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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GMU does have a lot going for it, but the "college experience" is honestly not one of them.  For a kid who would like the traditional college experience of moving away from home, more social activities, more rah-rah school spirit, football games, frats and sororities, an older or more historic campus, a college town, etc., JMU has all that.  [b]GMU was founded in 1957 [/b]and for a very long time was considered to be a "commuter school."  They've come a long way since then but the commuter school vibe is still there.  A lot of students are NoVA locals and go home on the weekends, or commute daily.  [/quote]

For you UVA-haters/boosters

In 1957, Mason was started as a branch campus of the University of Virginia. The school consisted of a single building and 17 students. Fifteen years later, on April 7, 1972, then-Governor A. Linwood Holton signed legislation to separate George Mason College from the University of Virginia.

https://www.gmu.edu/about/legacy/history#:~:text=In%201957%2C%20Mason%20was%20started,from%20the%20University%20of%20Virginia.[/quote]

actually, GMU was started as a branch of UVA in 1949 and continued to be until 1966.[/quote]

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