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[quote=Anonymous][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.

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THIS! W&M will feel like a slac and more competitive, but GMU has its pluses. The engineering school at GMU is top drawer as is computer science and Game Design (GMU has the only Game Design major amongst the VA publics). GMU also has the new Cyber Security major. The grads of the latter two departments have internships and job offers before they graduate.  If lookkng at Game Design or Cyber Security, be sure to look into the Manassas campus because that new high-tech campus is where most of games, computer scientists and Cyber Security majors have classes. Our DS spent two summers interning at VSGI -Virginia Serious Game Design Institute.  GMU is a better pick if you think your child will have difficulties making the transition to campus life. All freshmen are required to live on campus unless a waiver is granted so the commuter school image is long gone.  Also, GMU is the most diverse of the VA publics.  IF, however, your child wants to get a PhD in English and attend a Slac type college, then W&M is the better pick.[/quote]

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