Covid at UVA

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lol
A week and a half ago everyone on here was saying the UVA kids were smart and wouldn’t spread covid. Look who’s the same as VT and JMU now.

Someone tracks the daily status from the college dashboards and makes estimates of the percentage that are positive from the testing data. For UVA, it is increasing, but certainly not to the level of Radford, JMU, and VT yet. UVA is estimated at 4.2% of population positive vs. 33% at Radford, 28% at JMU, and 11.2% at VT. The other Virginia schools seem to be doing better at this point.

https://www.vacovidstatus.com/2020/09/daily-status-sept_19.html

Yes, UVA's is one of the lowest in the nation, which is why I don't understand OP's post. Look at JMU if you want to see a real mess.

I have a feeling we’ve found “UVA mom.” ^^^

[Anonymous]

Schools are not testing if a student falls sick. They ask them to quarantine and take OTC remedies.

[Anonymous]

GMU is a great school but we are talking about covid and location and concentration of students would matter when comparing covid efforts and results. So how do these Virginia schools compare with one another in that regard? For those off campus, are stats available on how many live a certain distance away from a university? It would be an interesting breakdown to see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol
A week and a half ago everyone on here was saying the UVA kids were smart and wouldn’t spread covid. Look who’s the same as VT and JMU now.

Someone tracks the daily status from the college dashboards and makes estimates of the percentage that are positive from the testing data. For UVA, it is increasing, but certainly not to the level of Radford, JMU, and VT yet. UVA is estimated at 4.2% of population positive vs. 33% at Radford, 28% at JMU, and 11.2% at VT. The other Virginia schools seem to be doing better at this point.

https://www.vacovidstatus.com/2020/09/daily-status-sept_19.html

GMU has done very well.

It’s mainly a commuter school so not apples to apples.

On a thread about UVA, you will always get a put down of any school that is suggested to be doing anything better.

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It’s so predictable. And GMU is no longer “mainly a commuter school.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:79% live off campus or commute. Not sure if you understand what the word means. Has nothing to do with a Carnegie classification. Lord you’re ill-educated.

Um, unless you’re talking about small residential style colleges where most students live on-campus all four years (I went to one and loved it), most larger schools only have freshmen and possibly sophomores living on-campus. The upperclassmen almost always live off-campus, making them “commuter students.” GMU is no different in this regard. As another PP pointed out, pre-COVID, all freshman were required to live on-campus. This is the norm at most universities. YOU sound “ill-educated.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:79% live off campus or commute. Not sure if you understand what the word means. Has nothing to do with a Carnegie classification. Lord you’re ill-educated.

Um, unless you’re talking about small residential style colleges where most students live on-campus all four years (I went to one and loved it), most larger schools only have freshmen and possibly sophomores living on-campus. The upperclassmen almost always live off-campus, making them “commuter students.” GMU is no different in this regard. As another PP pointed out, pre-COVID, all freshman were required to live on-campus. This is the norm at most universities. YOU sound “ill-educated.”

DP. “commuter student” generally denotes distance / driving versus just living off campus. I wouldn’t think students who can walk to campus (or maybe use the college bus route) would be considered commuters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:79% live off campus or commute. Not sure if you understand what the word means. Has nothing to do with a Carnegie classification. Lord you’re ill-educated.

Um, unless you’re talking about small residential style colleges where most students live on-campus all four years (I went to one and loved it), most larger schools only have freshmen and possibly sophomores living on-campus. The upperclassmen almost always live off-campus, making them “commuter students.” GMU is no different in this regard. As another PP pointed out, pre-COVID, all freshman were required to live on-campus. This is the norm at most universities. YOU sound “ill-educated.”

DP. “commuter student” generally denotes distance / driving versus just living off campus. I wouldn’t think students who can walk to campus (or maybe use the college bus route) would be considered commuters.

of course they are called commuter. You have dorm residences. All other students are commuter. What else would you call them in official stats? Even my off campus senior is designated a “commuter” even though he walks from his apartment

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:79% live off campus or commute. Not sure if you understand what the word means. Has nothing to do with a Carnegie classification. Lord you’re ill-educated.

Um, unless you’re talking about small residential style colleges where most students live on-campus all four years (I went to one and loved it), most larger schools only have freshmen and possibly sophomores living on-campus. The upperclassmen almost always live off-campus, making them “commuter students.” GMU is no different in this regard. As another PP pointed out, pre-COVID, all freshman were required to live on-campus. This is the norm at most universities. YOU sound “ill-educated.”

+1.

[Anonymous]

VT is the same as GMU. With only a few exceptions, everyone but freshmen live off campus. Would you call VT a commuter school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:79% live off campus or commute. Not sure if you understand what the word means. Has nothing to do with a Carnegie classification. Lord you’re ill-educated.

You could learn to google before you post.

1) Jan 2011, Carnegie reclassified GMU to a residential university. http://collegeexplorations.blogspot.com/2011/01/three-virginia-universities-drop.html

2) All first years must live in a residence hall unless they get a waiver. Here are the requirements for obtaining a waiver. https://offcampus.gmu.edu/do-i-qualify-to-live-off-campus/

3) the reason for the 79% is due to the fact that older students, like mine, were kicked out of the dorms to make way for the freshman. There is simply insufficient dorm space at GMU. They are building as fast as they can but can't keep up with demand. GMU has been on a building streak for the last 15 years. https://facilities.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/universitymasterplan.pdf

Sorry, 79% is from a previous year’s common data set. What was that about learning to google?

I don’t understand your point. 79 percent is correct. That’s normal for a campus on almost 40,000 students. 6,200 live in dorms there. They are building dorms as fast as they can but demand always outstrips supply. I can post some articles from GMU
Upperclassmen who were disgruntled they weren’t promised dorms for all four years. Or did you just want to be snide with the google comment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:VT is the same as GMU. With only a few exceptions, everyone but freshmen live off campus. Would you call VT a commuter school?

Not at all but there are same older posters in here who want to keep deriding GMZu asa commuter school because they are old and snow s. I report them to Jeff and he usually deletes them because they are rude and unfeeling towards a huge swath of our local community. Not everyone gets to go to Ivies or even OSS. Virginia has the best options available (with maybe exception of CA but those are now too difficult to get into) for all level of student and interest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:79% live off campus or commute. Not sure if you understand what the word means. Has nothing to do with a Carnegie classification. Lord you’re ill-educated.

You could learn to google before you post.

1) Jan 2011, Carnegie reclassified GMU to a residential university. http://collegeexplorations.blogspot.com/2011/01/three-virginia-universities-drop.html

2) All first years must live in a residence hall unless they get a waiver. Here are the requirements for obtaining a waiver. https://offcampus.gmu.edu/do-i-qualify-to-live-off-campus/

3) the reason for the 79% is due to the fact that older students, like mine, were kicked out of the dorms to make way for the freshman. There is simply insufficient dorm space at GMU. They are building as fast as they can but can't keep up with demand. GMU has been on a building streak for the last 15 years. https://facilities.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/universitymasterplan.pdf

Sorry, 79% is from a previous year’s common data set. What was that about learning to google?

I don’t understand your point. 79 percent is correct. That’s normal for a campus on almost 40,000 students. 6,200 live in dorms there. They are building dorms as fast as they can but demand always outstrips supply. I can post some articles from GMU
Upperclassmen who were disgruntled they weren’t promised dorms for all four years. Or did you just want to be snide with the google comment?

73% of VCU students live off campus, JMU is 68%, VT is 65%, UVA is 62% off campus (grounds). GMU is not unique in that regard. Big schools rarely have high percentages of students living on campus for the simple reason that they'd eat up all of their available land if they did. Ivy League mostly has very high percentages living on campus, but their undergraduate enrollment are much lower (5K-15K).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol
A week and a half ago everyone on here was saying the UVA kids were smart and wouldn’t spread covid. Look who’s the same as VT and JMU now.

Someone tracks the daily status from the college dashboards and makes estimates of the percentage that are positive from the testing data. For UVA, it is increasing, but certainly not to the level of Radford, JMU, and VT yet. UVA is estimated at 4.2% of population positive vs. 33% at Radford, 28% at JMU, and 11.2% at VT. The other Virginia schools seem to be doing better at this point.

https://www.vacovidstatus.com/2020/09/daily-status-sept_19.html

GMU has done very well.

It’s mainly a commuter school so not apples to apples.

Go back to 1990, when this was true. Thanks.

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Honestly, some people are so ill-educated on this forum. Carneigie reclassified GMU to a full residential college 12 years ago. Pre-Covid all freshman are required to live in dorms. GMU is now the largest research university in the Commonwealth of VIrginia. From wiki: "George Mason University, an institution dedicated to research of consequence, hosts $149 million in sponsored research projects annually, as of 2019.[113] In 2016, Mason was classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education among the U.S. universities that receive the most research funding and award research/scholarship doctorates.[114] Mason moved into this classification based on a review of its 2013–2014 data that was performed by the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University.[115]

The research is focused on health, sustainability and security. In health, researchers focus is on wellness, disease prevention, advanced diagnostics and biomedical analytics. Sustainability research examines climate change, natural disaster forecasting, and risk assessment. Mason's security experts study domestic and international security as well as cyber security.[116]"

VT, UVA, and VCU do more research (a lot of it medical in the case of UVA and VCU) than GMU. You can see totals on the National Science Foundation website.

But my quote still stands "it is the largest research university in Virginia". Go to wiki. First para. And it goes on "Research

MRI machine used at the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study[112]
George Mason University, an institution dedicated to research of consequence, hosts $149 million in sponsored research projects annually, as of 2019.[113] In 2016, Mason was classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education among the U.S. universities that receive the most research funding and award research/scholarship doctorates.[114] Mason moved into this classification based on a review of its 2013–2014 data that was performed by the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University.[115]

The research is focused on health, sustainability and security. In health, researchers focus is on wellness, disease prevention, advanced diagnostics and biomedical analytics. Sustainability research examines climate change, natural disaster forecasting, and risk assessment. Mason's security experts study domestic and international security as well as cyber security.[116]

Centers and institutes
The university is home to numerous research centers and institutes.[117]

Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine[118]
Center for Clean Water and Sustainable Technologies (CCWST)[118]
Center for Climate Change Communication (4C)[119]
Center for Collision Safety and Analysis[120]
Center for Excellence in Command, Control, Communications, Computing and Intelligence (C4I)[121]
Center for History and New Media (CHNM)[122]
Center for Location Science[123]
Center for Neural Informatics[124]
Center for Peacemaking Practice[125]
Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship[117]
Center for Regional Analysis[117]
Center for Social Complexity[126]
Center for Study of Public Choice[127]
Center for Neural Informatics, Structures, and Plasticity (CN3)[124]
Center for Well-Being[128]
Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research[129]
Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science[130]
Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study[118]
Mercatus Center[131]
National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases[118]
SMART Lab (Sports Medicine Assessment, Research & Testing)[132]
Stephen S. Fuller Institute [133]
Partners
Mason has established far-reaching research partnerships with many government agencies, non-profits, health systems, and international finance organizations. Among others, Mason researches computer systems and networks with the Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA);[134] investigates climate issues with the National Aeronautics and Space administration (NASA);[135] explores underwater archaeology with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA);[136] partners on conservation and biological matters with the Smithsonian institution; studies brain neurons with The Allen Institute;[137] conducts economic research with the International Monetary Fund; and examines chronic illnesses and disabilities with the Inova Health System.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:79% live off campus or commute. Not sure if you understand what the word means. Has nothing to do with a Carnegie classification. Lord you’re ill-educated.

You could learn to google before you post.

1) Jan 2011, Carnegie reclassified GMU to a residential university. http://collegeexplorations.blogspot.com/2011/01/three-virginia-universities-drop.html

2) All first years must live in a residence hall unless they get a waiver. Here are the requirements for obtaining a waiver. https://offcampus.gmu.edu/do-i-qualify-to-live-off-campus/

3) the reason for the 79% is due to the fact that older students, like mine, were kicked out of the dorms to make way for the freshman. There is simply insufficient dorm space at GMU. They are building as fast as they can but can't keep up with demand. GMU has been on a building streak for the last 15 years. https://facilities.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/universitymasterplan.pdf

Sorry, 79% is from a previous year’s common data set. What was that about learning to google?

I don’t understand your point. 79 percent is correct. That’s normal for a campus on almost 40,000 students. 6,200 live in dorms there. They are building dorms as fast as they can but demand always outstrips supply. I can post some articles from GMU
Upperclassmen who were disgruntled they weren’t promised dorms for all four years. Or did you just want to be snide with the google comment?

73% of VCU students live off campus, JMU is 68%, VT is 65%, UVA is 62% off campus (grounds). GMU is not unique in that regard. Big schools rarely have high percentages of students living on campus for the simple reason that they'd eat up all of their available land if they did. Ivy League mostly has very high percentages living on campus, but their undergraduate enrollment are much lower (5K-15K).

Agreed. Of those off campus percentages, I am curious of the average proximity to campus but can’t find data on it. I would think it would affect congregating and therefore virus spread risk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:79% live off campus or commute. Not sure if you understand what the word means. Has nothing to do with a Carnegie classification. Lord you’re ill-educated.

You could learn to google before you post.

1) Jan 2011, Carnegie reclassified GMU to a residential university. http://collegeexplorations.blogspot.com/2011/01/three-virginia-universities-drop.html

2) All first years must live in a residence hall unless they get a waiver. Here are the requirements for obtaining a waiver. https://offcampus.gmu.edu/do-i-qualify-to-live-off-campus/

3) the reason for the 79% is due to the fact that older students, like mine, were kicked out of the dorms to make way for the freshman. There is simply insufficient dorm space at GMU. They are building as fast as they can but can't keep up with demand. GMU has been on a building streak for the last 15 years. https://facilities.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/universitymasterplan.pdf

Sorry, 79% is from a previous year’s common data set. What was that about learning to google?

I don’t understand your point. 79 percent is correct. That’s normal for a campus on almost 40,000 students. 6,200 live in dorms there. They are building dorms as fast as they can but demand always outstrips supply. I can post some articles from GMU
Upperclassmen who were disgruntled they weren’t promised dorms for all four years. Or did you just want to be snide with the google comment?

73% of VCU students live off campus, JMU is 68%, VT is 65%, UVA is 62% off campus (grounds). GMU is not unique in that regard. Big schools rarely have high percentages of students living on campus for the simple reason that they'd eat up all of their available land if they did. Ivy League mostly has very high percentages living on campus, but their undergraduate enrollment are much lower (5K-15K).

Agreed. Of those off campus percentages, I am curious of the average proximity to campus but can’t find data on it. I would think it would affect congregating and therefore virus spread risk.

This is definitely a big part of why GMU is doing well. The campus is right in the City of Fairfax. There is no concentration of off campus apartments for college kids like there are in Blacksburg or Charlottesville. It's too expensive. Apartment parties are not really part of the culture. The students who don't live on campus tend to scatter to all different areas of Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties. GMU is also majority non-white. Many of the students are first or second generation Americans who remain close to their parents and continue living with them while going to school. It's a very different student body than what you see at UVA or VT or JMU. A ton of the students are transfers from NVCC, though this is starting to change.