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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been watching GMU's progress over the past decade or so (I live nearby, use the gym, go to various events, took some graduate courses there for work, and have worked with some new hires from there) and it's been incredible to see the changes.  It used to feel very much like a graduate heavy school--lots of master's and PhD programs--and a lot of commuter undergrads.  There are now over 6000 students living on campus, so it's bustling all the time--even though a lot of students still commute (there's over 20K students)  The diversity--and interaction between students from diverse groups--is impressive--not just racial/ethnic but also viewpoints.  The new president Angel Cabrera is dynamic. They have a strong entrepreneurial push with lots of students starting up projects.  Their pep band led by Doc Nix is very fun.  There's a large group of international students.  If feels different than just 5 years ago.
It has recently got R1 status (I think it's the one of the youngest institutions to do so)--which means it's one of the 115 most research intensive schools in the country, and many of its graduates earn quite a bit.  The students strike me as serious.  We've hired some CS/IT grads in our firm (a govt--IT consulting group) and they are quite good--hard workers, competent, able to pick up things.  They aren't quite as articulate/polished as some of our recent hires from higher ranked schools (VTech and UVA), but they also don't seem as pampered.  More pragmatic and able to get along and get things done.  
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+2. I think GMU gets looked down on in NOVA because it is our “local” college and people are thinking circa 2005. Being a metro ride from DC and all the internship options, and in a highly educated diverse area, I think kids from NOVA  below the top 10% but in the top 1/3 of FCPS would love to go— if it wasn’t so close to home and where they grew up.  It’s CS school has a great reputation. [/quote]

Eh.  No thanks.  [/quote]

Agree.  IT's a commuter school with no real campus or identity.[/quote]

I have issues with George Mason because of the [b]heavy influence of the Koch brothers.[/b][/quote]

The Koch Bros. have only contributed to the Mercatus Center which operates in its own bubble GMU, and only impacts the economics dept.  The also have connections to the Law School.  The rest of the university is really apart from it.  GMU's faculty senate are the ones who have raised most of the critiques of Koch Bros. gifts.  But I wouldn't want to send a kid who was studying econ because of that.

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