Anonymous wrote:DH works for an international accounting firm. They only recruit at two schools in VA, one of which is JMU.

Probably because JMU grads don't command a high salary, and really, who needs a degree from Harvard to do accounting, anyway? Credits on the right, debits on the left. Not rocket science.

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Anonymous wrote:No. I wouldn't pay to send my kids to JMU or CNU.

Nor would I. Neither provide a high quality education.

Sincere questions: Which schools do provide a high-quality education, in your estimation? And what do those schools provide that these schools lack?

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Just look at their research grants for the last 20 years. Review their most recent work. Take a look at their NSF applications. Also look at how many students drop out before graduating vs getting a degree vs. continuing at graduate school. Compared to a quality institution like University of Virginia or JHU, they rank extremely low. You want a solid foundation for your undergraduate education. Better schools attract better faculty that can give you that solid foundation. Studies have shown repeatedly that people learn best when they are surrounded by smart teachers, mentors, and peers. Further, universities at the top of their game in a particular field have shown repeatedly that they can secure grant funding for research. A student attending a quality institution has a significantly higher opportunity to perform research than someone attending JMU or CNU. In fact, the majority of students at universities such as CNU attend classes, but never get involved in research and grant proposals. It's like they are only going their for the piece of paper to get a job and not the education.

There's other criteria that comes into play. That's just touching some of it.

DH works for an international accounting firm. They only recruit at two schools in VA, one of which is JMU.

People outside the region have certainly heard of Georgetown University and the University of Virginia, but all of the other good colleges and universities in this region, perhaps yes or perhaps no.

When people say they've never heard of X university, it's often because people "hear of" colleges/universities that have football teams or basketball teams that get tv exposure. Most of us have little reason to know of the many colleges outside of our geographic ares.

I'm not a fan of big ticket college athletics -- but, the whole industry does serve a purpose of marketing the schools on a national level.

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Anonymous wrote:No. I wouldn't pay to send my kids to JMU or CNU.

Nor would I. Neither provide a high quality education.

Sincere questions: Which schools do provide a high-quality education, in your estimation? And what do those schools provide that these schools lack?

Anonymous wrote:they have almost 700 International students. Somehow the Indians and Chinese know about JMU.

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Anonymous wrote:No. I wouldn't pay to send my kids to JMU or CNU.

Nor would I. Neither provide a high quality education.

CNU used to be a community college.

I had never heard of it till this thread.

No. I wouldn't pay to send my kids to JMU or CNU.

Anonymous wrote:Really? My general impression is that JMU is harder to get into and GMU is more like, "almost community college". No?

Not anymore. Some GMU programs are pretty selective. It's just not popular with the NoVA crowd because kids want to go away to college.
Strict Muslim families in NoVA send their daughters to GMU so they can continue living at home and not be corrupted by dorm life

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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.

There is no shortage of CNU students from Arlington. You might want to start looking into a move back to Bethesda.

I know. It's quite discouraging. There's a reason I live in Yorktown district, and it's not so my kids can go to CNU.

Someone needs to learn how to spell, don't bust a college's chops when you can't spell. So, all division 3 schools (that is what Christopher Newport University is in the athletics world) suck?

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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?

Is that your only come back? People outside of this region don't know two VA regional schools. Must be stupid. Right...