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By Gender  | | Male | B- | | Female | B |
| By Major | | Accounting | B- | | Anthropology | A | | Art & Design Department | B | | Automotive Engineering | A- | | Biology | C | | Business - Management and Administration | B- | | Chemical Engineering | B | | Chemistry | A- | | Communications | A | | Computer Engineering | F | | Computer Science | B | | Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc | B | | Economics | B- | | Education | D+ | | Electrical Engineering | B | | Engineering Department | A- | | English | B- | | Finance | B- | | Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc | B | | History/Histories (art history/etc.) | B- | | Journalism | B- | | Kinesiology | A+ | | Language - French/Spanish/etc. | A- | | Math | B- | | Mechanical Engineering | A- | | Nursing | A | | Other | B+ | | Perfomance Arts | B | | Pharmacy | B | | Philosophy | D+ | | Physics | F | | Political Science | B- | | PreLaw and Legal | B | | PreMed and Medical | F | | Psychology | C+ | | Religion/Religious | A- | | School of Information | A- | | Social Work | C+ | | Sociology | C | | Undecided | B+ | | Urban Planning | B |
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Quotes touching on Surrounding City | “... Basically a commuter school in the heart of the city ...” |
| “... It's much too spread out (it's really a school within a city without much of a campus of its own), which often made me feel that I was living in...” |
| “... Students are not very welcoming and I have not seen ANY school spirit or any emotions for that matter, the campus is ugly since it is in the midd...” |
| “... My car has been broken into, my boyfriend's car has been broken into, I can't count how many times I have heard gunshots-lost count years ago, Mo...” |
| “... VCU has successfully intertwined with Richmond, you couldn't tell the two apart and had it not been for additional logos having to tell you it is...” |
| “... The city of Richmond disappoints in so many ways ...” |
| “... My first impressions of VCU were that it was like a city college, a place where older people could go and change their careers ...” |
| “... Unless, you have a heart for adventure (be honest with yourself), the city will be dead to you ...” |
| “... The campus sprouts up seamlessly with the city and you are more in touch with "the real world ...” |
| “... Listen, even though there are various hobos milling about the city generally speaking they keep to themselves or are at least cordial ...” |
| “... Everyone here is very friendly and sociable, and Richmond is a wonderful city ...” |
| “... There's a great art, film and music scene while the city remains small enough not to be overwhelming ...” |
| “... However, there is so much culture and diversity here, whatever it is lacking it is made up with the abundant resources of the city of Richmond .....” |
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However, I don't like the urban environment of this city since I came from a big and busy city and adopted a "fun" lifestyle ...” |
| “... It is in the city ...” |
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“... I recently went to visit the campus:
Richmond is an okay city its not like new york city ...” |
| “... It is very safe on campus and off campus you just always know your surroundings like any city ...” |
| “... That's one of the great pluses of the school - the city is full of history and architecture and stories ...” |
| “... It is in the city, has wonderful academic programs, comprised of a unique, diverse student body, and provides an overall outstanding college exp...” |
| “... I am from a very very small town and it was hard to see myself in a city ...” |
| “... The city is gross and dirty ...” |
| “... you mostly will never get bored in the city other than the fact that the city is like a 8 hr city unlike chicago or nyc which are 24 hr cities .....” |
| “... VCU is unique because it set in a urban setting - the school was built around the city of Richmond, not the other way around, as in a lot of coll...” |
| “... In my lecture classes the room was filled to capacity at the beginning of the year but as time went on, nearly half the class would stop coming ....” |
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And if you are not from Richmond, the city pretty much sucks ...” |
| “... The police are out to get you because they are on a power trip about being both campus and city cops ...” |
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