Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:VT is just trying to stay competitive with UVA and W&M. Its America price equals prestige in the mind of many, especially the DCUM crowd.
Plus great food is one of the things that makes them stand out and JMU is knocking at the door to become VA’s third best public school.
Tech would be exactly on par with JMU if it weren’t for their engineering school.
VTs business school is world's better than JMU too.
JMU showed up in the top 20 among public schools in the WSJ list of highest incomes for graduates working in accounting and management consulting. VT only for management consulting.
VT also didn't show up in the top 20 for graduate salaries in technology, engineering, data science, or software development in the WSJ lists.
Yet WSJ ranked VA Tech #1 overall of all Virginia schools.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:VT is just trying to stay competitive with UVA and W&M. Its America price equals prestige in the mind of many, especially the DCUM crowd.
Plus great food is one of the things that makes them stand out and JMU is knocking at the door to become VA’s third best public school.
Tech would be exactly on par with JMU if it weren’t for their engineering school.
VTs business school is world's better than JMU too.
JMU showed up in the top 20 among public schools in the WSJ list of highest incomes for graduates working in accounting and management consulting. VT only for management consulting.
VT also didn't show up in the top 20 for graduate salaries in technology, engineering, data science, or software development in the WSJ lists.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:VT is just trying to stay competitive with UVA and W&M. Its America price equals prestige in the mind of many, especially the DCUM crowd.
Plus great food is one of the things that makes them stand out and JMU is knocking at the door to become VA’s third best public school.
Tech would be exactly on par with JMU if it weren’t for their engineering school.
VTs business school is world's better than JMU too.
JMU showed up in the top 20 among public schools in the WSJ list of highest incomes for graduates working in accounting and management consulting. VT only for management consulting.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:VT is just trying to stay competitive with UVA and W&M. Its America price equals prestige in the mind of many, especially the DCUM crowd.
Plus great food is one of the things that makes them stand out and JMU is knocking at the door to become VA’s third best public school.
Tech would be exactly on par with JMU if it weren’t for their engineering school.
VTs business school is world's better than JMU too.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:VT is just trying to stay competitive with UVA and W&M. Its America price equals prestige in the mind of many, especially the DCUM crowd.
Plus great food is one of the things that makes them stand out and JMU is knocking at the door to become VA’s third best public school.
Tech would be exactly on par with JMU if it weren’t for their engineering school.
Anonymous wrote:VT is just trying to stay competitive with UVA and W&M. Its America price equals prestige in the mind of many, especially the DCUM crowd.
Plus great food is one of the things that makes them stand out and JMU is knocking at the door to become VA’s third best public school.
Anonymous wrote:Are they building more dorms?
$10K is cheap for dorms. I think Mason is around $13,000, so $14,000 in a couple of years does not sound crazy.
Anonymous wrote:Are they building more dorms?
$10K is cheap for dorms. I think Mason is around $13,000, so $14,000 in a couple of years does not sound crazy.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This reflects the cost of food and housing generally. How exactly would a school get these things cheaper than everyone else in the community?
True, housing cost have gone up....generally as housing on the open market has gone up in price, but we're talking about on-campus housing which has been in VT's ownership for who know for how long. Had they been smart, they'd refinanced the loans on those during the low-rate years and cost of housing should have done down, not up.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My UVA kid was so bummed about the school’s crappy food contract. Held up VT as the gold standard and wished UVA had done as well in creating its food policy.
Could you please elaborate on what was not good with the food contract?
People constantly complain about the big dining halls because they are buffets with the quality you'd expect at a buffet. The meal plan lets you trade going to the buffets at the campus restaurants, so you don't have to go to the buffets if you don't want to.
Anonymous wrote:My UVA kid was so bummed about the school’s crappy food contract. Held up VT as the gold standard and wished UVA had done as well in creating its food policy.
Anonymous wrote:VT is just trying to stay competitive with UVA and W&M. Its America price equals prestige in the mind of many, especially the DCUM crowd.
Plus great food is one of the things that makes them stand out and JMU is knocking at the door to become VA’s third best public school.