Why not GMU?

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Anonymous wrote:Eh many parents think their kids won't have the "full college experience" at a commuter school.

I know you are an old lawyer sitting in a law library but you must get out more and learn about the world around you. GMU hasn't been a commuter college since 2010 when Carnegie reclassified it as "primarily residential" - freshmen are required to live on campus unless they get a waiver. Please go and visit before making such ignorant comments again, eh?

“At this school, 22% of the students live in college-owned, -operated or -affiliated housing and 78% of students live off campus.”

Seems like you’re the ignoramus, eh?

That 78% includes a large number of sophomores, juniors, and seniors who live in the many off-campus apartments around GMU.

The more telling number is % of FRESHMAN who live off-campus since they have to get a waiver. A PP posted that about a quarter of freshman live off-campus, which means around 75% are not commuters.

Listen to yourself. You admit that over three quarters of the school lives off campus but somehow because the remaining quarter of the school does not, in your mind that means it's not really a commuter school. It is not "telling" that most of the FRESHMEN live on campus. What is telling is that as soon as kids can live off campus, they do live off campus.

It's a commuter school. Get over it. There is a place in the world for such schools. I went to one. I made plenty of friends in my classes even though we did not all live in a dorm together.

DP You can't use the % living on campus to determine if it is a commuter school. My undergrad says less than 30% live on campus but that is because everyone moves to an apt or house a few blocks away after freshman year. Most large public's show 25-30% living on campus for this reason. It is not that hard to understand.

It's not hard to understand that if the overwhelming majority of undergrads live off-campus then it's a commuter school, but you are determined to not understand it.

A majority of undergrada at VT live off campus. Is it a commuter schools? No, there just isn't housing for people past freshman year.

50% of the population of Blacksburg is VT students.

Is 50% of the population of Fairfax GMU students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is a 10 minute drive from our house. That made it a hard stop no for our kids.

We do know local kids who have gone there, lived on campus and had terrific outcomes. We also know out of state and international students who were very happy there.

Minus the traffic, this is a great area.

If you care about your child's future, you should send yourself away for your child's college

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Anonymous wrote:Eh many parents think their kids won't have the "full college experience" at a commuter school.

I know you are an old lawyer sitting in a law library but you must get out more and learn about the world around you. GMU hasn't been a commuter college since 2010 when Carnegie reclassified it as "primarily residential" - freshmen are required to live on campus unless they get a waiver. Please go and visit before making such ignorant comments again, eh?

“At this school, 22% of the students live in college-owned, -operated or -affiliated housing and 78% of students live off campus.”

Seems like you’re the ignoramus, eh?

That 78% includes a large number of sophomores, juniors, and seniors who live in the many off-campus apartments around GMU.

The more telling number is % of FRESHMAN who live off-campus since they have to get a waiver. A PP posted that about a quarter of freshman live off-campus, which means around 75% are not commuters.

Listen to yourself. You admit that over three quarters of the school lives off campus but somehow because the remaining quarter of the school does not, in your mind that means it's not really a commuter school. It is not "telling" that most of the FRESHMEN live on campus. What is telling is that as soon as kids can live off campus, they do live off campus.

It's a commuter school. Get over it. There is a place in the world for such schools. I went to one. I made plenty of friends in my classes even though we did not all live in a dorm together.

DP You can't use the % living on campus to determine if it is a commuter school. My undergrad says less than 30% live on campus but that is because everyone moves to an apt or house a few blocks away after freshman year. Most large public's show 25-30% living on campus for this reason. It is not that hard to understand.

It's not hard to understand that if the overwhelming majority of undergrads live off-campus then it's a commuter school, but you are determined to not understand it.

A majority of undergrada at VT live off campus. Is it a commuter schools? No, there just isn't housing for people past freshman year.

50% of the population of Blacksburg is VT students.

Is 50% of the population of Fairfax GMU students?

Population of Fairfax is 25k. GMU student population is 40k.

[Anonymous]

Lower quality all around. Lesser professors than neighboring schools, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Lower quality all around. Lesser professors than neighboring schools, etc.

This is the answer.

Booster mommies, and their desperate defense aside.

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Anonymous wrote:Eh many parents think their kids won't have the "full college experience" at a commuter school.

I know you are an old lawyer sitting in a law library but you must get out more and learn about the world around you. GMU hasn't been a commuter college since 2010 when Carnegie reclassified it as "primarily residential" - freshmen are required to live on campus unless they get a waiver. Please go and visit before making such ignorant comments again, eh?

“At this school, 22% of the students live in college-owned, -operated or -affiliated housing and 78% of students live off campus.”

Seems like you’re the ignoramus, eh?

That 78% includes a large number of sophomores, juniors, and seniors who live in the many off-campus apartments around GMU.

The more telling number is % of FRESHMAN who live off-campus since they have to get a waiver. A PP posted that about a quarter of freshman live off-campus, which means around 75% are not commuters.

Listen to yourself. You admit that over three quarters of the school lives off campus but somehow because the remaining quarter of the school does not, in your mind that means it's not really a commuter school. It is not "telling" that most of the FRESHMEN live on campus. What is telling is that as soon as kids can live off campus, they do live off campus.

It's a commuter school. Get over it. There is a place in the world for such schools. I went to one. I made plenty of friends in my classes even though we did not all live in a dorm together.

DP You can't use the % living on campus to determine if it is a commuter school. My undergrad says less than 30% live on campus but that is because everyone moves to an apt or house a few blocks away after freshman year. Most large public's show 25-30% living on campus for this reason. It is not that hard to understand.

It's not hard to understand that if the overwhelming majority of undergrads live off-campus then it's a commuter school, but you are determined to not understand it.

A majority of undergrada at VT live off campus. Is it a commuter schools? No, there just isn't housing for people past freshman year.

If you are too dumb to understand the difference between Blacksburg and Fairfax, that's on you.

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Anonymous wrote:Eh many parents think their kids won't have the "full college experience" at a commuter school.

I know you are an old lawyer sitting in a law library but you must get out more and learn about the world around you. GMU hasn't been a commuter college since 2010 when Carnegie reclassified it as "primarily residential" - freshmen are required to live on campus unless they get a waiver. Please go and visit before making such ignorant comments again, eh?

“At this school, 22% of the students live in college-owned, -operated or -affiliated housing and 78% of students live off campus.”

Seems like you’re the ignoramus, eh?

That 78% includes a large number of sophomores, juniors, and seniors who live in the many off-campus apartments around GMU.

The more telling number is % of FRESHMAN who live off-campus since they have to get a waiver. A PP posted that about a quarter of freshman live off-campus, which means around 75% are not commuters.

Listen to yourself. You admit that over three quarters of the school lives off campus but somehow because the remaining quarter of the school does not, in your mind that means it's not really a commuter school. It is not "telling" that most of the FRESHMEN live on campus. What is telling is that as soon as kids can live off campus, they do live off campus.

It's a commuter school. Get over it. There is a place in the world for such schools. I went to one. I made plenty of friends in my classes even though we did not all live in a dorm together.

DP You can't use the % living on campus to determine if it is a commuter school. My undergrad says less than 30% live on campus but that is because everyone moves to an apt or house a few blocks away after freshman year. Most large public's show 25-30% living on campus for this reason. It is not that hard to understand.

It's not hard to understand that if the overwhelming majority of undergrads live off-campus then it's a commuter school, but you are determined to not understand it.

A majority of undergrada at VT live off campus. Is it a commuter schools? No, there just isn't housing for people past freshman year.

If you are too dumb to understand the difference between Blacksburg and Fairfax, that's on you.

You sound really fun.

[Anonymous]

Cause the students are sub-low quality trash and it’s a waste of time attending.

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Anonymous wrote:Cause the students are sub-low quality trash and it’s a waste of time attending.

Oh

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What’s with the recent flood of “low quality student” drivel on this board. Is it one bored troll? Because your blabbering is “low quality” trolling and not up to the high standard trolling I’ve come to expect from DCUM. Too obvious. You gotta take it down a notch or two to get people to believe you.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s with the recent flood of “low quality student” drivel on this board. Is it one bored troll? Because your blabbering is “low quality” trolling and not up to the high standard trolling I’ve come to expect from DCUM. Too obvious. You gotta take it down a notch or two to get people to believe you.

Someone kicking and screeching once the “elitist” post got taken down when a group of moms decided it was fun to make fun of poor people and marginalized people. Some really grim things going on Christmas Eve.

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Anonymous wrote:Cause the students are sub-low quality trash and it’s a waste of time attending.

Oh

Interesting racist comment ... because, after all, GMU is the most diverse university in the commonwealth. Ergo diverse students are "sub-low quality trash". Maybe you need to
do a little research next time before shooting off your mouth. Just a quick tour of GMU would have spoken volumes to its diverse culture .. so clearly you've never even been there.

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Anonymous wrote:Eh many parents think their kids won't have the "full college experience" at a commuter school.

I know you are an old lawyer sitting in a law library but you must get out more and learn about the world around you. GMU hasn't been a commuter college since 2010 when Carnegie reclassified it as "primarily residential" - freshmen are required to live on campus unless they get a waiver. Please go and visit before making such ignorant comments again, eh?

“At this school, 22% of the students live in college-owned, -operated or -affiliated housing and 78% of students live off campus.”

Seems like you’re the ignoramus, eh?

That 78% includes a large number of sophomores, juniors, and seniors who live in the many off-campus apartments around GMU.

The more telling number is % of FRESHMAN who live off-campus since they have to get a waiver. A PP posted that about a quarter of freshman live off-campus, which means around 75% are not commuters.

Listen to yourself. You admit that over three quarters of the school lives off campus but somehow because the remaining quarter of the school does not, in your mind that means it's not really a commuter school. It is not "telling" that most of the FRESHMEN live on campus. What is telling is that as soon as kids can live off campus, they do live off campus.

It's a commuter school. Get over it. There is a place in the world for such schools. I went to one. I made plenty of friends in my classes even though we did not all live in a dorm together.

DP You can't use the % living on campus to determine if it is a commuter school. My undergrad says less than 30% live on campus but that is because everyone moves to an apt or house a few blocks away after freshman year. Most large public's show 25-30% living on campus for this reason. It is not that hard to understand.

It's not hard to understand that if the overwhelming majority of undergrads live off-campus then it's a commuter school, but you are determined to not understand it.

A majority of undergrada at VT live off campus. Is it a commuter schools? No, there just isn't housing for people past freshman year.

If you are too dumb to understand the difference between Blacksburg and Fairfax, that's on you.

My DS was in the GMU dorms all four years

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Anonymous wrote:What’s with the recent flood of “low quality student” drivel on this board. Is it one bored troll? Because your blabbering is “low quality” trolling and not up to the high standard trolling I’ve come to expect from DCUM. Too obvious. You gotta take it down a notch or two to get people to believe you.

I caught that too. Same troll did it in the Ivies/UVA thread calling UVA students "low quality". It must be very depressing to have nothing better to do, no loved one to see, no family to share with on Christmas Eve so the PP end up here in a mommy board bashing the institutions they never got into or never had a shot at getting in. Very aad that ghey cannot learn from life's challenges and move on

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Anonymous wrote:Eh many parents think their kids won't have the "full college experience" at a commuter school.

I know you are an old lawyer sitting in a law library but you must get out more and learn about the world around you. GMU hasn't been a commuter college since 2010 when Carnegie reclassified it as "primarily residential" - freshmen are required to live on campus unless they get a waiver. Please go and visit before making such ignorant comments again, eh?

“At this school, 22% of the students live in college-owned, -operated or -affiliated housing and 78% of students live off campus.”

Seems like you’re the ignoramus, eh?

That 78% includes a large number of sophomores, juniors, and seniors who live in the many off-campus apartments around GMU.

The more telling number is % of FRESHMAN who live off-campus since they have to get a waiver. A PP posted that about a quarter of freshman live off-campus, which means around 75% are not commuters.

Listen to yourself. You admit that over three quarters of the school lives off campus but somehow because the remaining quarter of the school does not, in your mind that means it's not really a commuter school. It is not "telling" that most of the FRESHMEN live on campus. What is telling is that as soon as kids can live off campus, they do live off campus.

It's a commuter school. Get over it. There is a place in the world for such schools. I went to one. I made plenty of friends in my classes even though we did not all live in a dorm together.

DP You can't use the % living on campus to determine if it is a commuter school. My undergrad says less than 30% live on campus but that is because everyone moves to an apt or house a few blocks away after freshman year. Most large public's show 25-30% living on campus for this reason. It is not that hard to understand.

It's not hard to understand that if the overwhelming majority of undergrads live off-campus then it's a commuter school, but you are determined to not understand it.

A majority of undergrada at VT live off campus. Is it a commuter schools? No, there just isn't housing for people past freshman year.

If you are too dumb to understand the difference between Blacksburg and Fairfax, that's on you.

You sound really fun.

They also sound really accurate. DP