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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]79% live off campus or commute. Not sure if you understand what the word means. Has nothing to do with a Carnegie classification. Lord you’re ill-educated. [/quote]

You could learn to google before you post.

1) Jan 2011, Carnegie reclassified GMU to a residential university.  http://collegeexplorations.blogspot.com/2011/01/three-virginia-universities-drop.html

2) All first years must live in a residence hall unless they get a waiver.  Here are the requirements for obtaining a waiver.  https://offcampus.gmu.edu/do-i-qualify-to-live-off-campus/

3) the reason for the 79% is due to the fact that older students, like mine, were kicked out of the dorms to make way for the freshman.  There is simply insufficient dorm space at GMU.  They are building as fast as they can but can't keep up with demand.  GMU has been on a building streak for the last 15 years.  https://facilities.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/universitymasterplan.pdf[/quote]

[b]Sorry, 79% is from a previous year’s common data set. What was that about learning to google?[/quote][/b] I don’t understand your point. 79 percent is correct. That’s normal for a campus on almost 40,000 students.  6,200 live in dorms there. They are building dorms as fast as they can but demand always outstrips supply. I can post some articles from GMU
 Upperclassmen who were disgruntled they weren’t promised dorms for all four years. Or did you just want to be snide with the google comment?[/quote]

73% of VCU students live off campus, JMU is 68%, VT is 65%, UVA is 62% off campus (grounds).  GMU is not unique in that regard.  Big schools rarely have high percentages of students living on campus for the simple reason that they'd eat up all of their available land if they did.  Ivy League mostly has very high percentages living on campus, but their undergraduate enrollment are much lower (5K-15K).[/quote]

Agreed.  Of those off campus percentages, I am curious of the average proximity to campus but can’t find data on it. I would think it would affect congregating and therefore virus spread risk. [/quote]

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