http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/GMU_comments.html Life at GMU - Comments en http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/GMU_comments.html George Mason Grad School is a JOKE! All you are doing is paying a LOT of money to get horrible grades from profs that have no idea how to teach. The bookstore is a huge rip-off, too. I had a tutor... Fri, 17 May 2013 02:33:05 GMT StudentsReview 1404-93947 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 1404-93947 1404 61 Engineering Department Male Undergraduate Class 2017 1st Year Negative George Mason Grad School is a JOKE! All you are doing is paying a LOT of money to get horrible grades from profs that have no idea how to teach. The bookstore is a huge rip-off, too. I had a tutor last semester, who was a PhD student in my major. Even they couldn't figure out the homework. And the tests that we were given, were completely insane and graded way too tough. If you are a prof and half your class is failing, you have to consider that YOU might be the problem! DO NO GO HERE!!! Fri, 17 May 2013 02:33:05 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/GMU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/GMU_comments.html I was really excited when I first transferred to.Mason. I quickly learned and.changed.my opinion. the teachers are very unfair with grading and.how they teach the class. They barely give out study gui... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:31:09 GMT StudentsReview 1404-93340 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 1404-93340 1404 0 Unknown Female Undergraduate Class 2014 2nd Year Negative I was really excited when I first transferred to.Mason. I quickly learned and.changed.my opinion. the teachers are very unfair with grading and.how they teach the class. They barely give out study guides for tests and a lot of the things on the test were not covered in class. I feel like its sad that majority of.my biology and chemistry classes had class averages of 40% on exams. Yes there is tutoring but its usually one or two tutors and 30+ students. I study my ass off all the time and still am not happy with.my.grades. I decided to transfer after this semester. I can graduate earlier at a different school instead of staying here and always learning a new class I need.for.my degree and/or they changed certain requirements. Sadly everyone I know that goes to this school is.miserable. People go.to.school to further there education and want to learn, not pray to God everytime a test comes around that the teacher curves it enough for you to pass with a C in the class. Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:31:09 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/GMU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/GMU_comments.html Every University is going to have is pluses and minuses, and a majority of the people on websites like this are going to be people complaining. Keep that in mind. Anyway, Mason is great. It was my ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:58:19 GMT StudentsReview 1404-93335 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 1404-93335 1404 17 English Female Undergraduate Class 2016 1st Year Positive Every University is going to have is pluses and minuses, and a majority of the people on websites like this are going to be people complaining. Keep that in mind.

Anyway, Mason is great. It was my fifth choice out of five. Funny enough, I got into all five, and chose this one anyway, never having visited. Can't explain why I did that. I was skeptical at first due to that fact that there are significantly less people on campus on the weekends, but as soon as Spring hit, I realized Mason is a community that hates the cold. There are still tons of things to do all the time at Mason; the only problem is that the students as a whole would rather complain about the events then attend them. I have tons of fun at campus events, but then again, I'm not really a greek type. I love parties, just not greek. Personal opinions. BUT, the greek life here is pretty decent, it's just all off-campus and the frat boys/girls drive you to and from (and are NOT allowed to drink while driving. they will get the shit beat out of them). Definitely a great school if you're avoiding greek life, but also a good one if you enjoy greek life. You will have to go slightly out of your way for it though.

It's the kind of campus where you want to get involved in order to get to know as many people as possible. I mean, I know tons of people and am never bored. People here are friendly as fuck, I swear. Which was surprising to me, since I hate Northern Virginia and feel that it is rich a snooty. Mason does not fit that standard. Mason is friendly.

Dining is good, housing and parking is a hassle but that is only because 30,000 students go here. derp derp of course there's a lot of cars. You'll always have a place to park, it just might not be as close as you were hoping. That's life.


UHmmmmmmm yeah. I like Mason. I would recommend it. Do I sometimes feel like I sold myself short? At first, yes. I could have gotten into an Ivy League. Yeah, I'm THAT student. But money and priorities. Dat money doe. But seriously, English here is rigorous. Great professors, great opportunities, tons of concentrations and minor options. Also studying IT. I love it. The Ged Ed IT 103 was awful, but once you get past that, it's great.

One thing I will say, DO NOT TAKE CORNERSTONES. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you're good. If you have been invited into Cornerstones, just don't do it. I regret that semester so much. #extrasemesterproblems Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:58:19 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/GMU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/GMU_comments.html If you are any type of science major then this school is worthless, seriously one of the worst. You might as well risk your safety and go to the University of Maryland. If you are a business, humaniti... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:59:58 GMT StudentsReview 1404-92129 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 1404-92129 1404 9 Chemistry Female Undergraduate Class 2013 3rd Year Neutral If you are any type of science major then this school is worthless, seriously one of the worst. You might as well risk your safety and go to the University of Maryland. If you are a business, humanities, pre law or some sort of liberal arts major, then this is the perfect school for you. Unless you want to experience the college life everyone talks about.
Here are some reasons why I can't stand this school:
Science department is full of a bunch of amateurs compared to other schools. GMU tries to take the science department seriously but GMU doesn't care and doesn't give money to the department so the people that are in the department have to make do with what they have. The labs are made for students who practiced science in 1980. The labs are very out of date and with how technology and the science industry is booming, this school will not benefit you. Also for some reason the department tries to take themselves seriously by grading and making their classes ridiculously and unrealistically hard because they think thats what other prestigious science schools do. ( EX: grading you on sentence structure and not the correct data and analysis of your report) NO that's not the case, I came from a prestigious school but I only transferred out here because of some personal family issues. Compared to what I had at my old school, the science program here is a joke. It's so bad that I get angry thinking about how worthless my degree will be when I graduate. I would have been better off risking my safety and going to university of maryland, at this point I wouldn't mind the 1 1/2 hour commute and out of state tuition fees but I'm only one semester away so I am going to have to suffer.
For students who want to experience the college life, do not even think about this school, it's probably one of the most boring college campuses you can step foot on. Sororities and fraternities don't even have their own houses and they have to be off campus.... WTF? made my laugh out loud when I heard that. I mean seriously, no frat row? sorority row? EXCUSE ME? The student body tries to do "fun" things like movie night, "carnival games" but SERIOUSLY, who goes to college to experience movie night? Like I said, joke. The campus is dead on the weekend, maybe you will see another student walking around the johnson center or so but they are probably some zombie walker looking for food since most of the restaurants on campus are closed on weekends (seriously?). For a school who prides themselves in students who live on campus, they do not care about you! It seems like this school cares more about their employees and catering to their 9-5 job rather than the student who works and goes to school at the same time. Even the professors office hours are between 9-4PM. For example, has anyone noticed how many night classes GMU offers? lol the community college down the street offers more night classes then GMU and thats pretty sad considering this school is a "University." I mean even online classes are very scarce.

In conclusion:
-If you want to experience the "College life" don't come here, JUST DON'T...
-If you want to be any sort of science major, good luck with learning something from this millennium
-If you want to live on campus, good luck with not being bored to death.
-Want to have a night-class? go to the community college down the street because GMU will most likely not have it.
-Online classes? NOPE...
-Want to work with cool technology and up to date lab experiments... HAHA, as long as you are not a chemistry major... Maybe if you wait another 20 years?
-Want to be in a sorority or fraternity, expect to live off campus... And it won't be like what everyone talks about...
-If you want a job after you graduate, you better be prepared to work HARD to look for a job. If you look up the statistics of GMU students being offered jobs out in the career field, the statistics are pretty low.
-The only good thing I can think of is parking is not that bad, people who complain about parking are a bunch of lazy students who MIND losing a couple of calories and want a parking spot in front of the school... Sorry GMU can't cater to your every need, get with the program dude! DUH... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:59:58 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/GMU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/GMU_comments.html I come from one of the most densely populated counties in America. Additionally, I came out of a magnet high school. Coming to college in the South, I was entering an entirely different culture. I not... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 06:39:40 GMT StudentsReview 1404-91756 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 1404-91756 1404 52 Undecided Male Undergraduate Class 2000 Negative I come from one of the most densely populated counties in America. Additionally, I came out of a magnet high school. Coming to college in the South, I was entering an entirely different culture. I noticed immediately that the students were significantly less intelligent than that of my hometown, and they are much more laid back, slow, and not hard working whatsoever. The students are very arrogant and snooty, a large percentage coming from very wealthy families and are handed everything in life. They are also very cliquey, which only came in two ways. By fraternities/sororities, or by ethnicity. Coming from a low middle class and learning to work for everything in life myself instead of getting everything from my parents, I am rather poor myself. I was not planning on paying $500 to join a fraternity for 2 reasons: waste of money, and I do not party. The fraternities at George Mason are VERY corrupt and I personally believe each should undergo a criminal investigation, especially Delta Chi and Sigma Chi. Another factor I did not like about this school was that there's nothing around. Anyone who says that GMU is great because it's so close to DC lies. DC is roughly an hour away and a hassle to get into. There is no surrounding town in Fairfax and you are stranded on campus. Like I said earlier, if you are not cliquey and do not want to join a frat/sorority, it is near impossible to make friends. The classes were just a complete joke. The professors were not even full time teachers, most taught as part-time jobs and worked else where. They were very unqualified for their positions, and the classes were extraordinarily easy. However, they were too deficient to even know how to grade! I should have easily gotten a 4.0 gpa but the professors gave grades arbitrarily. They offered no help to struggling students and simply didn't do their job. Also, many of the students are commuters. There seems to be more cars on campus than students, which I can never understand. Overall, George Mason University is full of BS. I deeply regret even applying there. Transferring out after one semester was the best decision I ever made in my life. I am now attending a much more prestigious university and feel sorry for anyone stuck there. Sat, 02 Feb 2013 06:39:40 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/VA/GMU_comments.html