George Mason University Top Questions

The reputation GMU seems to have gotten as being strictly a commuter school is a significant stereotype.

The girls are sluts or are uptight. People at Mason act like they are too good for other people.

That we're only an academic school.

That we're incapable of independent thought. That we failed high school and didn't get into a school that someone would be proud to go to. That we're old people trying to get degrees from somewhere other than Devry. That we're too stupid to be remotely creative or even function as human beings.

They are democrats and not republican friendly.

That is the most diverse school in the nation. That a bunch of preppy kids go there

Dull, boring campus. Apathetic. Lacks school spirit.

It's a commuter college. Diversity.

I think the biggest stereotype about GMU and the GMU students is the diversity. Also, a common stereotype about GMU includes how GMU is such a "commuter" campus.

A major stereotype about GMU is that it is a commuter school.

I don't really know because I transfered to GMU so I will have only been there 2 years prior to graduating. It is a very diverse campus so theres alot going on.

Some people think that since GMU has been known as a commuter school in the past that the campus is dead on the weekends.

1. There's nothing to do 2. Parties, if there are parties, are lame 3. Nobody's here on weekends 4. People use it as a "stepping stone" school

It's a commuter school, doesn't really have an on campus life, therefore doesn't really give the real university feeling. Indeed GMU is a very diverse college, but it remains real diverse in the sense that "cliques" and groups are sorted by ethnicity.

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That it's an easy school to get into; that the students don't work really hard in their studies or that it's an easy ride for education.

I don't know.

one of the most (or possibly THE most) diverse school in the nation

Some of the biggest stereotypes of GMU and enrolled students is that they are all commutere students and the GMU is exclusively an overcrowded commuter school.

That they're rich and stuck-up. Being located in the area it is, it can be easy to assume that the student body would be made of white kids. In addition, Mason is always labeled a "commuter" college rather than a "legit" college like some of the other's in VA.