George Mason University Top Questions

Mason students are either rich brats riding through school on their parents money, or they are hard working penny pinchers that desire a great education but can't afford to go anywhere else.

People think we are a dead campus on weekend because outsiders think we all go home.

1. gmu is a commuter school 2. diversity

dumb, some people say that GMU is barely a step up from a community college

Snobby, clique-orientated rich kids from Fairfax, Virginia. Many feel that a good deal of the students at George Mason University come to the school because they're not really sure what else to do - High School 2.0, you could say. GMU is also considered a mild 'upgrade' from the Community Colleges in the area, thus painting a good deal of the students in a rather half-bright light.

Stereotypes about George Mason....well, from the few that I've heard is that George Mason is a commuter school. Coming to school here from New York I was worried about that. When I got here, settled into my dorm in Presidents Park, it did not feel like a commuter school anymore. I made numerous friends right away.

They are all commuters and all have their own, separatist groups.

That people are boring. That it's diverse. That people are kind of conservative.

GMU is like highschool, but the students are older.

Commuter school, safety school