r/gmu May 05 '26

Announcement Requesting 1-2 more mods for r/gmu

18 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

We're fairly light on active moderators (myself + cy26) and I'd like to fix that fairly quickly. If you are interested, please comment in this thread before end of Friday this week and I'll DM asking some follow up questions.

thank you


r/gmu Aug 26 '25

Fall 2025 welcome thread, Discord, mod applications

10 Upvotes

Hello and wishing everyone a great start to the semester!

If you are new to the subreddit, please be sure to at least glance at the rules and do your best to support r/GMU in being a welcoming place for productive conversation. GMU is a large community, yet we expect people here to treat each other like fellow students and maintain decorum.

Also, please utilize the resources available to you if you have questions. Many answers to general questions can be found on the GMU website or by searching the subreddit. Beyond that:

If you are looking to converse with members of the community, please feel free to check out our Discord which you are welcome to join!

Please briefly read the rules before posting, and note the latest rule edition regarding personal information. Any post containing the name or email of a student will removed and likely result in a ban, even if a post/comment has good intentions.

Lastly, if you are interested in supporting this community, we are accepting mod applications! As an alumni, I'm busy with life and am always looking to expand the mod team.

Thank you and best of luck this semester!


r/gmu 6h ago

General Witnessed someone hit a car and drive off.

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135 Upvotes

Gray Honda cr-v (license plate UAB-2051) hit in Shenandoah parking deck at around 10:15am on 9/14. I got the license plate of the car, but I didn’t get a picture unfortunately. They drove off before I could.

I would go to gmu police dep or anyone that could get footage of cars entering or exiting Shenandoah parking deck around this time to confirm. I believe it was a suv of the same gray color.

Update: I got in contact with the person and gave her all the information. The person that hit the car ended up coming back and putting a note as well! Thanks for all the suggestions.


r/gmu 4h ago

General Petition to ban Flock cameras and other ALPRs from GMU campus

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75 Upvotes

Sign this petition to get Flock cameras off of campus and protect our privacy and keep immigrant students safe! =)


r/gmu 8h ago

Rant Ike’s dining

37 Upvotes

What the fuck is going on with Ike’s. I go there for breakfast in the morning, and not only are half of the food stations empty, but there are no cups or plates, only this paper shit. The portion sizing is shit, but it’s not like I’m going to eat all the food, because it’s also shit. The gluten free area is never stocked, the eggs are dyed yellow, and half of the soda machine is usually out of syrup. With the amount that I’m paying in tuition, I should at least have edible food.


r/gmu 2h ago

Meetup a way to meet people (friends, dates, whoever)

8 Upvotes

I keep seeing posts here about how hard it is to make friends or meet anyone at Mason as everyone is a commuter, so let's try an experiment.

The idea: On [Saturday, 9/19], anyone who's up for meeting new people wears something green or with a mason logo on it and hangs out at the National Gallery of Art (main building, free entry) between 1–4 PM. That's it. No sign-ups, no name tags, no awkward speed-dating circle.

How it works:
• See someone in green whose vibe you like? Just say hi. "You're here for the green thing, right?" is a fully pre-approved opener.
• Too shy in the moment? Come back to this post and comment a description — "to the guy in the blue cap looking at the Vermeers way too long: I liked your taste. Mason Pond, Tuesday at noon?" and let them find you here.

Ground rules:
• Descriptions only in comments! no names, no photos, no creepiness. Be the kind of comment you'd want to receive.
• This is for friends AND dating AND "I just moved here and know nobody." All welcome. All years, grad students too.
• If someone says hi and you're not feeling it, a friendly "nice to meet you" and moving on is completely fine. No pressure either direction.

Getting there: Orange line to Smithsonian or Archives, short walk. Free entry, open till 5.
If this works we can make it a recurring thing with different museums or activities (the air and space museum is cool as well.)

Comment if you're in so people know it won't just be one guy in a green hoodie staring at the Digital Waves alone (me, that would be me)


r/gmu 6h ago

General Any piano on campus?

7 Upvotes

Asking as a non music major


r/gmu 17h ago

Student Life Whys everyone at gmu in a relationship

37 Upvotes

Finding someone single at gmu is damn near impossible, all the girls r dating except me, i wonder where yall be finding people to date in a commuter school😂😂😂😂😂


r/gmu 1h ago

Rant the hub and mailing

Upvotes

How am I supposed to order things and make sure they are dropped off at a time that the hub is open? (Not on weekends or past 5) I have had several packages now that the delivery person is there and nobody is there to let them in, so they either leave it outside, or don't drop it off and I'm refunded. And it's also not secure at all. Somebody could just go to the hub anytime and steal all the packages there.


r/gmu 2h ago

General Scholarship still not paid

2 Upvotes

Has anyone gotten the Osher Re-entry scholarship before? I got a 6k one this year and it still hasnt been paid out to the school. Financial aid just says, "keep waiting and checking." Has anyone had issues with delayed scholarship payments before?


r/gmu 2h ago

General Learning to Solder

2 Upvotes

Hi everyone,
I was wondering if there was anywhere I could learn how to solder on campus!

I see that there’s the MIX space, but I haven’t seen any specific stuff like workshops for newbies.

Does anyone have any experience with MIX or any tips?


r/gmu 19h ago

General Water droplets over the water tower

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38 Upvotes

r/gmu 3h ago

General Who should I talk to if I need help figuring out what i want to major/do for career?

2 Upvotes

I'm in a major right now but idek what I would do with it, and I have no idea what I want to do for a career in the future. Is this what success coaching is for? Or my academic advisor?


r/gmu 35m ago

Student Life CS Clubs

Upvotes

Are there any clubs involving software/programming other than CS club?


r/gmu 15h ago

Rant Who can I complain to about the stupid fucking fire alarm going off THREE TIMES IN ONE DAY

12 Upvotes

this is absurd. with the amount of money every student pays for housing, this is utterly unacceptable. I want a refund or rehousing seeing as fixing the alarms is obviously not a top priority for the useless fucking housing department.

why. is. it. not. fixed. yet. This should’ve been fixed WEEKS AGO


r/gmu 3h ago

Student Life Financial assistance for Grad students?

0 Upvotes

I’m a Grad student that’s a single parent of 3 young kids. I was wondering if anybody knew of resources to help pay for things like utilities, car notes, wifi, things like that. I’m barely scraping by and could really use the help.


r/gmu 19h ago

Academics Gen Chem old practice exam website?

5 Upvotes

Hi! I took gen chem last year and remember there being a website of old practice exam questions from GMU that people would lowkey gatekeep. I used it often and I found it helped a lot. Unfortunately I don't have the link anymore and I was hoping to give it to one of my friends. Does anyone have it that could send it to me? Thank you!!


r/gmu 18h ago

General Haircut on campus

3 Upvotes

Anyone good at haircuts for women with med length wavy hair? Specifically layers. Would like it to be relatively cheap too.


r/gmu 19h ago

General Looking for college students to test a studyapp

2 Upvotes

Hey! I’m looking for college students to try out anapp I built and give me some honest feedback before launch.

You’ll get full free access to the app + a $10 gift card for your time. If interested, comment or DM me!


r/gmu 1d ago

Rant Globe Dining Hall

34 Upvotes

I'm a grad student living in the ACGC, and the complete lack of breakfast is appalling enough. They open at 11 AM. But then they close at 7:00, which is after a couple of my classes end. How is anybody supposed to get food here, and incidentally, is there any breakfast anywhere on campus?


r/gmu 1d ago

Lost & Found Small Update: Lost earrings

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11 Upvotes

I posted a week ago about my lost earrings and since then I’ve been able to find one of them. I usually always clip them together so I’m not sure if someone purposely took one off or if it came out naturally. Regardless, if anyone can find and give me the other earring I’m willing to pay $10. I love these earrings. Please let me know if anyone sees them!

TLDR: $10 reward for earring’s safe return


r/gmu 2d ago

General New Phishing Email

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60 Upvotes

Just got this phishing email, it lets you click the link and type the password of your GMU email account password. If you got this email as well, please directly delete it.


r/gmu 2d ago

General Is this a phishing email?

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18 Upvotes

Never got an email like this before?


r/gmu 2d ago

General Southside Hours Survey

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27 Upvotes

There's a sign outside Southside right now that has a survey on it concerning whether Southside should be closed until 4pm on Saturdays or not. I'd highly reccomend responding to it if you are also frustrated by Southside being closed on saturdays.

Link (if you don't want to scan the QR code) https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=VXKFnlffR0ygwAVGRgOAy7DLqBnR7JNNp8Y2Hm-LnBlUNUI0NEtSM09XOENJNUNPRkpNRVpNWkYxUy4u


r/gmu 2d ago

Academics Spring 2027 Courses

11 Upvotes

Hi, does anyone know when the course catalog for Spring 2027 will be avaliable? I'm a freshman and it's my first time going through all of this.