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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-

Against similar schools Surrounding City compared with similar schools in class. James Madison University  C+ Average of All Schools  B- Average of schools in class  B+ Virginia Commonwealth University  B University of Virginia  B+ Harvard University  B+ George Mason University  B University of Delaware  B- New York University  A Radford University  C- F A+

Quotes touching on Surrounding City

“... There are a lot of parties, but the surrounding city and school admin are clamping down regarding alcohol policies and the like ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... This place is truly a hellhole manifestation of people who lack the mental capacity to think for themselves ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... You will also be very bored if you grew up by a city or a populated suburb, as there is nothing around here ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... 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 ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Harrisonburg is called the friendly city for a reason ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... 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 ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... 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...” [Read full comment]

 

“... 4)the city of harrisonburg is lame, but our parties kick ass so nobody even seems to notice/care ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... All in all, JMU is the place to be if you want to get away from major distractions such as that of a city ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Harrisonburg, as a city, sucks ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Even though the city of Harrisonburg is near campus, you can still see those gorgous mountains in the horizon ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Even though Harrisonburg isn't known for its booming city-life, I will still cherish all of the memories i have made here ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Traffic in H'burg is horrible, mostly due to JMU being smack in the middle of the city ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... I am actually considering transferring next semester because I so desperately want to be in a city surrounded by more diverse settings ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... However, I definitely am looking at grad schools with more than 1,000 black people and it definitely has to be the city ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... I sincerely wish this campus was in an actual city ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... As others have said, the surrounding city isn't the most exciting ...” [Read full comment]

 

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