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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because it's very local, suburban, and viewed as a commuter school [/quote]

And also skews conservative, which isn't appealing to many in the immediate DMV.[/quote]

Indeed. And, it is not aspirational. It is fine + good to go there to earn a degree. But anyone can get in, so it is nothing to brag about OP. I was once a commuter schlub myself, so I worked hard to make sure my kid could do better.[/quote]

GMU has a strategy of not trying to become a lot more selective as its academic reputation has grown--rather to just grow its programs and support services along with demand.  I think it's a pretty good thing to do as we don't need more public schools that are mainly trying to weed kids out.  So even as its programs and faculty are getting increasingly recognized, they are not responding by making admissions standards that much harder.  So they have 26k undergrads rather than limiting size and necessarily becoming harder to get into.   [/quote]

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