Why do people act like GMU doesn't have Eng and put all their hopes in VT for eng?

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I could live with the commuter college idea but not the Koch brothers. GMU is not a desirable place for many in NoVA but I could see people from southern VA wanting to be there.

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According to US News. VT is ranked no 31 in top engineering schools. George Mason is 93rd. Not even in the same league.

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What types of engineering does it even offer?

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Anonymous wrote:Aren't there a lot of conservatives there?

Yuck.

Between idiotic comments like this and the wildly outdated misinformation about it being a commuter school, you can see why people think VT is the only option.

What % of commuters makes it not a commuter school? More than 46%?

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Anonymous wrote:I never understand the idea about a school being too close to home. A student never has to go home if they don't want to. I went away to college in FL but my whole dad's side lived in the town about 5 mins away. I'm talking grandma, uncles, aunts, cousins. Family I love and am close to. I NEVER saw them unless I wanted to (random Sunday meals were nice). I had a full college experience.

The thing for George Mason is the issue for them is not just close to home it is the image and largely reality of being a suburban commuter school. If it was University of Florida then I don't think it would face the same level of issue.

That stopped a long time ago. All freshman are required to live on campus. My DS spent all four years in the dorms.

Not true. If the student plans to live at home with their parents in nearby counties (Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria, Prince William, or Loudoun) they can apply for an exemption. I live in one of those areas and know many students who live with their parents and commute in.

https://housing.gmu.edu/apply/new-students/apply-exemption

It is true. All freshman live in the dorms. Yes, you can apply for an exemption. But space is allocated for every single freshman. This was a very big issue for upperclassmen like my DC who wanted to stay in the dorms but was kicked out to make room for the freshmen.

except for the 46% who live off campus and commute, per CDS.

https://oiep.gmu.edu/resources/student-consumer-information/common-data-set/

46% of freshman don’t live on campus.

72% graduate in 6 years.

21% undergrads are part time.

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Anonymous wrote:According to US News. VT is ranked no 31 in top engineering schools. George Mason is 93rd. Not even in the same league.

I saw it at #13, not #31.

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Anonymous wrote:I could live with the commuter college idea but not the Koch brothers. GMU is not a desirable place for many in NoVA but I could see people from southern VA wanting to be there.

There is so much ignorance in this post. I don’t even know where to start correcting it.

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Anonymous wrote:What types of engineering does it even offer?

You could google that, you know.

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I’m from another part of the country, and to me they sound equal, reputation-wise. Both solid choices. Calm down.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh wow! I'm a racing liberal who WAS open to DD going to GMU. I know about the law school but the whole school leans right? No thanks. Question answered, OP.

“Racing” illiberal, are you saying that you don’t want your children to be exposed to people who might have opposing views?

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Anonymous wrote:Oh wow! I'm a racing liberal who WAS open to DD going to GMU. I know about the law school but the whole school leans right? No thanks. Question answered, OP.

“Racing” illiberal, are you saying that you don’t want your children to be exposed to people who might have opposing views?

There is “different opinions” and then there is conservative scum who is trying to destroy our society with lies and misinformation.

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Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t it still have a large percentage of commuter students? Also not much in the way of campus life.

not since 1999

Not true I know a freshman there now and it’s still essentially a commuter school.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh wow! I'm a racing liberal who WAS open to DD going to GMU. I know about the law school but the whole school leans right? No thanks. Question answered, OP.

That's fine. Now there is more room at George Mason for the couch potato liberals.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh wow! I'm a racing liberal who WAS open to DD going to GMU. I know about the law school but the whole school leans right? No thanks. Question answered, OP.

“Racing” illiberal, are you saying that you don’t want your children to be exposed to people who might have opposing views?

Not the poster but as a parent of a gay HSer, I would not feel comfortable sending my child to a conservative school. Not that he would apply. But there is a difference between opposing views and views that say my child should not exist and is an abomination. I'm surprised URM go there and it is as diverse as it is. They must be international.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh wow! I'm a racing liberal who WAS open to DD going to GMU. I know about the law school but the whole school leans right? No thanks. Question answered, OP.

“Racing” illiberal, are you saying that you don’t want your children to be exposed to people who might have opposing views?

Not the poster but as a parent of a gay HSer, I would not feel comfortable sending my child to a conservative school. Not that he would apply. But there is a difference between opposing views and views that say my child should not exist and is an abomination. I'm surprised URM go there and it is as diverse as it is. They must be international.

Please don't apply to GMU then, if you are so gullible to take spurious and malicious insults at GMU at face value (especially from prejudiced Marylanders), that will just leave more seats for the rest of the students in VA.