<p>I have read that JMU's network doesn't support online console gaming (PS3, Xbox, etc).</p>
<p>That said, I'm paying roughly $24k to attend here, and to limit something so innocuous and innocent is beyond me. I'm sure part of that tuition is going to supporting their network, so I'll be damned if I don't get to enjoy online gaming.</p>
<p>That said, I've been researching workarounds for this issue, and how I could manage to get my Playstation capable of online gaming. I've managed to find a number of methods that may work, however I wanted to ask if any seasoned JMU veterans have found a way to workaround this issue, that would be guaranteed to work without any doubt or experimentation needed when I arrive in late August. </p>
<p>If anyone has a method and/or idea, please post!</p>
<p>although I can’t comment directly on your gaming issue I took the JMU tour today with my son. Although I liked the school I was a bit taken back by how behind the times the technology and even basic electrical service at the school was. Having a daughter in college, I’ve been on over 20 college tours now up and down the east coast. Not having wireless internet in dorm areas or even electrical service to handle a microfridge in a dorm without AC had the tour group shocked. I don’t think I’ve seen a school so behind on these things. </p>
<p>We didn’t get to see much of the educational rooms so i"m hoping they are at least more current.</p>
<p>if the residential advisers find the wireless router your child will be fined (they check the rooms during fire drills for wireless routers and other items like this) (I do wish that wireless routers were allowed though-it would make things easier) </p>
<p>your child will probably have access to wireless though because a lot of students with macs can create their own wireless and your child can just use it ( I was in a dorm without wireless and did this occasionally) </p>
<p>my best advice would be to buy a long Ethernet chord</p>
<p>The lack of wireless isn’t really a huge deal. My daughter was at another college that, yes, also did not have wireless in the rooms and she just had a long ethernet cord. No big deal. Just picked up one for my son yesterday–he’s in Ashby Hall.</p>
<p>not even so much concerned about the computer but that doesn’t solve the issues with smart phones. With my older one away at school she literally used zero of her data while on a campus with full wireless capability everywhere. I don’t even look at this as a luxury and am sad that JMU does not recognize this as something that is not where and how the world is moving forward. I look at places without wireless as being behind the times. Believe me my daughter’s dorm was a dump her freshman year, very old dingy and cramped but they still had wireless, and is a state school. I just don’t get it.</p>
<p>Where was that school? A friend of mine is going to VT, which I don’t consider behind the times, and there is no wireless in the dorm either. </p>
<p>I am lucky, though, that I have a son who doesn’t spend much time on his smartphone so I’m hoping the data plan holds out for him or that he doesn’t spend a lot of time in his room. My daughter never did much but sleep in her room. Studied at the library for the most part.</p>
<p>of course you want the food to be good. lol… Can anyone tel me what the technology is like in the classrooms? are the desk plug ins for computers and wireless in the classrooms? Do you guys use the “clicker” systems? Overall crappy housing is part of the “freshman experience” so I’m not so worried about that as I am the possibility that JMU is not staying current and investing in the overall school moving forward with technology. I did see a building where students gather, (can’t remember the name of it, lots of old wooden tables and chairs, some were painted with organizations on them) I saw the charging stations hanging around the rooms but that was about it as far any any technology. Is the school investing more in the academics? That’s the most important thing to me and unfortunately our tour in no ways reflected on it. My son would like to apply but I’m trying to gather as much info about the school as I can since it’s a 5 hour drive for us and I can’t just zip in and out to look at academic buildings in the fall, etc… </p>
<p>My daughter is at U Del, certainly not lavish by any means in terms of housing. I was just kind of shocked at the JMU tour when they said the dorms can’t even handle a micro fridge due to wiring and no wireless. My daughter’s dorm was a dump and we had to get a microfridge combo if she wanted a microwave to accomodate the old wiring but even they had enough juice moving through those old buildings to cover them.</p>
<p>But, the website does confirm, and your post was the first I had heard of it, that wireless routers are not allowed.</p>
<p>As far as campus coverage, I’m not there, so I can’t help you.</p>
<p>I do notice that if you go to ratemyprofess*rs dot com, and look at the overall campus ratings, JMU scores at least a 4.3 out of 5.0 in nine of the ten categories. The tenth? Internet - 3.6, so you are on to something here. But, it might not be wireless coverage that irks the students the most, I’m worried there is a bandwidth problem.</p>
<p>lefty, just one more thing and that is registration. Getting the classes you want is usually the highest mountain you have to climb as a freshman, unless you get into the Honors Program, which we didn’t. We finished registering and got every class we wanted. The University purposefully held back capacity only to release them to Freshmen. I saw it with my own eyes. Classes that were full on Saturday - we had an 8 am Monday appointment - suddenly had open spaces on Sunday and were there for us Monday morning. This is their policy as I have seen it mentioned here on this board in a previous post. I can’t guarantee your results, but my daughter’s classes are between 10:10 am and 2:15 pm MWF and 9:30 am and 1:45 pm TuTh.</p>
<p>JMU1989 thanks for your response. Our tour guide mentioned the issues with registering for classes as well. My daughter may not have gotten the exact time of each class she wanted but she did get all her course, (3 semesters running now) Our guide did say the Honors program was the way to go and it was not as demanding as some schools so it was worth it even just for the saved time slots to try and get in. It was unreal what a negative slant he put on so many issues with the school! He told us under no circumstances even micro fridges were allowed. I even went so far as to specify “not even the college rented micro fridges?” He said “no” Believe me, I would not be shocked to learn he did not have all the correct info! lol! </p>
<p>Thanks again for all the info! I’d love to learn more about the classroom technology. For what out of state tuition costs, I’d like to know the school is investing in the important education aspects of the school to stay current. :)</p>
<p>The technology in the classrooms varies, but it’s usually pretty up-to-date. Most of the classrooms have projectors (the ones connected to a laptop-not the ones that use overhead). </p>
<p>Also, there are a lot of computer labs used for classes in which every student has his/her own computer for the class (math classes can be like this b/c they often require a lot of computer programs)</p>
<p>The science buildings are brand new (opened only a few years ago) so these facilities are very nice as well.</p>
<p>Many of the older bluestone buildings are renovated too. And all of the academic buildings should have wifi. (If you’re on the quad (the big lawn) you can even get wifi if you sit near the buildings)</p>
<p>Also, more of the newer and renovated lecture rooms have desk plug-ins, so charging laptops usually is not an issue.</p>
<p>Really the only non up-to-date technology areas on the campus are the older non-renovated dorms.</p>
<p>Also, the room with all the painted chairs is the student union (TDU)</p>
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Our tour guide mentioned the issues with registering for classes as well. My daughter may not have gotten the exact time of each class she wanted but she did get all her course, (3 semesters running now) Our guide did say the Honors program was the way to go and it was not as demanding as some schools so it was worth it even just for the saved time slots to try and get in. It was unreal what a negative slant he put on so many issues with the school! He told us under no circumstances even micro fridges were allowed. I even went so far as to specify “not even the college rented micro fridges?” He said “no” Believe me, I would not be shocked to learn he did not have all the correct info! lol! </p>