Anonymous wrote:Concerts, professional sports, plays, comedy clubs, museums, etc.

If this is your idea of a good college experience, so be it. You have to acknowledge that’s very different from frats and football which is how most people on the US view college.

However, I’m not sure many Mason kids go to DC because there is no metro within walking distance and the drive on 66 is miserable.

Anonymous wrote:Concerts, professional sports, plays, comedy clubs, museums, etc.

Very few activities require 21+.

Concerts, professional sports, plays, comedy clubs, museums, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Community college is also a great value, but for most people its not the college experience they want for their dc. GMU is basically community college.

Correct. Comparing GMU to VT is embarrassing from a social standpoint.

I disagree - and no affiliation with either GMU or VT.

Oh really? How did Mason’s football team do this year?

Well it had to be better than VTs, that’s not something to hang your hat on this year.

At least kids at VT had tailgates and games to attend this fall. What do kids do on Saturdays if there is no football? Go to quidditch club or just sit around? Seriously

They go into DC and do stuff.

What does a kid that’s not even 21 do in DC? Especially if a kid is from DC, is that not like hanging out at home?

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Anonymous wrote:Community college is also a great value, but for most people its not the college experience they want for their dc. GMU is basically community college.

Correct. Comparing GMU to VT is embarrassing from a social standpoint.

I disagree - and no affiliation with either GMU or VT.

Oh really? How did Mason’s football team do this year?

Well it had to be better than VTs, that’s not something to hang your hat on this year.

At least kids at VT had tailgates and games to attend this fall. What do kids do on Saturdays if there is no football? Go to quidditch club or just sit around? Seriously

They go into DC and do stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:Community college is also a great value, but for most people its not the college experience they want for their dc. GMU is basically community college.

Correct. Comparing GMU to VT is embarrassing from a social standpoint.

I disagree - and no affiliation with either GMU or VT.

Oh really? How did Mason’s football team do this year?

Well it had to be better than VTs, that’s not something to hang your hat on this year.

At least kids at VT had tailgates and games to attend this fall. What do kids do on Saturdays if there is no football? Go to quidditch club or just sit around? Seriously

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Anonymous wrote:Community college is also a great value, but for most people its not the college experience they want for their dc. GMU is basically community college.

Correct. Comparing GMU to VT is embarrassing from a social standpoint.

I disagree - and no affiliation with either GMU or VT.

Oh really? How did Mason’s football team do this year?

Well it had to be better than VTs, that’s not something to hang your hat on this year.

Didn’t know Mason had boosters but I guess they don’t like sports and they are here to say Mason is just as fun as VT. Fairfax is the new best college town!!

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Anonymous wrote:Community college is also a great value, but for most people its not the college experience they want for their dc. GMU is basically community college.

Correct. Comparing GMU to VT is embarrassing from a social standpoint.

I disagree - and no affiliation with either GMU or VT.

Oh really? How did Mason’s football team do this year?

I never went to a single football game in college. For some students, football just does not matter at all.

That’s sad. I feel bad for you but I guess it’s impossible to appreciate things you never experienced.

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Anonymous wrote:Community college is also a great value, but for most people its not the college experience they want for their dc. GMU is basically community college.

Correct. Comparing GMU to VT is embarrassing from a social standpoint.

I disagree - and no affiliation with either GMU or VT.

Oh really? How did Mason’s football team do this year?

I never went to a single football game in college. For some students, football just does not matter at all.

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Anonymous wrote:I would consider GMU as a good alternate if VT does not work out. They have good Engineering and CS. For kids in the higher stats quartile, I would consider GMU a safety. But if the stats are lower, then GMU might become another "target" and not a safety

this. GMU engineering is held in high regard

Ugh, that can't be comparable to a big, real university like VT. GMU is just basically like an expensive NVCC. No fun vibes.

If you’re paying big bucks for a “fun vibe”, you’re doing it wrong. In the meantime, we Virginia residents will continue to take advantage of the great value that is GMU.

Finding an affordable OOS flagship is well worth it. Football is more important than you seem to realize.

I don't care about college sports and I never did. It is very student-dependent whether college sports matters.

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Anonymous wrote:Community college is also a great value, but for most people its not the college experience they want for their dc. GMU is basically community college.

Correct. Comparing GMU to VT is embarrassing from a social standpoint.

I disagree - and no affiliation with either GMU or VT.

Oh really? How did Mason’s football team do this year?

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Anonymous wrote:Community college is also a great value, but for most people its not the college experience they want for their dc. GMU is basically community college.

Correct. Comparing GMU to VT is embarrassing from a social standpoint.

I disagree - and no affiliation with either GMU or VT.

Anonymous wrote:Community college is also a great value, but for most people its not the college experience they want for their dc. GMU is basically community college.

True 25 years ago. Not true in recent years.

GMU is now primarily residential - and most living "off campus" live in apartments directly adjacent to campus (same as off-campus living with VT in Blacksburg).

And as a STEM hiring manager, I see that GMU STEM grads are just as capable on the job as those from VT (or as those from most other STEM programs).

For engineering, Penn State or WVU