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It is true. [b] All freshman live in the dorms.[/b]  Yes, you can apply for an exemption.  But space is allocated for every single freshman.  This was a very big issue for upperclassmen like my DC who wanted to stay in the dorms but was kicked out to make room for the freshmen.[/quote]
except for the 46% who live off campus and commute, per CDS.

https://oiep.gmu.edu/resources/student-consumer-information/common-data-set/[/quote]

46% of freshman don’t live on campus.

72% graduate in 6 years.

21% undergrads are part time. 
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I'm not the pp you quoted
Interesting that 46% of freshmen don't live on campus--I'm curious if many upper classmen live on campus?   Do many upper classmen live in nearby apartments or share a rental house?   
I know at many large universities there are nearby apartment complexes that specfically cater to college students--offering things like "study rooms, " individual leases, and the standard lease terms beginning/ending at the same time as the school terms.  There are even many "chain" apartment companies that have a complex at many large universiities (for example "State on Campus" has locations in Norman, Bloomington, Morgantown, Tuscaloosa, etc.)  Is it like that in the surrounding areas of George Mason--where most of the nearby apartment complexes are full of college students?
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During the tour at Mason, they said it’s 1/3 on campus, 1/3 off campus, and 1/3 commuting. Given my son’s experience there and what I know of his friends, this seems accurate. And I’d say a good portion commuting are part-time and/or older students.[/quote]

Thanks

But of the "off campus" ones--is it still a "student envornment?"  If I were to visit some of the closest apartment complexes to George Mason, is it 90+% students living there?  Or is it a mix of students, single professionals, families with kids, etc?   It's just a different enviornment when you are a student living in an apartment complex with all other students, than when you are living in a mixed community.[/quote]

I would not say that off-campus is like a true college town. It’s Fairfax, which is a suburb. There are pockets that are densely students, but not exclusively. They do have a pretty huge new off-campus apartment complex, The Flats, opening this Fall and I expect to see more like that. [/quote]

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