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Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Zeezprah ()
Date: May 02, 2014 05:30PM

I visited the school over my spring break last week, and it was comical. The first thing that happened was, after driving hours, they funneled us into a large room and had us watch a boring as shit half hour video. Then they had a lady give a boring admissions powerpoint (they don't even require essays lol). Then, we went off in the tours. They had this embarrassing thing where students would shout "JMU" as they walked by us, and we were supposed to respond by lunging and spreading our arms out while saying "Duuuuuuukes!". And the dorms don't even have air conditioning.

Pretty sharp contrast from the tours and admission talks for UVA and William and Mary. WM's was by far the best. The admission officer and a senior gave a talk that was almost like a comedy act, and it was very informative. And our tour guide walked backwards for 2 hours, top that.



And to think I used to regard JMU as the 4th best school in VA. Sounds to me like it's the school for jocks.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Once and Forever ()
Date: May 02, 2014 07:42PM

And to think I used to regard W&M as the school for gay fuckboys. Oh, wait, I still do.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: entitled much ()
Date: May 02, 2014 07:53PM

"And the dorms don't even have air conditioning."

And you'll be the one who will complain about the food and the lack of single rooms in the dorms, etc., but also about the price of tuition and room and board. You are part of a very spoiled generation. Good luck.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Zeezprah ()
Date: May 02, 2014 07:56PM

entitled much Wrote:
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> "And the dorms don't even have air conditioning."
>
> And you'll be the one who will complain about the
> food and the lack of single rooms in the dorms,
> etc., but also about the price of tuition and room
> and board. You are part of a very spoiled
> generation. Good luck.

Well they do have the 2nd best food of any college in the country.


...right behind Tech. (our tour guide told us this)

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Spiro T. Agnew ()
Date: May 02, 2014 09:22PM

Zeezprah Wrote:
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> I visited the school over my spring break last
> week, and it was comical. The first thing that
> happened was, after driving hours, they funneled
> us into a large room and had us watch a boring as
> shit half hour video. Then they had a lady give a
> boring admissions powerpoint (they don't even
> require essays lol). Then, we went off in the
> tours. They had this embarrassing thing where
> students would shout "JMU" as they walked by us,
> and we were supposed to respond by lunging and
> spreading our arms out while saying
> "Duuuuuuukes!". And the dorms don't even have air
> conditioning.
>
> Pretty sharp contrast from the tours and admission
> talks for UVA and William and Mary. WM's was by
> far the best. The admission officer and a senior
> gave a talk that was almost like a comedy act, and
> it was very informative. And our tour guide walked
> backwards for 2 hours, top that.
>
>
>
> And to think I used to regard JMU as the 4th best
> school in VA. Sounds to me like it's the school
> for jocks.


God help all of us if this is what the future leaders of this once great nation are like. We are all fucked.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: GerrytardlibtardLOLz ()
Date: May 02, 2014 09:33PM

What id you expect.....to be treated to hookers and blow and lobster tails?

You sound like Sweet Briar material son.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Bill.N. ()
Date: May 02, 2014 10:14PM

As someone going through this for the third time I would agree that W&M's admissions tour was the best. I did think JMU's was far better than UVa's though.

On A/C-Some JMU dorms have it and some don't. I believe this is also true at UVa. W&M has A/C, at least in the dorm I am familiar with, but they shut it off in early fall and turn it back on in late spring. Food service at JMU is better than either W&M or UVa. Supposedly Tech's is the best but I haven't tried it.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: JMUstudent ()
Date: May 02, 2014 11:12PM

I go to JMU and a lot of things are kind of shitty...I live in the worst of the dorms, Eagle Hall. No A/C, no WiFi. A lot of college dorms don't have A/C, but no dorm doesn't have WiFi. There's a rule that we can't have routers on top of that due to "security reasons" (I call bullshit, just put a password on it). People that live on my floor are all fucking assholes too.

But on the other hand, I try taking my studies seriously and after only 1 semester here I landed my first internship. Your opportunities will come whether you go to JMU, UVA, W&M, VT, or any other school in VA if you take your classes seriously. The first of many great opportunities I hope. Cheers!

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Millennials God Help US ()
Date: May 02, 2014 11:16PM

Zeezprah Wrote:
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> I visited the school over my spring break last
> week, and it was comical. The first thing that
> happened was, after driving hours, they funneled
> us into a large room and had us watch a boring as
> shit half hour video. Then they had a lady give a
> boring admissions powerpoint (they don't even
> require essays lol). Then, we went off in the
> tours. They had this embarrassing thing where
> students would shout "JMU" as they walked by us,
> and we were supposed to respond by lunging and
> spreading our arms out while saying
> "Duuuuuuukes!". And the dorms don't even have air
> conditioning.
>
> Pretty sharp contrast from the tours and admission
> talks for UVA and William and Mary. WM's was by
> far the best. The admission officer and a senior
> gave a talk that was almost like a comedy act, and
> it was very informative. And our tour guide walked
> backwards for 2 hours, top that.
>
>
>
> And to think I used to regard JMU as the 4th best
> school in VA. Sounds to me like it's the school
> for jocks.


Well, since you'll be going to Strayer University (motto: "We got 2 more years than NOVA"), what you should be doing is providing a review of your Momma's basement and cooking.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: I love a/c dorms ()
Date: May 02, 2014 11:19PM

Over at Turnpike tech. They rock. You will fit right in there.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: DUUUUUKES ()
Date: May 03, 2014 01:03AM

Zeezprah Wrote:
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> I visited the school over my spring break last
> week, and it was comical. The first thing that
> happened was, after driving hours, they funneled
> us into a large room and had us watch a boring as
> shit half hour video. Then they had a lady give a
> boring admissions powerpoint (they don't even
> require essays lol). Then, we went off in the
> tours. They had this embarrassing thing where
> students would shout "JMU" as they walked by us,
> and we were supposed to respond by lunging and
> spreading our arms out while saying
> "Duuuuuuukes!". And the dorms don't even have air
> conditioning.
>
> Pretty sharp contrast from the tours and admission
> talks for UVA and William and Mary. WM's was by
> far the best. The admission officer and a senior
> gave a talk that was almost like a comedy act, and
> it was very informative. And our tour guide walked
> backwards for 2 hours, top that.
>
>
>
> And to think I used to regard JMU as the 4th best
> school in VA. Sounds to me like it's the school
> for jocks.


You fucking loser please tell us you are not going to JMU! You sound like someone that should definitely go to Bill and the Bitch. "They wanted me to interact with the other students and the dorms don't have AC". FIRST are you a guy or a girl? It really doesn't matter because either way you are fucked! If you are a guy, you maybe the only guy at JMU who can't get laid. If you are a girl you will be part of the ugly minority that really does bitch about the 60/40 girl to guy ratio that keeps you from getting a date. Go to W&M where you can stay in your AC room, do homework, get good grades and be the social misfit that will guide you the rest of your life. Leave JMU to the well rounded, socially acceptable, leaders of tomorrow to rule the world. You can do our books or read our X rays you fucking dweeb.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Otis the Drunk ()
Date: May 03, 2014 08:39AM

JMUstudent Wrote:
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> I go to JMU and a lot of things are kind of
> shitty...I live in the worst of the dorms, Eagle
> Hall. No A/C, no WiFi. A lot of college dorms
> don't have A/C, but no dorm doesn't have WiFi.
> There's a rule that we can't have routers on top
> of that due to "security reasons" (I call
> bullshit, just put a password on it). People that
> live on my floor are all fucking assholes too.
>
> But on the other hand, I try taking my studies
> seriously and after only 1 semester here I landed
> my first internship. Your opportunities will come
> whether you go to JMU, UVA, W&M, VT, or any other
> school in VA if you take your classes seriously.
> The first of many great opportunities I hope.
> Cheers!

When I went to JMU, Eagle Hall was all freshman girls. Great place to visit!

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: jmu party ()
Date: May 03, 2014 09:14AM

I went to jmu once. I was in a band that was hired to play a party. There were drugs, bitches and sex. I got laid in the bathroom, some dude fucked my friends girlfriend in a van. It was good times.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Zeezprah father ()
Date: May 03, 2014 05:14PM

I want to apologize for my child's narcissistic behavior. We put that child on the pedestal and never had to worry about anything. He had his own car by 14, took over the master bedroom from his mother and I when he was 10 and has a general disrespect for everyone. I only wish he would of gone to Woodson and off'd himself like most of the students did over the past year.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: sounds like a bunch of tards ()
Date: May 03, 2014 11:05PM

Zeezprah Wrote:
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> They had this embarrassing thing where
> students would shout "JMU" as they walked by us,
> and we were supposed to respond by lunging and
> spreading our arms out while saying
> "Duuuuuuukes!"

Are you serious? Is that a normal thing at JMU?

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Rick Ronaldo ()
Date: May 04, 2014 01:05AM

The only schools worth attending in Virginia UVa, W&M and maybe Tech. A degree from places like JMU, Radford (lol), VCU, etc are worth less than the paper they're printed on.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Wahoo 2000 ()
Date: May 04, 2014 09:05AM

JMU is a fine fir for mediocre students and people who are of average intelligence. W&M and UVA are the gold standards for undergrad education in Virginia, and to some degree nationally. Comparing students at those schools is apples to oranges. Kids competitive for UVA and W&M outclass the goobers at places like JMU. So, while JMU is a fine fit for the average, it's not even going to be considered by smart, ambitious kids.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: 99RU grad ()
Date: May 04, 2014 09:12AM

Rick Ronaldo Wrote:
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> The only schools worth attending in Virginia UVa,
> W&M and maybe Tech. A degree from places like JMU,
> Radford (lol), VCU, etc are worth less than the
> paper they're printed on.


Apparently high tech companies could care less about degrees, Rick. I went to Radford and have yet to meet anyone my age who has a higher W2 year after year.

Maybe you and your wife can wash my benz sometime.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: May 04, 2014 09:14AM

Somehow, people always forget about the Southern Ivy schools. Surely a $200,000 degree from University of Richmond is worth something.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: WAAAAABitch ()
Date: May 06, 2014 08:35AM

Wahoo 2000 Wrote:
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> JMU is a fine fir for mediocre students and people
> who are of average intelligence. W&M and UVA are
> the gold standards for undergrad education in
> Virginia, and to some degree nationally. Comparing
> students at those schools is apples to oranges.
> Kids competitive for UVA and W&M outclass the
> goobers at places like JMU. So, while JMU is a
> fine fit for the average, it's not even going to
> be considered by smart, ambitious kids.


"fine fir for mediocre" they teach you that English at UVA? You must be part of the large out of state contingent (I am guessing West Virginia) that UVA would rather bring in than allow the same competitive students from Virginia to attend. UVA and W&M are for the very academic kids who unfortunately have no social skills. The kids going to Tech and JMU have the same GPA and test scores as the UVA and W&M kids they just want to be able to have some fun when not studying. JMU kids graduate with a healthy mix of education and social experiences and are prepared for the real world. UVA kids are either fighting to get into post graduate schools to become professional students or trying to find a job with some fucked up academic degree that means nothing to the real world.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: LOL @ YOU ()
Date: September 03, 2014 01:52AM

Once and Forever Wrote:
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> And to think I used to regard W&M as the school
> for gay fuckboys. Oh, wait, I still do.


Says the reject who went to Radford.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: JMU Football Sux ()
Date: September 03, 2014 06:04AM

Their football team sucks big donkey dicks. The Terps crushed them on Saturday. Why go to a school with shitty sports?

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: TC7wU ()
Date: September 03, 2014 09:11AM

JMU Football Sux Wrote:
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> Their football team sucks big donkey dicks. The
> Terps crushed them on Saturday. Why go to a school
> with shitty sports?

Because cocksuckers like you are in the stands yelling and screaming like you have anything to do with what's going on. You have low intellect is what I'm saying.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Ralph Pootawn ()
Date: September 03, 2014 09:42AM

If you were accepted to W&M and UVa, you wouldn't have visited JMU. Nice try.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Hold up ()
Date: September 03, 2014 10:00AM

Yale sports are a joke. Are you saying we shouldn't send kids to Yale because of their shitty sports teams?

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Schools don't matter ()
Date: September 03, 2014 10:10AM

It doesn't matter what college you went to, but rather what you did with your life. Did you make a difference? Did you make the world a better place? So many are caught up in the social scene, care about what schools you went to while all along some of the best people and most successful people I know went to small or insignificant schools like JMU. Get your heads out of the sand!

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Ralph Pootawn ()
Date: September 03, 2014 10:22AM

Schools don't matter Wrote:
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> It doesn't matter what college you went to, but
> rather what you did with your life. Did you make
> a difference? Did you make the world a better
> place? So many are caught up in the social scene,
> care about what schools you went to while all
> along some of the best people and most successful
> people I know went to small or insignificant
> schools like JMU. Get your heads out of the sand!


Good point. I've met several people who went to JMU through getting graduate degrees, and one is now a millionaire, and one is a bartender at Applebees.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Yale sports, dumbass... ()
Date: September 03, 2014 10:23AM

The Bulldogs have a legacy that includes 27 national championships, two of the first three Heisman Trophy winners (Larry Kelley in 1936 and Clint Frank in 1937), 100 consensus All-Americans, 28 College Football Hall of Fame inductees, including the "Father of American Football" Walter Camp, the first professional football player Pudge Heffelfinger, and coaching giants Amos Alonzo Stagg, Howard Jones, Tad Jones and Carmen Cozza. With 865 wins, Yale ranks third in wins in college football history, trailing only the University of Michigan and Notre Dame.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: balls deeeeeep ()
Date: August 18, 2016 10:10PM

Jmu sucks gay ass wanna b fuckboys. And racists of all kinds .dum crackheads.can't forget retard poser frats and sororities.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: kneedeep ()
Date: August 18, 2016 11:19PM

I hope you enjoy your six years at Radford.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: sex capital ()
Date: August 18, 2016 11:31PM

kneedeep Wrote:
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> I hope you enjoy your six years at Radford.

If you only knew... Six years of pure heaven.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Waitlisted ()
Date: August 19, 2016 08:45AM

Rejected by Tech.
Rejected by UVA.
Waitlisted by JMU.

Radford and Longwood are looking pretty good right now

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: jmu riots ()
Date: August 19, 2016 09:01AM

Did you know bobby Dan Washington the 2nd got Rodney kinged at the world famous JMU riots

http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/40/1285702.html
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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: jmu has amazing ladies ()
Date: August 19, 2016 09:02AM

Why yall haiting on jmu??


The jmu golden years was 2000-2010 then it was the rise of the smartphone and instagram that killed all the parties off

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Captian obvious ()
Date: August 19, 2016 12:47PM

Dont worry, your future leaders werent stupid enough to believe college would prepare them for jack shit.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Ralph Pootawn ()
Date: August 19, 2016 01:57PM

If you were accepted to UVA and W&M, why visit JMU?

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: ePpe4 ()
Date: August 19, 2016 03:49PM

A STEM degree from any decent college is better than 'just a degree' from the mentioned colleges.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: FrankR. ()
Date: August 19, 2016 04:17PM

jmu has amazing ladies Wrote:
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> Why yall haiting on jmu??
>
>
> The jmu golden years was 2000-2010 then it was the
> rise of the smartphone and instagram that killed
> all the parties off


This applies everywhere now.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: Bill.N. ()
Date: August 19, 2016 04:24PM

Ralph Pootawn Wrote:
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> If you were accepted to UVA and W&M, why visit
> JMU?

I think it depends on what you are looking for. If you were a top student interested in going to a top law or med school, then UVa or W&M is the logical choice. If you wanted to go into teaching, JMU is as good as either of these, especially if you wanted to teach in Virginia. Same is probably true for nursing v. UVa. If you were in the lower half of the UVa admissions class and wanted to go to the business school, you'd probably have a better chance of getting in if you went to JMU. I believe there are a few programs that JMU ranks higher on.

Then there is the culture thing. UVa and W&M are heavily stocked with the overachievers who made up the top 5-10% of their high school classes. I believe the percentage of white students at JMU is significantly higher, and tuition is less at JMU.

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: heard of JMU2K5 ()
Date: August 19, 2016 06:39PM

Dear beginner's of partying Google search JMU2K5

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Re: Rofl, JMU is garbage
Posted by: too shallow to judge ()
Date: August 19, 2016 07:38PM

University choice is important. Some of the criteria used here is quite short sighted. I would assume you're looking for an education. Your approach appears more appropriate for selecting a cruise ship. The food is good, the orientation speech was like a comedy act, really? I had a son graduate from JMU, software engineer. Got a job week after graduating. Makes low 6 figures for the last ten years. One son just finished a master's in business at uva. Had a job 4 months before graduating with high 5 figure salary with a very nice international company. My other son graduated from VCU, and also has a nice career with his own business doing well. My sister went to Mary Washington for a mathematics degree 20 years ago and has a good career in a fortune 500 firm. I went to Christopher Newport and have no complaints. Point is, most of the state schools in Virginia are excellent, and the opportunities that they afford are as good as your willingness to learn and apply yourself. We are very lucky here in Virginia to have so many choices that are reasonably priced compaired to other state systems. Every school has thing's it does well, and things that are less of a focus. A wise person would pick the school best situated for your choice of career, and your taste in campuse culture. Pick well, work hard, stay focused. It's only four or five years that will greatly impact the next 30 or 40.

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