<p>JMU is one of the colleges I'm really considering. I know it's a party school, has beautiful girls, fantastic food, friendly people, etc. I'm also aware of their music program. But I wanna know if it's a good school for journalism, medicine and art. Those are the three things I'm interested in most. I either want to become editor in chief of a magazine, a surgeon or study photography and art. Maybe even photo journalism. </p>
<p>So is it?</p>
<p>Besides the partying, the academics is also good there, right? </p>
<p>I wanna go to a college that full isn't stuck up snobby people (uva) and has a good social life. That's why I was looking at JMU. I know UVA is a great well rounded school but I'm not with the cliques and all that other crap. So ummm Any other colleges you recommend for the majors I listed? I live in Virginia, so any school in VA is great. </p>
<p>Thank you for reading this. It's greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>According to their website, they are right on the national average of getting 44% of students into med-school HOWEVER, excluding non-competitive applicants (gpa higher lower than 3.4 and mcats lower than about a 27), they get 80% of applicants into med school, and that is VERY good for a large state school. Not many people seem to realize this fact…</p>
<p>As for journalism, I have no idea. </p>
<p>However, for art and medicine I would go to VCU, even though you might be thinking differently. VCU’s art program is supposedly amazing, and they have a medical school, and if you’re a good student, they’ve been known to give full-rides and guaranteed admission to their med school :)</p>
<p>Well I hope to shine some light on the whole situtation. If you want to major in English, Political Science, Business, Foreign Languages go to UVA. If you want to major in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math, or Music go to JMU. I went to JMU to play a sport my freshman year as a pre-med bio major. I transferred out after quitting the sports team and transferred to UVA. I spent a year at UVA and realized I wanted to conduct meaningful research with publications, I talked to some professors at UVA and I basically got laughed at. Transferred back to JMU. Personally, I like JMU a lot better because of the faculty connections. I conduct research (actually write, carry out experiments not wash beakers as do most at UVA) with a ph.D professor that got his doctorate at a top 25 medical school. We conduct research that is nationally and globally known in a top facility here on campus with SRI. Plus JMU’s breaking ground this spring on a new biotech building which will be absolutley gorgeous. A plus about JMU for undergraduate science is the fact that you’ll be able to get published and conduct meaningful research. I have been published in top research journals and on my medical school track interviews my research has come up time and time again. Look up Top Undergraduate Research Universities and JMU is top 20 by US News & World Report </p>
<p>We’re up there with top notch ivy league schools. Applying to medical or graduate schools JMU is the best way to go if you’re a science major because conducting research is the key to open the door into top graduate schools. On top of research I found that the classes were smaller here at JMU, the people were a lot more friendly (strangers holding doors open, smiling, etc). Professors here care, not that they don’t at UVA, but here at JMU they focus on research and teaching whereas for most my science classes at UVA it was basically a TA and the professor seemed like he wasn’t too interested in teaching. At JMU you’ll have ph.D’s teach you in labs and lectures without TAs grading or teaching anything whereas at UVA you might have a TA run and grade your entire course. In addition, here at JMU professors have very liberal and welcoming office hours. To sum it up go to JMU if you’re interested in science or music and if you’re pre-health or want to go to graduate school for a ph.d in a science related field. The research opportunities here are vast. It looks great, I’m presenting my research in Belgium and San Diego over the summer and going to either UVA or Yale School of Medicine. </p>
<p>I was actually wondering about International Relations in JMU. Virginia is quite close to DC so I guess internships are in line, but does JMU actually have a career center to help? How are the classes, does anyone know if the Poli Sci Dept is good?</p>