Anonymous
Post 03/28/2015 19:50     Subject: JMU or Lehigh?
Anonymous wrote:Jmu has a highway running through it. Lehigh hands down. [/kquote]

Have you been to Lehigh?
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2015 19:13     Subject: JMU or Lehigh?
Jmu has a highway running through it. Lehigh hands down.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2015 19:10     Subject: JMU or Lehigh?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:One has national name recognition. The other, regional at best.


Nope. Both are solid regionals.


+1
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2015 08:50     Subject: JMU or Lehigh?
Anonymous wrote:One has national name recognition. The other, regional at best.


Nope. Both are solid regionals.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2015 07:07     Subject: JMU or Lehigh?
Smart move! Even if you have all the money in the world there is no reason to waste it!
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2015 23:57     Subject: JMU or Lehigh?
Interesting posts, some more helpful than others. Sounds like DD is leaning JMU, but appreciate all the insights.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2015 23:55     Subject: JMU or Lehigh?
Anonymous wrote:Not to mention that JMU's business school is higher rated than Lehigh. Also JMU is on the move up. 100's of millions in new buildings in the last few years and a very strong reputation in the DC venture capital world. Sure UPenn over JMU but not Lehigh, Gettysburg or Lafayette.


I was going to say - both great schools. If there is in fact any difference in prestige surely it is negated by cost differential. James Madison is not the teeny little regional school prior poster is pretending it is.

I should add according to PayScale JMU grads are paid more....
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2015 23:52     Subject: JMU or Lehigh?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I would be hard pressed to say it would be worth an extra $30,000 a year to go to Lehigh over JMU. Plus in the DC area JMU has a much stronger network and name recognition.


I think NOVA Community College would be even cheaper, right?


Nice flamebait. But completely irrelevant.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2015 23:35     Subject: Re:JMU or Lehigh?
Anonymous wrote:JMU has a great business school, and has excellent connections with major employers in Metro DC and the Richmond area. It also manages to maintain a personal feel, despite its size.


I agree. We visited twice last year and each time the students and professors were so friendly and warm. Really inviting atmosphere.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2015 23:33     Subject: JMU or Lehigh?
Anonymous wrote:No knock on Lehigh whatsoever, but does it really have a national reputation?


No. Also not trying to knock on it, but it's not even that well-known on the east coast, outside of maybe the Mid-Atlantic/tri-state area.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2015 20:36     Subject: JMU or Lehigh?
I think of Lehigh for engineering not business.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2015 20:01     Subject: JMU or Lehigh?
Not to mention that JMU's business school is higher rated than Lehigh. Also JMU is on the move up. 100's of millions in new buildings in the last few years and a very strong reputation in the DC venture capital world. Sure UPenn over JMU but not Lehigh, Gettysburg or Lafayette.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2015 18:07     Subject: JMU or Lehigh?
Despite what the PP said, Lehigh does not have national name recognition....sorry to burst your bubble. That's not to say it's not a great school, but given the opportunity to have in-state tuition is huge IMO. Save that extra tuition money for graduate school, where it's becoming much more important to go to a school with strong name recognition.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2015 17:26     Subject: JMU or Lehigh?
Anonymous wrote:I would be hard pressed to say it would be worth an extra $30,000 a year to go to Lehigh over JMU. Plus in the DC area JMU has a much stronger network and name recognition.


I think NOVA Community College would be even cheaper, right?
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2015 17:10     Subject: JMU or Lehigh?
I would be hard pressed to say it would be worth an extra $30,000 a year to go to Lehigh over JMU. Plus in the DC area JMU has a much stronger network and name recognition.