Anonymous wrote:- Never heard of CNU until this thread
- Have heard of GMU
- When I read this thread, I thought you were talking about GMU. Never heard of JMU, nor do I know what it stands for, though I'd guess James Madison since it's Virginia.

I've lived here 10 years, not looking at colleges for my kids yet. From Boston, went to school near there. Plenty of schools are largely regional.

You're not very smart, are you?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm from New Jersey and never heard of either of these schools until moving to DC a few years ago.

Have any of you DMV folks every heard of Rider U, Fairleigh Dickinson or Montclair State U?

Not comparable. JMU regularly ranks highly nationally in periodicals covering Public College rankings.

Such as? They're all listed under Regional Universities for the USNews rankings.

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Anonymous wrote:People get JMU confused with GMU, making the name recognition worse. Both in VA and by some fluke not named after a Confederate.

Could you tell me which Virginia public university was named after a Confederate? Here's a list of public and private institutions in VA to help you. And no one confuses JMU and GMU. GMU is no. 1 up and coming university in the united states. It is one of the largest residential universities in the state. It opened a satellite campus in Korea. Please educate yourself before posting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Virginia

I confused the two when I first moved to this area 10 years ago (never heard of either prior to that). I now have a friend who attended JMU who is a big booster so I think I have them straight finally. GMU is in Fairfax, hosts concerts and speakers; JMU is the one right on 81. GMU is a commuter school with strong part-time/night-school programs; JMU is semi-respectable, particularly good education program. Right?

Right.

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Anonymous wrote:People get JMU confused with GMU, making the name recognition worse. Both in VA and by some fluke not named after a Confederate.

GMU = George Mason U, right?
JMU = ???

Really? James Madison. Where are you?

Don't feed the GMU troll...

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Anonymous wrote:People get JMU confused with GMU, making the name recognition worse. Both in VA and by some fluke not named after a Confederate.

Could you tell me which Virginia public university was named after a Confederate? Here's a list of public and private institutions in VA to help you. And no one confuses JMU and GMU. GMU is no. 1 up and coming university in the united states. It is one of the largest residential universities in the state. It opened a satellite campus in Korea. Please educate yourself before posting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Virginia

...and ranks below JMU, not just is selectivity, in every ranking of public universities....carry on.

Anonymous wrote:I'm from New Jersey and never heard of either of these schools until moving to DC a few years ago.

Have any of you DMV folks every heard of Rider U, Fairleigh Dickinson or Montclair State U?

Not comparable. JMU regularly ranks highly nationally in periodicals covering Public College rankings.

Anonymous wrote:Or Christopher Newport University?

JMU yes... The other one no...

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Anonymous wrote:Who cares? Don't know anyone that went there who didn't absolutely love it.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you serious? I went to JMU. I am not from Virginia and there were tons of kids from NJ and NY there. We also had numerous West Coast kids too. Of course it's primarily kids from VA but you have to be joking if you think only people from VA have heard of it.

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My son is currently a student at JMU and his housemates are from CT, MD, Ohio, and VA. Lots of out-of-state kids there.

For serious. I can think of a Pultizer prize winner who went to SUNY-Binghamton off the top of my head.

I went to SUNY-Binghamton because I was from NY and needed to pay in-state tuition. I studied mechanical engineering, and there were many bright students there, but Binghamton was a depressing town, and it was incredibly tough to get into the classes you needed in order to graduate in 4 years. It was fine, but would definitely not have been my first choice if finances were not an issue.

Yes to JMU. A friend's dad taught there. Later, I dated a guy who taught there and I stupidly left a teaching position at another college and moved to this area because I was "in love".

- Never heard of CNU until this thread
- Have heard of GMU
- When I read this thread, I thought you were talking about GMU. Never heard of JMU, nor do I know what it stands for, though I'd guess James Madison since it's Virginia.

I've lived here 10 years, not looking at colleges for my kids yet. From Boston, went to school near there. Plenty of schools are largely regional.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Bethesda in the 1980s, and I went to private school in DC. I never heard of JMU until some of my HS friends did t get into UVA and had to go there.
I hadn't heard of Christopher Newport until very recently. I would consider it a massive fail if my child went there.
I've luved in Arlington for the past 15 years.

The CNU grad I know is currently a 3L at a top ten law school and has a federal district court clerkship and post-clerkship job offer at a well-known firm lined up for when he graduates. His parents must be devastated .

so CNU students generally do well in law school admissions? what % go to top 10 law schools each year?

I don't know where this misguided notion comes from that going to a regional school means that you cannot get into good law programs (or any other top tier graduate program). The name recognition of rigorous, prestigious schools may help (especially if the GPA is on the lower end), but in general to get into law school you need to have good grades, a high LSAT score and, to a lesser extent, strong letters of recommendation, a well written personal statement, and perhaps some compelling internship or work experience.

There might be more students at someplace like CNU who struggle to get a good LSAT score, because overall the SAT scores are weaker than, say, UVA and standardized exam scores tend to correlate with one another. But honestly, that might not be the situation for your kid. Say you have a child who gets good SAT scores, but only graduates in the top half of their class (because they go to a competitive, pressure cooker high school in Northern Virginia where there's a lot of smart kids from highly educated families). And say, for financial reasons, you decide to pursue in state options. They are not going to get into UVA or William and Mary. But who is to say that they won't thrive being a very well prepared fish in a smaller pond?

FWIW, if you look at the schools that the current Harvard Law 1L attended for undergrad, you'll see a number of schools that DCUM would consider "dissappointing"
http://hls.harvard.edu/dept/jdadmissions/apply-to-harvard-law-school/undergraduate-colleges/ including several satellite campus of state schools and the previously disparaged on this thread SUNY-Binghamton.

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Anonymous wrote:People get JMU confused with GMU, making the name recognition worse. Both in VA and by some fluke not named after a Confederate.

Could you tell me which Virginia public university was named after a Confederate? Here's a list of public and private institutions in VA to help you. And no one confuses JMU and GMU. GMU is no. 1 up and coming university in the united states. It is one of the largest residential universities in the state. It opened a satellite campus in Korea. Please educate yourself before posting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Virginia

I confused the two when I first moved to this area 10 years ago (never heard of either prior to that). I now have a friend who attended JMU who is a big booster so I think I have them straight finally. GMU is in Fairfax, hosts concerts and speakers; JMU is the one right on 81. GMU is a commuter school with strong part-time/night-school programs; JMU is semi-respectable, particularly good education program. Right?

It seems like you are working overtime to feign ignorance, when all you're really managing to do is convey a mix of stupidity and snobbery.

That is my impression. Sorry if you have a different impression. Which point isn't accurate?

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Anonymous wrote:People get JMU confused with GMU, making the name recognition worse. Both in VA and by some fluke not named after a Confederate.

Could you tell me which Virginia public university was named after a Confederate? Here's a list of public and private institutions in VA to help you. And no one confuses JMU and GMU. GMU is no. 1 up and coming university in the united states. It is one of the largest residential universities in the state. It opened a satellite campus in Korea. Please educate yourself before posting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Virginia

I confused the two when I first moved to this area 10 years ago (never heard of either prior to that). I now have a friend who attended JMU who is a big booster so I think I have them straight finally. GMU is in Fairfax, hosts concerts and speakers; JMU is the one right on 81. GMU is a commuter school with strong part-time/night-school programs; JMU is semi-respectable, particularly good education program. Right?

It seems like you are working overtime to feign ignorance, when all you're really managing to do is convey a mix of stupidity and snobbery.