better school FSU or JMU?

wtztu
Mon, 02 May 2011 14:19:16 +0000

just curious…would you be in-state for FSU? if so, I don’t think the tuition difference to go to JMU would be worth it. My son wanted to go to Virginia Tech and we went to one of the open house weekends. From what they were saying Virginia, like Florida, was cutting their state school budgets. We were told by the associate dean of business at VA Tech that they considered FSU a peer institution. Financially, it made no sense for my son to go out of state.

Frankly, in my opionion, unless you are going to Wharton, UVA, or one of the others in the top 5-10, I don’t think it makes that much of a difference. How successful you ultimately will be will depend on how you well you take advantage of the educational opportunities afforded you.