<p>I applied to 8 schools and I was accepted by JMU's honor's program, U. of Mary Washington (UMW), George Mason's honor's program and American University. As of right now I have ruled out GMU and AU since one is slightly less prestigious than the others and the other one is too expensive. I intend on majoring in economics, and I really want to study abroad. My test scores and gpa were above average for both schools. Out of JMU and Mary Washington which school do think I should go to? Which one really has the better academics?</p>
<p>Since this is the JMU forum, I’d have to say JMU. They’re both pretty good schools, but JMU has that “big state university” feel while UMW is more like a LAC.</p>
<p>Agree with Gardna. It’s what you want in the campus experience. Large school or smaller LAC feel.</p>