George Mason University Top Questions

What is unqiue about my school compared to other schools is that it is more diverse then other schools that I considered and it has a lot of activities to do on and around campus.

It is underestimated.

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It's completely not what I was looking for. Every where else that I applied to was a military school. God just pulled me into this school.

George Mason has one of the most diverse student bodies in the country. The University is a commuter school, but is trying to develope a more vibrant campus-life. At the moment there are almost 7000 on-campus students and the number is growing.

George Mason University is the right place to be for anything you want to major in. What I liked most about Mason, and the reason I choose it was because of its diversity. Mason has students from all around the world. This helps a lot when you are in class, when studying certain areas of the world, when doing school activities and community volunteering, etc. People here always share things from their heritage which enhances the learning experience! Also GMU always has guest speakers from all over the world, every day, if not every hour.

The diversity. I came from a high school where cliques were nearly nonexistent, so I wanted to go to a university with the same "everybody loves everybody" attitude. Although during a typical walk around campus I see several different ethnic groups who speak to each other in their primary languages, classes themselves show an intermingling of all races. A Caucasian American at George Mason University is a minority. Both of the other schools I considered had the same basic population. I would have been just another face in the crowd if I had gone elsewhere.

Relative diversity of degrees offered. Ok location for commuting from where I live. Price per credit hour was reasonable in relation to other colleges that were further away.

At George Mason University students have the unique opportunity to view cultures of hundreds of different countries and ethnicities around the world without even leaving campus. Students are not only being educated inside the classroom but outside as well with cultural fairs, days and parades throughout the year. Since I am majoring in Spanish I decided that this would be the best place for me not only to learn the language but the true culture as well with the large hispanic community inside and surrounding campus. One can receive a true worldly education here.

George Mason has a well developed conflict resolution program for undergraduates. George Mason is also a big campus with lots of people but there is also lots of space. It has the unique quality of being near the city but it's isolated as a campus.