Is this a joke? GMU rivaling UVa? And you shouldn't even put GMU and Stanford in the same sentence. GMU is locally popular and people always like to think their local school is great, but outside of NoVa no one has even heard of GMU. In fact, some haven't heard of UVa.

Just because someone writes an article where they rank GMU higher doesn't mean it is. There are a million ways to rank schools, and you can always finding some ranking some year that puts a school higher than an Ivy. Doesn't make it true.

Hahaha! Good one OP. Any student who can get into Stanford is not applying to GMU. GMU is for nice middle class average dummies. Nothing wrong with it if you want to stay in VA. But stay there you must.

Anonymous wrote:Serious question-is the difference in reputation worth the cost? Now that GMU is rivaling UVA in prestige, and DD can commute - is the money worth it?

Interestingly she was rejected by VT

Stanford, as in Palo Alto? Or Stamford as in, we're almost Stanford?

It makes a difference, but either way, GMU is not even in the discussion.

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Anonymous wrote:I highly doubt people in Chicago worship UVA and puts it in the same league as Univ. of Chicago or Northwestern.

Never heard the term public ivy?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Ivy

I heard of Public Ivy and V+UVA is highly overrated in Virginia.

Anonymous wrote:I highly doubt people in Chicago worship UVA and puts it in the same league as Univ. of Chicago or Northwestern.

Never heard the term public ivy?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Ivy

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Anonymous wrote:No one outside of the area has heard of GMU. At least I hadn't until I moved here. You'd be hard pressed to find someone who hasn't heard of Stanford. This is a silly discussion.

And everyone outside of this area thinks that UVA is just another state flagship like U of Ohio or U of Kansas.

Grew up in Chicago where UVA was considered a public Ivy. It is not put in the same category as the big state schools.

I highly doubt people in Chicago worship UVA and puts it in the same league as Univ. of Chicago or Northwestern.

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Anonymous wrote:No one outside of the area has heard of GMU. At least I hadn't until I moved here. You'd be hard pressed to find someone who hasn't heard of Stanford. This is a silly discussion.

And everyone outside of this area thinks that UVA is just another state flagship like U of Ohio or U of Kansas.

Grew up in Chicago where UVA was considered a public Ivy. It is not put in the same category as the big state schools.

UVA does not hold a flame to Stanford. What a joke this thread is

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one outside of the area has heard of GMU. At least I hadn't until I moved here. You'd be hard pressed to find someone who hasn't heard of Stanford. This is a silly discussion.

And everyone outside of this area thinks that UVA is just another state flagship like U of Ohio or U of Kansas.

+1

There is no University of Ohio.

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Anonymous wrote:No one outside of the area has heard of GMU. At least I hadn't until I moved here. You'd be hard pressed to find someone who hasn't heard of Stanford. This is a silly discussion.

And everyone outside of this area thinks that UVA is just another state flagship like U of Ohio or U of Kansas.

+1

Anonymous wrote:Serious question-is the difference in reputation worth the cost? Now that GMU is rivaling UVA in prestige, and DD can commute - is the money worth it?

Interestingly she was rejected by VT

OP's entire series of "GMU or ... " posts are simply hysterical, and well worth a complete read. OP, now that the VA state budget has secured the position of NoVa Community College as being less expensive than Balliol College at Oxford, should we expect to see the other Oxford colleges exert an effort to compete?

Anonymous wrote:No one outside of the area has heard of GMU. At least I hadn't until I moved here. You'd be hard pressed to find someone who hasn't heard of Stanford. This is a silly discussion.

And everyone outside of this area thinks that UVA is just another state flagship like U of Ohio or U of Kansas.