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James Madison University - Surrounding City Ratings
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Breakdown of “Surrounding City” at JMU By Gender  | | Male | C+ | | Female | C |
| By Major | | Accounting | D+ | | Anthropology | C | | Archaeology | B- | | Art & Design Department | C- | | Athletics/Training | C+ | | Biology | C | | Business - Management and Administration | C+ | | Chemistry | C | | Civil Engineering | C+ | | Communications | D+ | | Computer Science | D+ | | Economics | B- | | Education | C | | Engineering Department | B+ | | English | A- | | Finance | C+ | | Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc | C | | Geography and Geosciences | A- | | History/Histories (art history/etc.) | B | | Journalism | B- | | Kinesiology | C | | Math | C | | Music Education | B- | | Nuclear Engineering | B | | Nursing | A- | | Other | C+ | | Perfomance Arts | C | | Physical Therapy/Exercise Science | A- | | Physics | C- | | Political Science | C- | | PreMed and Medical | B | | Psychology | C | | Public Health | B | | School of Information | C | | Sociology | C | | Undecided | C- |
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Against similar schools Surrounding City compared with similar schools in class. | Quotes touching on Surrounding City |
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There are a lot of parties, but the surrounding city and school admin are clamping down regarding alcohol policies and the like ...” |
| “... This place is truly a hellhole manifestation of people who lack the mental capacity to think for themselves ...” |
| “... You will also be very bored if you grew up by a city or a populated suburb, as there is nothing around here ...” |
| “... PEOPLE FROM THE NORTH PLEASE STAY OUT OF JMU AND VIRGINIA BECAUSE YOU ARE ARROGANT MOTHER FUCKERS THAT WE DON'T WANT HERE-NY City area, NJ, Most ...” |
| “... Harrisonburg is called the friendly city for a reason ...” |
| “... The surrounding area does what it can to cater to students since they expand the size of the city by 1/4 during the school year ...” |
| “... Harrisonburg really is the "Friendly City" although JMU students seem to, for the most part, not exploit such a great town for any more than the...” |
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4)the city of harrisonburg is lame, but our parties kick ass so nobody even seems to notice/care ...” |
| “... All in all, JMU is the place to be if you want to get away from major distractions such as that of a city ...” |
| “... Harrisonburg, as a city, sucks ...” |
| “... Even though the city of Harrisonburg is near campus, you can still see those gorgous mountains in the horizon ...” |
| “... Even though Harrisonburg isn't known for its booming city-life, I will still cherish all of the memories i have made here ...” |
| “... Traffic in H'burg is horrible, mostly due to JMU being smack in the middle of the city ...” |
| “... I am actually considering transferring next semester because I so desperately want to be in a city surrounded by more diverse settings ...” |
| “... However, I definitely am looking at grad schools with more than 1,000 black people and it definitely has to be the city ...” |
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I sincerely wish this campus was in an actual city ...” |
| “... As others have said, the surrounding city isn't the most exciting ...” |
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