Who's the weirdo who can't stand people saying great things about JMU? Don't you have a ranking list thread to busy yourself with?

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Anonymous wrote:Jmu is a great school and we have c suite people at my Fortune 500 people who went there. I’d be happy if that was one of the schools my kid chose.

What makes it great?

DP. Smart, nice students, excellent professors, wide range of majors, beautiful setting, lots of activities for all kinds of interests, good post-grad outcomes.

What’s your objective criteria that defines “smart” kids. The stats aren’t high and most kids apply TO.

You realize the vast majority of students at ALL schools (that have TO policies) go test optional these days - right? Not really the gotcha you'd like it to be.

Sure...the schools that accept perfectly average kids. The vast majority of colleges are for average kids which is fine.

So, that means JMU is filled with average kids. Stating a fact isn't a gotcha...it's just a fact.

I really had to laugh at your obtuse post. Here are just some of the many other schools that are TO. All filled with average kids, per your “logic.”

Carnegie Mellon
Boston University
Columbia
Duke
Johns Hopkins
Cornell
Princeton
UPenn
Amherst
UVA
W&M

Hmmm...well, actually most of the schools above have a majority of accepted applicants that submit tests (with JHU requiring tests next year)...and the ones that do submit create an insane SAT range.

So, perhaps you may reconsider your thinking when JMU has only 26% submitting and of that 26% the range is 1180 to 1310.

Compare that to say...JHU which has 55% submitting and an SAT range of 1530 to 1560.

Or let's compare that to Princeton that has 77% of admitted students submitting with an SAT range of 1510 to 1560.

Anonymous wrote:Parent of a kid at JMU and one at another more selective state school. I think they are both getting good educations and will have good outcomes. However, the JMU kid loves the school so much; the other one is more meh about their school.
Not the classes but the level of support.

I’m a UVA alum who is subtly steering my own kid in this direction for this reason. My friends who went to JMU all seemed much happier, and the other kids there seemed nicer in general. And they’re all happy, gainfully employed adults now, many outearning me considerably.

Parent of a kid at JMU and one at another more selective state school. I think they are both getting good educations and will have good outcomes. However, the JMU kid loves the school so much; the other one is more meh about their school.
Not the classes but the level of support.

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Anonymous wrote:Jmu is a great school and we have c suite people at my Fortune 500 people who went there. I’d be happy if that was one of the schools my kid chose.

What makes it great?

DP. Smart, nice students, excellent professors, wide range of majors, beautiful setting, lots of activities for all kinds of interests, good post-grad outcomes.

What’s your objective criteria that defines “smart” kids. The stats aren’t high and most kids apply TO.

You realize the vast majority of students at ALL schools (that have TO policies) go test optional these days - right? Not really the gotcha you'd like it to be.

Sure...the schools that accept perfectly average kids. The vast majority of colleges are for average kids which is fine.

So, that means JMU is filled with average kids. Stating a fact isn't a gotcha...it's just a fact.

Average kids who area seemingly... quite happy with their choice, which maybe rubs the competitive T-whatever strivers the wrong way?

At least we agree they are average. It's comical that we have the JMU, UVA, Northeastern, etc. boosters that are always trying to pump up their school to be so much more than it is.

Okay, their students are definitely mediocre compared to whichever school you attended.

Feel better now?

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Anonymous wrote:Would the person that just wants to dump all over jmu in a jmu thread just leave? Yes it’s not Harvard. It’s not UVa or WM either. But it’s still a wonderful school and many kids are happy there and have successful outcomes.

It’s people like you who drive the bs rankings debate ad nauseum and increase the tiger parent behavior and stress in this area.

+1 JMU is a great school with good job outcomes. My graduate had several offers before graduation and is now happily working in her field.

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Same experience with my two grads. Very happy with the school.

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Anonymous wrote:Jmu is a great school and we have c suite people at my Fortune 500 people who went there. I’d be happy if that was one of the schools my kid chose.

What makes it great?

DP. Smart, nice students, excellent professors, wide range of majors, beautiful setting, lots of activities for all kinds of interests, good post-grad outcomes.

What’s your objective criteria that defines “smart” kids. The stats aren’t high and most kids apply TO.

You realize the vast majority of students at ALL schools (that have TO policies) go test optional these days - right? Not really the gotcha you'd like it to be.

Sure...the schools that accept perfectly average kids. The vast majority of colleges are for average kids which is fine.

So, that means JMU is filled with average kids. Stating a fact isn't a gotcha...it's just a fact.

Average kids who area seemingly... quite happy with their choice, which maybe rubs the competitive T-whatever strivers the wrong way?

At least we agree they are average. It's comical that we have the JMU, UVA, Northeastern, etc. boosters that are always trying to pump up their school to be so much more than it is.

Except no one is trying to do that here, you twit. The kids at JMU are indeed, smart, well-rounded, and nice and have successful post-grad opportunities. Sorry that triggers you, but it’s really just a you problem.
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Anonymous wrote:Jmu is a great school and we have c suite people at my Fortune 500 people who went there. I’d be happy if that was one of the schools my kid chose.

What makes it great?

DP. Smart, nice students, excellent professors, wide range of majors, beautiful setting, lots of activities for all kinds of interests, good post-grad outcomes.

What’s your objective criteria that defines “smart” kids. The stats aren’t high and most kids apply TO.

You realize the vast majority of students at ALL schools (that have TO policies) go test optional these days - right? Not really the gotcha you'd like it to be.

Sure...the schools that accept perfectly average kids. The vast majority of colleges are for average kids which is fine.

So, that means JMU is filled with average kids. Stating a fact isn't a gotcha...it's just a fact.

DP. A lot of perfectly average kids at JMU, sure. But as UVA/VT/W&M become increasingly more difficult to get into for even the higher stats kids, plenty of them who want to stay in state choose JMU. They coexist, and it makes the whole vibe of the place a little more relaxed.

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The PP is the usual JMU-basher who has a major axe to grind when it comes to the school. At this point, she’s just a sour grapes troll.

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Anonymous wrote:Jmu is a great school and we have c suite people at my Fortune 500 people who went there. I’d be happy if that was one of the schools my kid chose.

What makes it great?

DP. Smart, nice students, excellent professors, wide range of majors, beautiful setting, lots of activities for all kinds of interests, good post-grad outcomes.

What’s your objective criteria that defines “smart” kids. The stats aren’t high and most kids apply TO.

You realize the vast majority of students at ALL schools (that have TO policies) go test optional these days - right? Not really the gotcha you'd like it to be.

Sure...the schools that accept perfectly average kids. The vast majority of colleges are for average kids which is fine.

So, that means JMU is filled with average kids. Stating a fact isn't a gotcha...it's just a fact.

I really had to laugh at your obtuse post. Here are just some of the many other schools that are TO. All filled with average kids, per your “logic.”

Carnegie Mellon
Boston University
Columbia
Duke
Johns Hopkins
Cornell
Princeton
UPenn
Amherst
UVA
W&M