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[quote=Anonymous]W&M's surrounding area is absolutely terrible - filled with elderly (white) retirees and (white) rural types. It's isolated, the closest signs of civilizations are Richmond and Virginia Beach - 45 minutes drive away. Location affects academics. It is indeed very popular with older individuals for whom the school was very prestigious when they were young. The same really doesn't hold true any more. GMU is in a major metropolitan, magnitudes more cosmopolitan and a 20 minutes drive to Washington DC. GMU has a strong IT program (top 10 in the country), provides engineering & nursing degrees; W&M doesn't have any of these programs. GMU was considered an extremely mediocre commuter school for a long time, so you will see older people always prefer anything other than it. That view does not really hold true today after the massive economic expansion in Northern Virginia. [/quote]
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