Virginia Tech vs. James Madison University

darbyjwin
Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:28:21 +0000

For anyone undervaluing the impact of prestige, I assume you’re still in college.

Graduate and look for a job outside of Virginia. When the recruiter asks “so where is James Madison University?” with a puzzled look, tell me how important prestige is.

(Disclaimer- VT '07 alum… Worked for GE, living in 6 states over the past 4 years and am scheduled to attend UCLA Anderson for my MBA in the Fall. Would have been difficult to have to explain what JMU is over and over to all my Ivy/big state school peers during that time.)