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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is because it is a dense and compact campus with homogenous looking buildings in the middle of suburbia. Not a lot of local watering holes that appeal to young people. If you are a local kid, you probably do not want to have access to cafes, bars, music and art scene and do not want to live that close to your parents. So having good academic programs only goes so far. It can't compete with the look and feel of a sprawling campus with leafy trees, quads, old but pretty buildings, and a thriving off-campus cafe and bar scene.[/quote]

I really wanted to like it.  My DD thought it was her first choice.  Until we went there for visits.  (yes, more than one).  We live close by, and my DD prefers staying close.  But we just could NOT get a sense of place.  Like it was missing the sense of centrality... like a university central lawn.  It's just so big and impersonal.  [b]And by god, NO ONE wants to hear loud band music at 9:30 a.m. at the Patriot center with some REALLY BAD SINGING on top of it!  The Green Machine should be sent away, I beg you![/b]

That said, my younger kid is assuming he'll go to GMU (he's never been there) for video game design.  When the time comes, we'll go to the tours and open house day as well.  If  he goes there, it'll be for the academics, not the sense of community/university.

I think the academics are fully sufficient.  It's all the hassle, impersonal-ness, and lack of identity/community that disappoints me.

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What???   No way!

I posted on the sports forum a few weeks ago that I was going to the GMU basketball game because they were playing a team from the school my son wants to go to (Dayton.)
This was a game at 7 pm on a Saturday night--the arena was *maybe* 1/3 full and at least half of that was Dayton fans (I could tell because they were wearing shirts/hats, etc.)

The GMU band was the only thing lively about the "GMU side" of the audience.   They were GREAT!   At half time they did a performance of "This is how we do it" (circa 1994? 95?  Whatever, it was "back in my day!")   I would go back to a GMU game just for the band.[/quote]

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