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Virginia Commonwealth University

Breakdown of “Friendliness” at VCU

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By Gender
MalesB
FemalesB-
By Major
AccountingC
AnthropologyB
Art & Design DepartmentB-
Automotive EngineeringB+
BiologyB-
Business - Management and AdministrationC+
Chemical EngineeringB-
ChemistryC+
CommunicationsB-
Computer EngineeringA
Computer ScienceB-
CriminalA+
Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etcA
EconomicsC+
EducationD+
Electrical EngineeringA-
Engineering DepartmentB
EnglishB-
FinanceC-
Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etcB+
History/Histories (art history/etc.)B-
JournalismB-
KinesiologyB+
Language - French/Spanish/etc.A-
MathF
Mechanical EngineeringA
NursingA
OtherB
Perfomance ArtsB+
PharmacyB-
PhilosophyB-
PhysicsB
Political ScienceC+
PreLaw and LegalB+
PreMed and MedicalC-
PsychologyA-
Religion/ReligiousA
School of InformationA
Social WorkB
SociologyD+
UndecidedC+
Urban PlanningA+

Against similar schools

Friendliness compared with similar schools in class.

Virginia Commonwealth University
 B-
Average of All Schools
 B
Average of schools in class
 B+

University of Virginia
 B+
Harvard University
 B
James Madison University
 A-
Princeton University
 B
Old Dominion University
 B
Cornell University
 B+
Yale University
 A-
F
A+

Friendliness

... What I am about to say is the honest truth and this is only for the good of those who are considering this school I must say when I first attende...Read full comment
... I can't believe that someone would be so rude so call them "weirdos" or whatever and then complain that none of the students were friendly ...Read full comment
... People are really friendly ...Read full comment
... The staff working for the food services at VCU are extremely unfriendly except Beverly who works at Shafer ...Read full comment
... The student body is pretty friendly and a lot of them are easy to talk to ...Read full comment
... The Mass Comm teachers are very nice and friendly, and the classes for it have been very informative so far (MASC 103 is a joke, though, so don't...Read full comment
... The biology department here is very friendly and the professors I have had are very helpful ...Read full comment
... I was in the business school, which was excellent and most people in the school of business were nice and friendly ...Read full comment
... What I am about to say is the honest truth and this is only for the good of those who are considering this school I must say when I first attende...Read full comment
... While the staff I've met is mostly friendly and a mixture between helpful and unhelpful as most faculties are, it is the students who make this s...Read full comment
... Before coming here, I thought the student body would generally be friendly but they are not ...Read full comment
... Everyone in VCU arts is super friendly ...Read full comment
... At VT everyone is so friendly, school spirit is awesome, the campus is pretty,the food is SO GOOD, and parties are so easy to come by and everyon...Read full comment
... It could be due to my major or luck in choosing classes but almost all of the professors I've had have been extremely friendly and more than wil...Read full comment
... Just like any school, everyone is really super friendly their first few weeks, since everyone is out of their element ...Read full comment
... but the grand majority of residents are friendly and I've found that Richmond is a very warm and inviting place to live ...Read full comment
... But, it's friendly, you can basically talk to anyone, you have a lot of down time ...Read full comment
... Idiocy like that is what makes this one of the most unfriendly, anti-social places I've ever been to ...Read full comment
... My program was very cut dry and the professors weren't friendly or helpful at all ...Read full comment
... The truth is, the school is dominated by the NOVA (Northern Virginia) stereotype: unfriendly, stuck up kids from generally high-income families ....Read full comment
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