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This is commuter school!Super Brilliant
This is commuter school!
Good: It is close to DC but it is a pain to get into DC because RT 66 is always jammed pack with bumper to bumper traffic. Estimate time of travel 1hr 30min each way.

Bad: Cheesy guys hitting on you! The hidden cost of the university (Technology fees, parking decals, books, ect…) The computer labs are always full, the internet is down 40% of the time, there is never any parking. Fairfax is too over priced for college students (every student that I have ever met at GMU works; even the rich kids). If you live at home in the DC metro area, you should pay the $15,000 tuition fee at one of the private colleges listed below.

The Greek life is bad, the food is bad, student organizations are not widely accessible to all students because of bad marketing and segregation strategies, 50% of general education requirements are taught by adjunct professors, the other 50% either have10-year or their working on research projects.

The resources: are either good or bad; there are no in-betweens. For example, professors and staff are excellent or they are just terrible.

After you add in all of the hidden cost, tuition and cost of living at GMU, it would cost about he same to attend one of the private schools below. The colleges below will look better on your resume and makes you more marketable to graduate programs at other universities.

If you want the university experience in he DC metro area, I world highly recommend that you pick from the following schools (Georgetown, Mary Mount, George Washington, Catholic, American…). I transferred to Georgetown and then moved back home to MA to finish my undergraduate career at Smith college. I am currently at Yale working on my graduate degree.

Some say that a degree is a degree! If this were the case, would you rather get or degree from Harvard or George Mason, which one would you pick?

Best of luck in your academic pursuits,

4th Year Female -- Class 2003
Surrounding City: A+, Individual Value: F
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Mason is only forBrightBusiness - Management and Administration
Mason is only for getting a degree. If you don't care about having a social life with school, and just want to go to class and leave.. this is your school. Majority of the people have the mindset of "get on campus, get off campus, go to work."
3rd Year Female -- Class 2005
Faculty Accessibility: A, Social Life: F
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George Mason in 10 years will be thoughtQuite Bright
George Mason in 10 years will be thought of as one of the top universities in all the country, take my word for that. Mason did not become a university until 1972, and already it has grown tremendously. Not only are the faculty and staff eager to assist the students, but the administration could not be more willing and eager to listen to the concerns and advice from students. Because of this willingness to change, Mason is already one of the most innovative schools in the country. We already have a tier 1 law school, ranked #40 in the nation, a jump of 7 spots in the past year. In comparison, Penn State's law school is tier 3, not in the top 100. As far a undergrad goes, GMU has also been making strong moves to the top. Right now it is one of the top tier 3 schools, and i anticipate that within 2-3 years, it will be in tier 1. Now, Mason has already advanced in some areas, such as undergraduate writing in the disciplines, which ranks schools on creative writing. GMU is ranked #4 in the country in this category, behind Princeton, Harvard, and Yale. This is why George Mason is a very exciting place to be, and I wouldn't transfer even if I was offered a full ride to and Ivy.
1st Year Male -- Class 2006
Education Quality: A+, Faculty Accessibility: A-
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