Anonymous
Post 06/30/2025 22:55     Subject: Why not GMU?
Anonymous wrote:Felt same way about Emory -growing up in intown Atlanta / too close to home


+1
Any school is going to be in someone's backyard.
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2025 19:22     Subject: Why not GMU?
Felt same way about Emory -growing up in intown Atlanta / too close to home
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2025 12:00     Subject: Re:Why not GMU?
Anonymous wrote:DS graduated from the Schar School and honors college. Excellent professors, research opportunities, internships and placement. Career services goes the extra mille. Will likely be more difficult to get internships and jobs in federal government, but state and local still seem to be hiring.


Very glad to hear this! My DD will be applying there for grad school.
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2025 11:46     Subject: Why not GMU?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Lower quality all around. Lesser professors than neighboring schools, etc.


My kid had professors who also taught at Georgetown


My profs used to teach at MIT and Berkeley for Computer Science - I felt lucky.

This ranking - https://csrankings.org/#/index?all&us puts GMU at 36 and the only DMV school to beat it is: UMD College Park. The ranking is based on Research and Publications and not a biased magazine that you can throw $$ at.

And every school has it's star departments and lack luster. To say Mason can't hold it's own is fooling yourself on what GMU can offer.


This. I will happily hire CS or ECE grads from GMU. I am only have STEM people in my group, so cannot speak to Humanities degrees.