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All these posts seem to be about law and policy majors at Mason. How about undergraduate majors in biology, bioengineering and related fields? Does a Mason degree hurt finding jobs upon graduation compared to the other higher pedigree schools in the DMV area (say UMD)? Thanks. |
THis is why you should always take a pix of the NPC so you can take it back to the college when they offer nothing. And for the record we got nothing at GMU and at UVA. It's determined by FAFSA so blaming the state schools (already discounted) is not fair. |
He's been there four years! And the first African-American! what ARE you talking about? |
4 years woulld definitely fall in the category of "newer" president. He definitely is doing a good job of moving GMU towards a more typical college experience under his tenure. We definitely see the school going in the right direction under his leadership. Well, except for the ugly new logo. But otherwise, he has been a positive. Not sure what his race has to do with this discussion... |
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My DS started in Computer Science then moved to Game Design. He loved his time at Mason. His department set up internships, one with the Virginia SErious Game Design Institute, every summer. He lived on campus. Love it. Was hired before graduation by an I-170 corridor company recently bought out by Microsoft. He's five years out and has no regrets and is making very good money. If you are looking at anything techy - go visit GMU's state-of-the-art Prince William campus. It's amazing. Oh, almost forgot, DS went to Seoul Korea for GMU Korea for one term. |
It's super expensive for what you get IMO |
Read before posting. GMU was started in 1949 as part of UVA and was part of UVA until 1966. UVA has plenty of traditions. And my GMU students thought student life was wonderful for all four years. |
Interesting. I'll have to tell that to the 2,774 foreign students there (7.2% of the school's population) as well as to the 8,600 out-of-state students (22% of the school's population). Perhaps you also didn't know that GMU is the most diverse university in the commonwealth? And its largest R1 University? |
The grad/law programs are known to be conservative/libertarian. See Mercatus Center for more. |
How would they have UVA traditions? Pretty sure they do not associate with UVA at all and certainly don’t consider themselves a “part of uva”. By they i mean the students. |
I went to UVA (in-state) and never considered Mason as an option. I didn’t even apply and it wasn’t on my radar. I wanted to get out of Fairfax County and go away to college.
Fast forward and my DS is interested so we toured the school recently. There seem to be a lot of students living on campus and plenty of OOS students as well. Tons of clubs and activities to get involved in. He really liked it. The campus was nice and they are building a lot of off campus student apartments. DS is a “B+” student with ADHD and some other challenges which make close to home a good option for him. Mason has an EF support program that would be great for him. He's not the party/frat type either so doesn’t care about that. Just wants to make a group of friends to hang out with. Mason isn’t for everyone but can be a great option for the right kid. I was surprisingly impressed and I think my kid can be happy there and go on to pursue whatever career he desires. I had a similar impression of VCU. We are quite lucky in Virginia to have these great options that can meet the needs of a range of students. |
DD got $2k scholarship instate, so it does exist. |
Mason is fairly generous with need aid. I work with low income students and see that they tend to get better aid at GMU than at VT (although UVA, W&M are best for need aid). And $2k merit at GMU is also better than VT which doesn't really give merit to in-state students. |