George Mason University Top Questions

The administration is not very helpful. They are slow at processing requests. And, if you want information clarified after having seen it on a school website, you won't have much luck, as all of the administrative staff just repeat whatever information is found on the websites without elaborating.

The most frustrating thing about my school is that there isn't any. The school has flaws but it has qualitiees that make up for it. An example being limited space in class rooms but teachers do all they can for a student to still attend the class even if it is inconveinient for them.

The most frustrating thing at this school would have to be prices on food items and parking. Finding a parking space at this school is difficult not to mention the price to even park here.

Parking is fustrating! For freshman students attending George Mason University, parking is either one of two options: far away or extremely expensive. Even for commuters, parking is still costly. Sophomores and graduate students are able to obtain parking passes at a fair distance from the center of campus at a good price. However, during normal business hours, it is a real fight in order to even find a spot in the majority of the parking lots located on campus. If you park in the lots located off campus, shuttles are un-timely and don’t really operate on weekends.

Parkin is the most frustrating at this time.

The most frustrating thing about George Mason University is the library and research facilities on hand for students. The systems are slow acting and out of date with modern technology. As well as the library setup on campus, with books being scattered among different libraries with no real organization techniques applied.

It can be a long walk from your car to the classroom and parking services does not hesitate to give parking tickets.

Parking is horrible at GMU. Parking permits do not guarantee parking. With the Patriot Center and constant venues being held there , such as concerts, basketball games, circus, and Disney on Ice, parking is even more crazy. Parking is very bad at night as well. GMU seems to be excessively spending to build up its reputation as the "Number One School in the Nation to Watch". They recently added a new parking deck, engineering building, art building, and renovated a sports complex. In addition, GMU has plans of building a conference center and hotel on site.

The most frustrating thing about my school is the food. I wish there were more healthy foods to choose from. Other than that, I love George Mason!

Parking.

The most frustrating thing about George Mason is the fact that there are sometimes problems with the systems in the dorms that are not quickly fixed, for example it took nearly a month to get the hot water fixed in my dorm.

Sometimes it is really difficult to get in touch with my academic advisor because she is a graduate student as well as a "professor." Also, it's hard at times to find good food so I sometimes, if I feel like it, eat outside of campus. Finally, professors may make last minute changes to their office hours or even cancel them due to an emergency which is hard on the students to gain access personally for help.

no school spirit

I come from a single parent home and I have three brothers, one of which whom is also in college. With that being said my mother really doesnt have the means to assist me with my education. Mason goes up on the tuition every year and I've been having to find a way to pay some of my tuition out of pocket. Not having the money to do so results in me having to use credit cards to pay it off. My financial situation hasn't changed so i'm not sure how they expect me to pay.

A lot of construction and somewhat limited parking spaces.

I don't think that there is anything frustrating about this school everyhting is good, normal likt it is in most of the schools.

The way housing runs its placement process is frustrating at times. It is all done online and sometimes the numbers of spaces available do not match the spaces actually available so finding a place you want to live can be difficult. There is not enough seating in the new dining hall, South Side, during heavy meal times.

Parking space is always frustrating to students at George Mason University.

The most furstrating thing about George Mason University is the traffic to get on campus. I live about 15 minutes away and it takes me about 30 mins to get on campus. I leave my house early (around 8-9 am) since most of my classes start around that time. I feel bad though for some of my other classmates who have class that starts around noon, which is when traffic is the worse to get on campus.

Perhaps the most frustrating is the winter when the breeze picks up , it can be very brutal and cold.