Anonymous
Post 03/07/2014 18:01     Subject: Which is the better VA university: VA Tech or JMU?
Anonymous wrote:I think the "13th grade" comments from some NoVA students about JMU are less about the perceived quality of education and more about a desire to avoid a college where a lot of their high school classmates are going.


I think a lot of local schools send about the same number of kids to both schools but the kids may be more likely to feel like JMU is an extension of high school because JMU is smaller and doesn't have well known sports teams.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2014 17:55     Subject: Which is the better VA university: VA Tech or JMU?
I think the "13th grade" comments from some NoVA students about JMU are less about the perceived quality of education and more about a desire to avoid a college where a lot of their high school classmates are going.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2014 17:53     Subject: Which is the better VA university: VA Tech or JMU?
Wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong- you crack me up. I can tell you not one kid at Langley last year got into Tech and not into JMU. There were however a large number that got into JMU but not Tech. College football and basketball is quite popular with college students-- take a look at a game on TV sometime.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2014 17:01     Subject: Which is the better VA university: VA Tech or JMU?
Anonymous wrote:You JMU alums are so jealous of Virginia Tech. JMU is not even a real division 1 school. Tech is an ACC school and is ranked as a top national university. It is also one of the top research grant receiving institutions in the world. JMU is a fine regional university but it's not on par with Tech in admissions selectivity or anything else.


JMU is now getting more applicants than VA Tech and JMU is a smaller school. The SAT scores of admitted applicants are pretty similar. JMU now seems to get the students who just missed getting into C of WM and UVA. As for the ACC, most students could care less about college sports.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2014 15:30     Subject: Which is the better VA university: VA Tech or JMU?
You JMU alums are so jealous of Virginia Tech. JMU is not even a real division 1 school. Tech is an ACC school and is ranked as a top national university. It is also one of the top research grant receiving institutions in the world. JMU is a fine regional university but it's not on par with Tech in admissions selectivity or anything else.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2014 15:20     Subject: Re:Which is the better VA university: VA Tech or JMU?
Anonymous wrote:You might feel weird, but HS seniors are applying in ever-increasing numbers year after year.


Not my DD. She would not even look at the campus. It may seem weird, but she genuinely is scared of Tech and no amount of reasoning would change her view. I am sure she is not alone.

Tech's entering class of 2012 had 20828 applicants.
Last year's entering class had 20191 applicants. That seems to be fewer.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2014 14:59     Subject: Re:Which is the better VA university: VA Tech or JMU?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The only VA college DD applied to was Tech. JMU (in her view and the view of her friends) is becoming 13th grade.


They sound like lovely girls. NOT!


What high school girls talk like that? Very strange women . . .
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2014 14:56     Subject: Which is the better VA university: VA Tech or JMU?
Anonymous wrote:yeah, it is creepy. Especially the student who was beheaded. Sliced her head right off in the cafeteria, wasn't it? With a long thin knife. The "friend" did it. They were sitting having lunch ~ trying to remember the details exactly.

VT is much too military focused for my comfort. I dislike it when the most grand building is an administrative building. Not very student focused, felt stifling IMHO


^^I had forgotten about that one ^^. Such a tragedy. Also, there was the poor girl who was killed this year at VA Tech. WTF is going on down there?

Anonymous
Post 03/07/2014 14:39     Subject: Re:Which is the better VA university: VA Tech or JMU?
Anonymous wrote:The only VA college DD applied to was Tech. JMU (in her view and the view of her friends) is becoming 13th grade.


That sounds like an apt description for Tech.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2014 14:28     Subject: Which is the better VA university: VA Tech or JMU?
TJ Math/Science types add to VT application stats. Not so many go, but I'll guess most apply. They use it as a safety (of a nice instate choice)
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2014 14:24     Subject: Which is the better VA university: VA Tech or JMU?
yeah, it is creepy. Especially the student who was beheaded. Sliced her head right off in the cafeteria, wasn't it? With a long thin knife. The "friend" did it. They were sitting having lunch ~ trying to remember the details exactly.

VT is much too military focused for my comfort. I dislike it when the most grand building is an administrative building. Not very student focused, felt stifling IMHO
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2014 13:46     Subject: Which is the better VA university: VA Tech or JMU?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No disrespect, but I would feel weird going to a school (VA Tech) where so many students have been killed.

Does that bother anyone else?


no is probably safer


Good point!
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2014 13:44     Subject: Which is the better VA university: VA Tech or JMU?
Anonymous wrote:No disrespect, but I would feel weird going to a school (VA Tech) where so many students have been killed.

Does that bother anyone else?


no is probably safer
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2014 13:43     Subject: Re:Which is the better VA university: VA Tech or JMU?
You might feel weird, but HS seniors are applying in ever-increasing numbers year after year.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2014 13:17     Subject: Which is the better VA university: VA Tech or JMU?
No disrespect, but I would feel weird going to a school (VA Tech) where so many students have been killed.

Does that bother anyone else?