George Mason University Top Questions

a lot of foreigners

The students are wealthy and maybe snobby. That GMU is a commuter school so no one is interested in connecting and making new friendships.

Everyone assumes GMU students are commuters and that there isn't a lot of student life. A lot of people think that there's nothing fun to do at Mason, but it's because they don't look for it.

A lot of people think of Mason as a small commuter school. We're known for our diversity.

We're lazy! We're liberal!

Rich and snobby or Arab/Persian

that the student body is mainly comprised of Asians. GMU is only a commuter school and on the weekends the campus is completely empty.

Because the standards to get into the university were much lower a couple years ago, many people assume college isn't as hard for us as it is for them.

That it is a commuter school.

*Commuter School *Too diverse *The university caters to certain cultures and religions more than others. *There are a lot of old people that attend the school. *People who work at the school need to learn to communicate in English. *The university does not always appropriate funds in the ways it should. *There is not enough emphasis put on student organizations and interests.

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