Social Life at Grand Valley State University (StudentsReview ™)

Breakdown of “Social Life” at GVSU

By Gender

Males	C
Females	C+

By Major

Accounting	B+
Anthropology	C
Art & Design Department	F
Athletics/Training	B
Biology	C+
Business - Management and Administration	C
Chemistry	C
Communications	C-
Computer Engineering	D-
Computer Science	C+
Criminal	C-
Economics	C-
Education	C
Electrical Engineering	B
Engineering Department	A
English	B-
Finance	C
Geography and Geosciences	B
History/Histories (art history/etc.)	B
Journalism	B-
Language - French/Spanish/etc.	B
Linguistics	F
Math	B+
Mechanical Engineering	C-
Music - Performance	B-
Music Education	D-
Nursing	D+
Other	B
Pharmacy	B
Political Science	C
PreLaw and Legal	B-
PreMed and Medical	B-
PreVet and Veterinary	A-
Psychology	C
Public Policy	B-
School of Information	C+
Social Work	C-
Sociology	B+
Undecided	D+
Urban Planning	D

Against similar schools

Social Life compared with similar schools in class.

Grand Valley State University
C
Average of All Schools
C+
Average of schools in class
B
Michigan State University
A-
Western Michigan University
B+
Central Michigan University
B-
Harvard University
B-
Saginaw Valley State University
C
New York University
B
University of California - Berkeley
B
F
A+

Social Life

“... if you like not having a social life and meeting boring snobs, you'll love gv, there's nothing to do really out in allendale since it's in the mid...Read full comment

“... Students have the academic, athletic, and social opportunities of a large school, and yet don't feel lost in the crowd ...Read full comment

“... I have made a tremendous amount of friends by simply being social ...Read full comment

“... As for the social life at GV ...Read full comment

“... It's been argued that GVSU is not a social school ...Read full comment

“... I made the mistake of studying a social science and I found the coursework repetitive ...Read full comment

“... As to the weekend and night life here, if you cant find something to do or a party to go to there is something wrong with you or you are socially...Read full comment

“... But there is practically no social life here ...Read full comment

“... Constantly trying to stay with my classes and on task with course work alienated me from my new roommates and I missed out on a lot of social act...Read full comment

“... Grand Rapids is close enough to provide a social outlet for anyone who has a car ...Read full comment

“... My biggest piece of advice to those complaining about the social life is to get involved with Greek life and other RSOs ...Read full comment

“... The social scene is difficult, especially if you are not athletic, rich, or religious ...Read full comment

“... The facilities and faculty are fantastic, and if you're outgoing enough, the social life can be excellent as well ...Read full comment

“... These accommodation policies come in conflict with the strong social mores that fight to keep the community clean ...Read full comment

“... The social scene is very weak compared to many other schools- drive to other schools on the weekends if you want to party ...Read full comment

“... I'm sure people will say well "you get out what you put in" but I tried very hard at staying social and doing things to meet people ...Read full comment

“... Like the other reviews, there is absolutely no social life at this school ...Read full comment

“... There is zero social life here ...Read full comment

“... When I left, I discovered that I needed to know much more to get employed in the field of social work ...Read full comment

“... If you are your truly interested and willing to have no social life/ study from Sunday morning to Friday afternoon for 4 or 5 years then you will...Read full comment

“... I see a lot of the positive comments on here criticizing people who give GV a low rating on social life saying that they never go out or shouldn't...Read full comment

“... H first sought an impression obedience by yelling his introductory lecture at students with an illusion of intense demand, arguing that the socia...Read full comment

“... Furthermore, the people complaining about a lack of social life are only those who want to party every day ...Read full comment

“... The social life is horrendous (as a freshman at least) ...Read full comment

“... Grand Valley has a beautiful, clean campus, but the social life is slow compared to other colleges ...Read full comment

“... Do not come here for the great social life ...Read full comment

“... If you want to have a social life, you need to join a sorority/frat ...Read full comment

“... The maing problem this university has is a nonexistant social life, and if you consider at all wanting to have a "college experience" this is not...Read full comment

“... People say that the social life on campus is a little dry, but it really isn't; GVSU is right by Lake Michigan and Grand Rapids ...Read full comment

“... That being said, there's NO social life ...Read full comment

“... As for the social scene, yes it could be better but there is more to college than getting drunk every day, if you wanna do that go to MSU or even...Read full comment

“... As for the social life at GV ...Read full comment

“... When I say this school has no social life, I mean it has no social life ...Read full comment

“... It just doesn't seem like there is enough social interaction on campus ...Read full comment

“... THERE IS NO SOCIAL LIFE ...Read full comment

“... The rumors about no social life are not true at all, those people are lazy and to shy to go do something ...Read full comment

“... The social environment is FULL of cliques ...Read full comment