded by smarter kids at UVA. The only school in the area I'd pick hands down over UVA for CS would be UMD. VT is great for engineering, but probably a bit worse for CS.
Anonymous
10/24/2015 05:45
Subject: UVA vs GMU
One, James Buchanon, who received the Noble Prize in Economics in 1986 recently died. Vernon Smith, who received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 now teaches at Chapman University in Orange, CA. Much of the work for which he received the Nobel Prize was completed at the University of Arizona.
Other noted current and past faculty at GMU:
Tyler Cowen - Economics
Peter Boettke - Economics
Seymour Martin Lipset - Poltical Science. Being a PolySci major at another university who had to read Lipset, I was surprised to learn he taught at GMU prior to his death.
Vasily Aksyonov - Prominent Soviet/Russian dissident and novelist taught Russian literature at GMU for 24 years.
Kanatzhan "Kanat" Alibekov aka Ken Alibek - former Soviet army colonel who ran the USSR's biological weapons program. The profile I read of him in the New Yorker years back at this point and his description of what the USSR was doing was quite scary. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1992. He established GMU's biodefense master's program and its biosafety research facility.
The list goes on. GMU has no problem attracting talent to teach and do research.
Other noted current and past faculty at GMU:
Tyler Cowen - Economics
Peter Boettke - Economics
Seymour Martin Lipset - Poltical Science. Being a PolySci major at another university who had to read Lipset, I was surprised to learn he taught at GMU prior to his death.
Vasily Aksyonov - Prominent Soviet/Russian dissident and novelist taught Russian literature at GMU for 24 years.
Kanatzhan "Kanat" Alibekov aka Ken Alibek - former Soviet army colonel who ran the USSR's biological weapons program. The profile I read of him in the New Yorker years back at this point and his description of what the USSR was doing was quite scary. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1992. He established GMU's biodefense master's program and its biosafety research facility.
The list goes on. GMU has no problem attracting talent to teach and do research.
Anonymous
10/24/2015 05:10
Subject: UVA vs GMU
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:UVA. GMU is a commuter school
Yes but GMU has a Nobel laureate
Actually two, as well as quite a few nationally and international prominent faculty in any number of is departments.
Why are they still there?
Anonymous
10/24/2015 04:11
Subject: UVA vs GMU
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:UVA. GMU is a commuter school
Yes but GMU has a Nobel laureate
Actually two, as well as quite a few nationally and international prominent faculty in any number of is departments.
Anonymous
10/24/2015 01:26
Subject: UVA vs GMU
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I've heard GMU has a really strong Computer Science program.
My son is in it. Fantastic. And they are committed to working with local industry to help your kid get a job. Hope it remains a sleeper school!!
+100
Great, great program.
Said one poster. Ever.
There are several posters here who have been praising GMU, and rightfully so. Try to keep up.
What's not to praise - it is the 3rd best school in VA....
Anonymous
10/24/2015 01:18
Subject: UVA vs GMU
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't pick GMU over UVA for any subject.
+1.
This. GMU sucks.
Nice thought out response dolt
Anonymous
10/24/2015 01:17
Subject: UVA vs GMU
Anonymous wrote:UVA. GMU is a commuter school
Yes but GMU has a Nobel laureate
Anonymous
05/15/2015 18:16
Subject: UVA vs GMU
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.
DH got a CS degree from GMU. I went to William and Mary and have a law degree. DH makes more money than me
Hell, he makes more money than my brother who went to Harvard Law!
Anyway, OP, they are both good schools. Does your son have a preference regarding social feel of the school? Does he prefer a city-vibe? UVA is likely to be a more traditional college experience. Not much to do in Charlottesville. GMU offers easy access to DC, but fewer students live on-campus, etc.