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[quote=Anonymous]Theoretically, GMU requires all freshman to live on campus. A large amount do live there, of course, so it doesn't really have that commuter school vibe. HOWEVER, I am not surprised by the fact that 33% do still live at home. Plenty of the NOVA kids we know that go to GMU live at home because either 1) it saved a TON of money not to pay for room/board when they live ~20 minutes away (basically, the benefits of saving money outweighed those of having the "college experience" to their families) or 2) they tend to live at home for cultural reasons.

My DD goes to another VA public (and lives in the dorms). We were out once and happened to start a conversation with a man servicing us. He asked her why she was going, and when she replied, he said, "My daughter wanted to go to VCU. But I told her: 'Why go anywhere else when George Mason is right here and lets you live at home? You will get the same education.'" I think this sums up a lot of the reasons why a fair amount of GMU students live at home.

This isn't to say that GMU is this desolate place on the weekends/after hours. I have only heard great things about the school socially/academically.[/quote]

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