Anonymous wrote:My kid was accepted at VCU. We heard from college counselor it is a good fit for DC kids. We went to admitted students day and the presentation was bad. It was like they slapped it together that morning. The kids on the panel we weird. Campus was a little cash poor and the professor leading the tour, wasn't prepared.

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Anonymous wrote:generally speaking, if you think you might end up living and working somewhere else, I'd advise going to a shitty national type state school over a decent regional school. That means I prefer schools like WVU, NC State and Ole Miss over places like VCU, ODU and UMBC. If you apply in San Diego, at least they will have heard of where you went to school.

I actually think JMU falls into this category as well. I don't think it has the national name recognition that UVa, VT and W & M have.

I actually think that's the case for all of them (no national name recognition) except for UVA and W&M. I went to school in the Midwest and really, none of these schools are on anyone's radar screens out there. They would have heard about UVA and, maybe, W&M. They just have their own state schools which they are all consumed about and wrapped up in that these don't really penetrate through that regional parochialism. Which is totally fine, not criticizing them, we are the same way: not like we are all walking around thinking about Valparaiso or Marquette or perfectly fine schools like that. . . .just my two cents. . .

I went to UVa from out of state and literally not one single person I knew had ever heard of UVa. I distinctly remember telling someone I was going there, and they asked me if it was a 2-year college. Sorry to say that outside of the DMV, even UVa is not going to impress anyone.

That's just stupid. How can anyone say they don't know what any "University of ____" is? Obviously, U of Virginia is the equivalent of U of South Carolina, U of North Carolina, U of Massachusetts, U of Delaware, etc. If I'd never been to Virginia, or any other state, I'd assume U of ___ is the flagship. I may not know anything else about it but it's not complicated. Someone who thinks "U of ____" is a community college knows nothing about colleges.

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Anonymous wrote:generally speaking, if you think you might end up living and working somewhere else, I'd advise going to a shitty national type state school over a decent regional school. That means I prefer schools like WVU, NC State and Ole Miss over places like VCU, ODU and UMBC. If you apply in San Diego, at least they will have heard of where you went to school.

I actually think JMU falls into this category as well. I don't think it has the national name recognition that UVa, VT and W & M have.

I actually think that's the case for all of them (no national name recognition) except for UVA and W&M. I went to school in the Midwest and really, none of these schools are on anyone's radar screens out there. They would have heard about UVA and, maybe, W&M. They just have their own state schools which they are all consumed about and wrapped up in that these don't really penetrate through that regional parochialism. Which is totally fine, not criticizing them, we are the same way: not like we are all walking around thinking about Valparaiso or Marquette or perfectly fine schools like that. . . .just my two cents. . .

I went to UVa from out of state and literally not one single person I knew had ever heard of UVa. I distinctly remember telling someone I was going there, and they asked me if it was a 2-year college. Sorry to say that outside of the DMV, even UVa is not going to impress anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:generally speaking, if you think you might end up living and working somewhere else, I'd advise going to a shitty national type state school over a decent regional school. That means I prefer schools like WVU, NC State and Ole Miss over places like VCU, ODU and UMBC. If you apply in San Diego, at least they will have heard of where you went to school.

I actually think JMU falls into this category as well. I don't think it has the national name recognition that UVa, VT and W & M have.

I actually think that's the case for all of them (no national name recognition) except for UVA and W&M. I went to school in the Midwest and really, none of these schools are on anyone's radar screens out there. They would have heard about UVA and, maybe, W&M. They just have their own state schools which they are all consumed about and wrapped up in that these don't really penetrate through that regional parochialism. Which is totally fine, not criticizing them, we are the same way: not like we are all walking around thinking about Valparaiso or Marquette or perfectly fine schools like that. . . .just my two cents. . .

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Anonymous wrote:why is JMU separated out?

It belongs together with GMU and VCU group.

What are you talking about?

They're pissed their kid at W&M isn't being treated like he's at MIT.

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Anonymous wrote:why is JMU separated out?

It belongs together with GMU and VCU group.

What are you talking about?

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Anonymous wrote:why is JMU separated out?

It belongs together with GMU and VCU group.

What are you talking about?

Anonymous wrote:why is JMU separated out?

It belongs together with GMU and VCU group.

Anonymous wrote:Go Spiders!

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Anonymous wrote:Which one of these is on a strong upward trajectory?

I think the only VA college that has made a jump in ranking over the last decade is Virginia Tech. And it’s not a subject of this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know why name recognition is such a big issue for you rich white mommas. The vast majority of children in this country are at universities you've never heard of and most of them will end up very successful. I know many Ivy and top state grads who are plugging away at the same average boring jobs as people who went to no name schools.

Curious why you felt it was necessary to label others with the bolded.