George Mason

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On the "college experience" - this is less important now as the costs explode for MC/UMC (but not wealthy) students. And people over-value this, imo.

But since we are talking about it, when my DC was little we had a series of young women help out with babysitting on a regular basis so I could work (from home). There is most definitely a college experience on the Fairfax campus: Greek Life, intramurals, sports, clubs, parties . . . . just like anywhere else. Anyone saying differently does not know what they are talking about.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to like GMU and I think it's great for career purposes, BUT the people I know who have gone or do go there, they go home every weekend. Even if they have to live there during the week, it is not a typical college experience on the weekends. The kids I know go home because everyone else does, not because they want to, but they'd rather not sit alone in their dorm room all weekend.

Perhaps because you live locally so obviously you would know only the local DMV students who probably do go home every weekend. My kid DMVdormed with international students, and Las Vegas students, Alaska, etc. Many financially strapped families in the DMV area are thrilled with GMU because they can petition for a waiver of the first-year residence requirement. I know a number of families who could not afford a four-year private university only because their kids lived at home while studying. I know several whose parents could not afford a private and this is how they went through college. It's also a common practice amongst asian american TJ families who are saving up for grad school - undergrad is just a stepping stone and it's all about GPA and performance in order to get onto the next level. If you live locally, it's not surprising at all that you might see that. But go and read on wikipedia or elsewhere the diversity of the student body. They've got kids from 130 countries and all 50 states making it the most diverse campus in Virginia. Those kids don't go home. Google it.

Undergrad population is 81 percent in state. That's a lot of local students.

But in-state doesn't necessarily mean 100% NoVA, so going home on the weekends. There are kids from all over the state who don't go home.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to like GMU and I think it's great for career purposes, BUT the people I know who have gone or do go there, they go home every weekend. Even if they have to live there during the week, it is not a typical college experience on the weekends. The kids I know go home because everyone else does, not because they want to, but they'd rather not sit alone in their dorm room all weekend.

Perhaps because you live locally so obviously you would know only the local DMV students who probably do go home every weekend. My kid DMVdormed with international students, and Las Vegas students, Alaska, etc. Many financially strapped families in the DMV area are thrilled with GMU because they can petition for a waiver of the first-year residence requirement. I know a number of families who could not afford a four-year private university only because their kids lived at home while studying. I know several whose parents could not afford a private and this is how they went through college. It's also a common practice amongst asian american TJ families who are saving up for grad school - undergrad is just a stepping stone and it's all about GPA and performance in order to get onto the next level. If you live locally, it's not surprising at all that you might see that. But go and read on wikipedia or elsewhere the diversity of the student body. They've got kids from 130 countries and all 50 states making it the most diverse campus in Virginia. Those kids don't go home. Google it.

Undergrad population is 81 percent in state. That's a lot of local students.

But in-state doesn't necessarily mean 100% NoVA, so going home on the weekends. There are kids from all over the state who don't go home.

Yes . Statistically it’s just like all the other VA schools with a slightly higher in-state count but those kids are coming from the south and to the west of the state . So if you are international, from the other 59 states or from the south and west of Virginia you don’t go home. One if my daughter’s roommates was from China, another from Italy, Texas and Williamsburg and further south

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We are local and took the full tour at GMU. The campus was well appointed. They made the decision to put the buildings close together which makes it convenient if you live in the dorms. They have so much land that is just being used a buffer to keep the campus separated from the community. This makes for a safer campus, but no diners, shops, private housing, or dive bars close by. It would not keep me from going there, but I can see where it would be off-putting for others.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to like GMU and I think it's great for career purposes, BUT the people I know who have gone or do go there, they go home every weekend. Even if they have to live there during the week, it is not a typical college experience on the weekends. The kids I know go home because everyone else does, not because they want to, but they'd rather not sit alone in their dorm room all weekend.

Perhaps because you live locally so obviously you would know only the local DMV students who probably do go home every weekend. My kid DMVdormed with international students, and Las Vegas students, Alaska, etc. Many financially strapped families in the DMV area are thrilled with GMU because they can petition for a waiver of the first-year residence requirement. I know a number of families who could not afford a four-year private university only because their kids lived at home while studying. I know several whose parents could not afford a private and this is how they went through college. It's also a common practice amongst asian american TJ families who are saving up for grad school - undergrad is just a stepping stone and it's all about GPA and performance in order to get onto the next level. If you live locally, it's not surprising at all that you might see that. But go and read on wikipedia or elsewhere the diversity of the student body. They've got kids from 130 countries and all 50 states making it the most diverse campus in Virginia. Those kids don't go home. Google it.

Undergrad population is 81 percent in state. That's a lot of local students.

But in-state doesn't necessarily mean 100% NoVA, so going home on the weekends. There are kids from all over the state who don't go home.

Unlike other state schools, GMU is pretty close to major highways which makes it easier to actually go home to other parts of VA. If you are in a more rural school in VA, it can take a while to get to a main highway adding to the time it takes to get home. There are also some bus options available from NOVA to other campuses in the state and students could use that.

While there is a lot of building going on, the campus is still small and constrained. All the buildings just mean things are cramped. It doesn't mean it's not a good school or that it shouldn't be considered but it's definitely a different college experience than most other state of VA schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to like GMU and I think it's great for career purposes, BUT the people I know who have gone or do go there, they go home every weekend. Even if they have to live there during the week, it is not a typical college experience on the weekends. The kids I know go home because everyone else does, not because they want to, but they'd rather not sit alone in their dorm room all weekend.

Perhaps because you live locally so obviously you would know only the local DMV students who probably do go home every weekend. My kid DMVdormed with international students, and Las Vegas students, Alaska, etc. Many financially strapped families in the DMV area are thrilled with GMU because they can petition for a waiver of the first-year residence requirement. I know a number of families who could not afford a four-year private university only because their kids lived at home while studying. I know several whose parents could not afford a private and this is how they went through college. It's also a common practice amongst asian american TJ families who are saving up for grad school - undergrad is just a stepping stone and it's all about GPA and performance in order to get onto the next level. If you live locally, it's not surprising at all that you might see that. But go and read on wikipedia or elsewhere the diversity of the student body. They've got kids from 130 countries and all 50 states making it the most diverse campus in Virginia. Those kids don't go home. Google it.

Undergrad population is 81 percent in state. That's a lot of local students.

But that's because it is a STATE SCHOOL chartered and financed by the Commonwealth of Virginia for Virginia's students. UVA similarly has a 2/3 Virginian population. At 67%. IF the universities tried to cut anymore, the outcry from Virginian parents will make the Commonwealth do what happened in the U.C. system, which is to cut the UC back to only 10$ OOS. "Why am I paying all these taxes when my own kid can't get into a Californian school". And, by the way, Virginia is a big, diverse state. These aren't "Local students". They come from very different backgrounds all over the state. It has diversity in terms of race; economic diversity (DD housed with a very poor roommate from the southern part of the state who taught DD how to shop at Goodwill); cultural differences; socioeconomic (compare the density and accomplishment and wealth of parents in NOVA to that in the western and southern parts of the state). Virginia also has very white areas/very black areas, etc. All those students come to Geoge Mason - along with students form 130 other countries and 50 other states. That's why it is called the most diverse university in the commonwealth. Look it up!

Hi SCHEV guy! I knew you'd show up.

According to the latest SCHEV numbers, 81 percent of GMU students are in state. Of them, 9842 GMU undergrads are from Fairfax County, 3782 are from Prince William, and 3813 are from Loudoun. After that, no city or county in VA sends more than a couple hundred.

UVA, in contrast, is only 67 percent in state, and those in state students are much more spread out. For every from Virginia Beach attending UVA, there are five students from Fairfax. At GMU it's 27 to 1. Virginia Beach and Prince William County are almost identical in population and send almost identical numbers to UVA: 572 and 571. At GMU, students from Prince William outnumber students from GMU by nearly 7 to 1.

GMU's racially diverse student body is a reflection of the racial diversity of NOVA more generally. Because at bottom GMU remains a NOVA-centric school.

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Anonymous wrote:We are local and took the full tour at GMU. The campus was well appointed. They made the decision to put the buildings close together which makes it convenient if you live in the dorms. They have so much land that is just being used a buffer to keep the campus separated from the community. This makes for a safer campus, but no diners, shops, private housing, or dive bars close by. It would not keep me from going there, but I can see where it would be off-putting for others.

GMU has jitney buses to take kids into Fairfax, Georgetown, the other three campuses, and downtown DC

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Anonymous wrote:I want to like GMU and I think it's great for career purposes, BUT the people I know who have gone or do go there, they go home every weekend. Even if they have to live there during the week, it is not a typical college experience on the weekends. The kids I know go home because everyone else does, not because they want to, but they'd rather not sit alone in their dorm room all weekend.

Perhaps because you live locally so obviously you would know only the local DMV students who probably do go home every weekend. My kid DMVdormed with international students, and Las Vegas students, Alaska, etc. Many financially strapped families in the DMV area are thrilled with GMU because they can petition for a waiver of the first-year residence requirement. I know a number of families who could not afford a four-year private university only because their kids lived at home while studying. I know several whose parents could not afford a private and this is how they went through college. It's also a common practice amongst asian american TJ families who are saving up for grad school - undergrad is just a stepping stone and it's all about GPA and performance in order to get onto the next level. If you live locally, it's not surprising at all that you might see that. But go and read on wikipedia or elsewhere the diversity of the student body. They've got kids from 130 countries and all 50 states making it the most diverse campus in Virginia. Those kids don't go home. Google it.

Undergrad population is 81 percent in state. That's a lot of local students.

But that's because it is a STATE SCHOOL chartered and financed by the Commonwealth of Virginia for Virginia's students. UVA similarly has a 2/3 Virginian population. At 67%. IF the universities tried to cut anymore, the outcry from Virginian parents will make the Commonwealth do what happened in the U.C. system, which is to cut the UC back to only 10$ OOS. "Why am I paying all these taxes when my own kid can't get into a Californian school". And, by the way, Virginia is a big, diverse state. These aren't "Local students". They come from very different backgrounds all over the state. It has diversity in terms of race; economic diversity (DD housed with a very poor roommate from the southern part of the state who taught DD how to shop at Goodwill); cultural differences; socioeconomic (compare the density and accomplishment and wealth of parents in NOVA to that in the western and southern parts of the state). Virginia also has very white areas/very black areas, etc. All those students come to Geoge Mason - along with students form 130 other countries and 50 other states. That's why it is called the most diverse university in the commonwealth. Look it up!

Hi SCHEV guy! I knew you'd show up.

According to the latest SCHEV numbers, 81 percent of GMU students are in state. Of them, 9842 GMU undergrads are from Fairfax County, 3782 are from Prince William, and 3813 are from Loudoun. After that, no city or county in VA sends more than a couple hundred.

UVA, in contrast, is only 67 percent in state, and those in state students are much more spread out. For every from Virginia Beach attending UVA, there are five students from Fairfax. At GMU it's 27 to 1. Virginia Beach and Prince William County are almost identical in population and send almost identical numbers to UVA: 572 and 571. At GMU, students from Prince William outnumber students from GMU by nearly 7 to 1.

GMU's racially diverse student body is a reflection of the racial diversity of NOVA more generally. Because at bottom GMU remains a NOVA-centric school.

Nevertheless, GMU remains the most innovative and diverse campus in Virginia. https://www2.gmu.edu/news/2021-09/mason-leads-virginia-innovation-and-diversity-engineering-numbers-climb-latest-us-news#:~:text=George%20Mason%20University%20is%20the,of%20providing%20access%20to%20excellence.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to like GMU and I think it's great for career purposes, BUT the people I know who have gone or do go there, they go home every weekend. Even if they have to live there during the week, it is not a typical college experience on the weekends. The kids I know go home because everyone else does, not because they want to, but they'd rather not sit alone in their dorm room all weekend.

Perhaps because you live locally so obviously you would know only the local DMV students who probably do go home every weekend. My kid DMVdormed with international students, and Las Vegas students, Alaska, etc. Many financially strapped families in the DMV area are thrilled with GMU because they can petition for a waiver of the first-year residence requirement. I know a number of families who could not afford a four-year private university only because their kids lived at home while studying. I know several whose parents could not afford a private and this is how they went through college. It's also a common practice amongst asian american TJ families who are saving up for grad school - undergrad is just a stepping stone and it's all about GPA and performance in order to get onto the next level. If you live locally, it's not surprising at all that you might see that. But go and read on wikipedia or elsewhere the diversity of the student body. They've got kids from 130 countries and all 50 states making it the most diverse campus in Virginia. Those kids don't go home. Google it.

Undergrad population is 81 percent in state. That's a lot of local students.

But that's because it is a STATE SCHOOL chartered and financed by the Commonwealth of Virginia for Virginia's students. UVA similarly has a 2/3 Virginian population. At 67%. IF the universities tried to cut anymore, the outcry from Virginian parents will make the Commonwealth do what happened in the U.C. system, which is to cut the UC back to only 10$ OOS. "Why am I paying all these taxes when my own kid can't get into a Californian school". And, by the way, Virginia is a big, diverse state. These aren't "Local students". They come from very different backgrounds all over the state. It has diversity in terms of race; economic diversity (DD housed with a very poor roommate from the southern part of the state who taught DD how to shop at Goodwill); cultural differences; socioeconomic (compare the density and accomplishment and wealth of parents in NOVA to that in the western and southern parts of the state). Virginia also has very white areas/very black areas, etc. All those students come to Geoge Mason - along with students form 130 other countries and 50 other states. That's why it is called the most diverse university in the commonwealth. Look it up!

Hi SCHEV guy! I knew you'd show up.

According to the latest SCHEV numbers, 81 percent of GMU students are in state. Of them, 9842 GMU undergrads are from Fairfax County, 3782 are from Prince William, and 3813 are from Loudoun. After that, no city or county in VA sends more than a couple hundred.

UVA, in contrast, is only 67 percent in state, and those in state students are much more spread out. For every from Virginia Beach attending UVA, there are five students from Fairfax. At GMU it's 27 to 1. Virginia Beach and Prince William County are almost identical in population and send almost identical numbers to UVA: 572 and 571. At GMU, students from Prince William outnumber students from GMU by nearly 7 to 1.

GMU's racially diverse student body is a reflection of the racial diversity of NOVA more generally. Because at bottom GMU remains a NOVA-centric school.

Nevertheless, GMU remains the most innovative and diverse campus in Virginia. https://www2.gmu.edu/news/2021-09/mason-leads-virginia-innovation-and-diversity-engineering-numbers-climb-latest-us-news#:~:text=George%20Mason%20University%20is%20the,of%20providing%20access%20to%20excellence.

GMU remains the most innovative and diverse commuter school in Virginia.

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Anonymous wrote:How does GMU compare to JMU for Finance/Accounting?

OOOOH don't go into finance/accounting. The jobs in that industry that haven't been outsourced to India will soon be outsourced to AI/machine learning. If you DO go, learn the digital side of things.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to like GMU and I think it's great for career purposes, BUT the people I know who have gone or do go there, they go home every weekend. Even if they have to live there during the week, it is not a typical college experience on the weekends. The kids I know go home because everyone else does, not because they want to, but they'd rather not sit alone in their dorm room all weekend.

Perhaps because you live locally so obviously you would know only the local DMV students who probably do go home every weekend. My kid DMVdormed with international students, and Las Vegas students, Alaska, etc. Many financially strapped families in the DMV area are thrilled with GMU because they can petition for a waiver of the first-year residence requirement. I know a number of families who could not afford a four-year private university only because their kids lived at home while studying. I know several whose parents could not afford a private and this is how they went through college. It's also a common practice amongst asian american TJ families who are saving up for grad school - undergrad is just a stepping stone and it's all about GPA and performance in order to get onto the next level. If you live locally, it's not surprising at all that you might see that. But go and read on wikipedia or elsewhere the diversity of the student body. They've got kids from 130 countries and all 50 states making it the most diverse campus in Virginia. Those kids don't go home. Google it.

Undergrad population is 81 percent in state. That's a lot of local students.

But that's because it is a STATE SCHOOL chartered and financed by the Commonwealth of Virginia for Virginia's students. UVA similarly has a 2/3 Virginian population. At 67%. IF the universities tried to cut anymore, the outcry from Virginian parents will make the Commonwealth do what happened in the U.C. system, which is to cut the UC back to only 10$ OOS. "Why am I paying all these taxes when my own kid can't get into a Californian school". And, by the way, Virginia is a big, diverse state. These aren't "Local students". They come from very different backgrounds all over the state. It has diversity in terms of race; economic diversity (DD housed with a very poor roommate from the southern part of the state who taught DD how to shop at Goodwill); cultural differences; socioeconomic (compare the density and accomplishment and wealth of parents in NOVA to that in the western and southern parts of the state). Virginia also has very white areas/very black areas, etc. All those students come to Geoge Mason - along with students form 130 other countries and 50 other states. That's why it is called the most diverse university in the commonwealth. Look it up!

Hi SCHEV guy! I knew you'd show up.

According to the latest SCHEV numbers, 81 percent of GMU students are in state. Of them, 9842 GMU undergrads are from Fairfax County, 3782 are from Prince William, and 3813 are from Loudoun. After that, no city or county in VA sends more than a couple hundred.

UVA, in contrast, is only 67 percent in state, and those in state students are much more spread out. For every from Virginia Beach attending UVA, there are five students from Fairfax. At GMU it's 27 to 1. Virginia Beach and Prince William County are almost identical in population and send almost identical numbers to UVA: 572 and 571. At GMU, students from Prince William outnumber students from GMU by nearly 7 to 1.

GMU's racially diverse student body is a reflection of the racial diversity of NOVA more generally. Because at bottom GMU remains a NOVA-centric school.

Nevertheless, GMU remains the most innovative and diverse campus in Virginia. https://www2.gmu.edu/news/2021-09/mason-leads-virginia-innovation-and-diversity-engineering-numbers-climb-latest-us-news#:~:text=George%20Mason%20University%20is%20the,of%20providing%20access%20to%20excellence.

GMU remains the most innovative and diverse commuter school in Virginia.

That sounds like you are trying to make a backhanded insult or something.

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Anonymous wrote:How does GMU compare to JMU for Finance/Accounting?

OOOOH don't go into finance/accounting. The jobs in that industry that haven't been outsourced to India will soon be outsourced to AI/machine learning. If you DO go, learn the digital side of things.

Disagree. But the hot major at GMU is cybersecurity.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to like GMU and I think it's great for career purposes, BUT the people I know who have gone or do go there, they go home every weekend. Even if they have to live there during the week, it is not a typical college experience on the weekends. The kids I know go home because everyone else does, not because they want to, but they'd rather not sit alone in their dorm room all weekend.

Perhaps because you live locally so obviously you would know only the local DMV students who probably do go home every weekend. My kid DMVdormed with international students, and Las Vegas students, Alaska, etc. Many financially strapped families in the DMV area are thrilled with GMU because they can petition for a waiver of the first-year residence requirement. I know a number of families who could not afford a four-year private university only because their kids lived at home while studying. I know several whose parents could not afford a private and this is how they went through college. It's also a common practice amongst asian american TJ families who are saving up for grad school - undergrad is just a stepping stone and it's all about GPA and performance in order to get onto the next level. If you live locally, it's not surprising at all that you might see that. But go and read on wikipedia or elsewhere the diversity of the student body. They've got kids from 130 countries and all 50 states making it the most diverse campus in Virginia. Those kids don't go home. Google it.

Undergrad population is 81 percent in state. That's a lot of local students.

But that's because it is a STATE SCHOOL chartered and financed by the Commonwealth of Virginia for Virginia's students. UVA similarly has a 2/3 Virginian population. At 67%. IF the universities tried to cut anymore, the outcry from Virginian parents will make the Commonwealth do what happened in the U.C. system, which is to cut the UC back to only 10$ OOS. "Why am I paying all these taxes when my own kid can't get into a Californian school". And, by the way, Virginia is a big, diverse state. These aren't "Local students". They come from very different backgrounds all over the state. It has diversity in terms of race; economic diversity (DD housed with a very poor roommate from the southern part of the state who taught DD how to shop at Goodwill); cultural differences; socioeconomic (compare the density and accomplishment and wealth of parents in NOVA to that in the western and southern parts of the state). Virginia also has very white areas/very black areas, etc. All those students come to Geoge Mason - along with students form 130 other countries and 50 other states. That's why it is called the most diverse university in the commonwealth. Look it up!

Hi SCHEV guy! I knew you'd show up.

According to the latest SCHEV numbers, 81 percent of GMU students are in state. Of them, 9842 GMU undergrads are from Fairfax County, 3782 are from Prince William, and 3813 are from Loudoun. After that, no city or county in VA sends more than a couple hundred.

UVA, in contrast, is only 67 percent in state, and those in state students are much more spread out. For every from Virginia Beach attending UVA, there are five students from Fairfax. At GMU it's 27 to 1. Virginia Beach and Prince William County are almost identical in population and send almost identical numbers to UVA: 572 and 571. At GMU, students from Prince William outnumber students from GMU by nearly 7 to 1.

GMU's racially diverse student body is a reflection of the racial diversity of NOVA more generally. Because at bottom GMU remains a NOVA-centric school.

Nevertheless, GMU remains the most innovative and diverse campus in Virginia. https://www2.gmu.edu/news/2021-09/mason-leads-virginia-innovation-and-diversity-engineering-numbers-climb-latest-us-news#:~:text=George%20Mason%20University%20is%20the,of%20providing%20access%20to%20excellence.

GMU remains the most innovative and diverse commuter school in Virginia.

That sounds like you are trying to make a backhanded insult or something.

Ha ha. I'm just saying that, yes, GMU has a lot to offer but its undergraduate enrollment is still largely local whether the boosters care to admit it or not.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to like GMU and I think it's great for career purposes, BUT the people I know who have gone or do go there, they go home every weekend. Even if they have to live there during the week, it is not a typical college experience on the weekends. The kids I know go home because everyone else does, not because they want to, but they'd rather not sit alone in their dorm room all weekend.

Perhaps because you live locally so obviously you would know only the local DMV students who probably do go home every weekend. My kid DMVdormed with international students, and Las Vegas students, Alaska, etc. Many financially strapped families in the DMV area are thrilled with GMU because they can petition for a waiver of the first-year residence requirement. I know a number of families who could not afford a four-year private university only because their kids lived at home while studying. I know several whose parents could not afford a private and this is how they went through college. It's also a common practice amongst asian american TJ families who are saving up for grad school - undergrad is just a stepping stone and it's all about GPA and performance in order to get onto the next level. If you live locally, it's not surprising at all that you might see that. But go and read on wikipedia or elsewhere the diversity of the student body. They've got kids from 130 countries and all 50 states making it the most diverse campus in Virginia. Those kids don't go home. Google it.

Undergrad population is 81 percent in state. That's a lot of local students.

But that's because it is a STATE SCHOOL chartered and financed by the Commonwealth of Virginia for Virginia's students. UVA similarly has a 2/3 Virginian population. At 67%. IF the universities tried to cut anymore, the outcry from Virginian parents will make the Commonwealth do what happened in the U.C. system, which is to cut the UC back to only 10$ OOS. "Why am I paying all these taxes when my own kid can't get into a Californian school". And, by the way, Virginia is a big, diverse state. These aren't "Local students". They come from very different backgrounds all over the state. It has diversity in terms of race; economic diversity (DD housed with a very poor roommate from the southern part of the state who taught DD how to shop at Goodwill); cultural differences; socioeconomic (compare the density and accomplishment and wealth of parents in NOVA to that in the western and southern parts of the state). Virginia also has very white areas/very black areas, etc. All those students come to Geoge Mason - along with students form 130 other countries and 50 other states. That's why it is called the most diverse university in the commonwealth. Look it up!

Hi SCHEV guy! I knew you'd show up.

According to the latest SCHEV numbers, 81 percent of GMU students are in state. Of them, 9842 GMU undergrads are from Fairfax County, 3782 are from Prince William, and 3813 are from Loudoun. After that, no city or county in VA sends more than a couple hundred.

UVA, in contrast, is only 67 percent in state, and those in state students are much more spread out. For every from Virginia Beach attending UVA, there are five students from Fairfax. At GMU it's 27 to 1. Virginia Beach and Prince William County are almost identical in population and send almost identical numbers to UVA: 572 and 571. At GMU, students from Prince William outnumber students from GMU by nearly 7 to 1.

GMU's racially diverse student body is a reflection of the racial diversity of NOVA more generally. Because at bottom GMU remains a NOVA-centric school.

Nevertheless, GMU remains the most innovative and diverse campus in Virginia. https://www2.gmu.edu/news/2021-09/mason-leads-virginia-innovation-and-diversity-engineering-numbers-climb-latest-us-news#:~:text=George%20Mason%20University%20is%20the,of%20providing%20access%20to%20excellence.

GMU remains the most innovative and diverse commuter school in Virginia.

That sounds like you are trying to make a backhanded insult or something.

Ha ha. I'm just saying that, yes, GMU has a lot to offer but its undergraduate enrollment is still largely local whether the boosters care to admit it or not.

But it’s a real research university that’s easy to get into and has a jitney bus to DC. It seems like an extreme value stock of a school.

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Students come from 127 countries. https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/george-mason-university/student-life/international/