Virginia Commonwealth University

Yes the «Real University of Richmond» lol! I love VCU! Great place to go to school and network! I’m a RAM and loved every bit of my undergrad experience. I learned a lot, met great people and more importantly was able to apply my education /​skill set to get a great JOB! And out basketball team is the ish!!! GO RAMS

The new medical building is awesome. It could have more healthy food and a greater variety when it comes to food on the MCV campus. Outside of 11 – 2 pm, options are scarce. I ate Wendy’s every day.

I cannot say enough good things about VCU! I came to richmond in 2005 as a freshman at vcu. Graduated 5 years later, with a bachelor’s and masters degree. I couldnt get enough so i havent left richmond and still visit vcu often for mens basketball games. The area is clean and safe. I love the diverse population of the university. Everyone can find a place to fit in here!

The Best University in RVA — so much to do, great restaurants within walking distance with the College atmosphere… Basketball Games — Watch Parties are beyond any experience you can imagine! Don’t miss visiting VCU!!!

I can go into great depth why I am happy to be a Ram, but until I can think of all my hearty reasons I’ll keep it short and sweet. With the passing of my mother 2 months ago, I went from 70+ hours a week as a Corporate Training Manager back to VCU Photographer within a week. They were so empathetic to my situation from having to academically withdraw a couple years ago because of financial and family reasons. They helped me access my accounts and pay off previous semesters to get me back in school in time for the fall semester. All within a week.
No words really can express my gratitude to this school. Thank you!

Nice University and grounds. Lots of students walking around that are very nice. I didn’t know where to go and someone could tell. They asked if i needed help and pointed me in the right direction.

The diversity of students at VCU is awesome

RAM PRIDE BABY! You don’t think I would give my school anything lower than a 5, did you? There are problems with the school, but I will excuse it for now. VCU GO RAMS GO!!!

I work here, and it would be unfair to write an opinion based on quality of staff — I am admittedly biased… but I have to give five stars to the spirit of the student body.
I grew up in the Richmond area, and I’ve worked here for eight years. For all the flack that VCU takes, it has really cleaned up the area. I’ve heard stories from coworkers who attended here in the 80s and earlier. VCU and the area have really come a long way. There is a lot to be said for the VCU spirit.

I am so proud to call Virginia Commonwealth University my alma mater! This is the largest college in Virgina, in terms of people enrolled. The university is located within the city and is not your traditional university. For such a large school, it is very intimate on campus. A lot of school pride for VCU, especially after our historic run to the Final Four in 2011. I’ve met some of the greatest people in this institution, and I’m proud to considered them life-​long friends. There is so much talented students at VCU! I know everyone here has a bright future ahead of them. VCU has a lot of top-​ranked programs in the nation. For example, the program for nurse anesthesiology is the #1 in the nation. Before, people outside of Virginia had no idea about VCU. Now, we are well known around the nation, not only for our amazing basketball team (with the great Shaka Smart as the head coach), but for our outstanding programs that are competitive with other well known institutions. I am and forever will be proud to be a Ram for life! VCU! Go Rams Go!

Proud to have both my Undergraduate and Graduate degrees from VCU. A great community of people who are here to learn (well, most are anyway) and are damn proud to be a Ram. Love me some black and gold!

It’s a super huge, want to kill yourself pain in the butt to get ANY kind of administrative thing done here. Seriously. Horrible. The library catalog system and the VCU mail system are really out of date, unfortunately. Other than that, the college is great. A state school, it’s affordable and still has some great programs. They’re always talking about how US News and World Report wants to have their babies, so I’ll let you look up the top programs on your own. I’ll just say that they’re really widespread and diverse. I graduated with Environmental Science and it was great. I was really happy with the program and I felt very prepared to enter the work force when I was done.
There are lots of student organizations and events going on. Student Health Services is great as well. The college is ideally located for someone who wants options for restaurants, bars and show venues.

I grew up in Richmond when VCU was a small university. VCU has grown from 6,000 to 30,000 + students. I started my college career playing basketball in California before transferring over to VCU in 08 – 09.I had all my classes in the School of Business. I was more than happy with my choice to transfer. Majority of my teachers were down to earth, nice, and well educated. Dean Grier is a great humble guy. He’s really taking the School of Business to new heights with his business experience from Disney. VCU is a well diverse school. VCU has good restaurants on campus to fill your hunger during breaks from class. Most of the buildings are new or renovated. The basketball community is great. Anthony Grant & Shaka Smart brought basketball to new heights. The parking can be a hassle at times because of the city campus. Some of the general education courses are filled to capacity. Overall, my experience at VCU was great. VCU offers a city campus, diversity, and a great education. RamNation!

Large (and continuing to grow rapidly) urban school that manages to maintain an intimate feel. It’s also a school that doesn’t pretend to be anything it’s not. No pretense here. Go, Rams!

They serve the worst coffee in the world. I tried to report on them for the hq, but no one gives a shit. You pay 1.83 for hot water with a couple of drops of coffee. A coffee from a nearby 711 is more stronger and tastier than their coffee. Please change your practice or get a good training on how to make Starbucks coffee

I love VCU, it has 2 campuses (monroe park and MCV). It is a very populated school (32 000+ students) but you will not get lost in the crowd. It is a very large university, pretty easy to get into, and very affordable especially if you are living off campus which i am. The only problem is it is in a very sketchy part of downtown richmond, homeless people in monroe park, etc. but the place is swarming with police officers that are intended on keeping you safe. The teachers and professors there grade very fairly, but are very strict to the honor code policy (if you cheat on a test, etc. there will be severe consequences). Not to mention their basketball team made the final four this year, RAMNATION BABY! So if you are going to vcu, and want to make it worth while, get involved in a lot of eca’s, stay focused on academics, and trust me, GO TO AS MANY OF THE BASKETBALL GAMES AS YOU CAN, GO RAMS!!!

Surprisingly intimate for such a large institution; you won’t get lost in the crowd. Research intensive and relatively affordable, in-​state. Take advantage of guarenteed placement into the Medical School and select PhD programs via the undergraduate honors program, if you’re going to stick around…

oh VCU, I love that 7 months after graduation YOU STILL HAVEN’T sent out my final transcript to my graduate school! Here I am on a tuesday night with a midterm to study for (and let me spell out midterm VCU, it’s not what you’d think: it something where I don’t just circle whatever ‘feels’ most correct, I actually have to regurgitate and conceptualize the information I’ve learned. I know I know. Mindblowing.) so here I am trying to study for my new midterm/​sign up for spring grad classes and my new school says they haven’t received the transcript. screw you vcu.
but in all fairness here are some good things about where i spent 4 years of my very impressionable life:
+ you didn’t mind it when I decided to switch majors sophomore year. and you only gave me minimal amounts of crap for changing from painting.
+ i never had to take a friday class
+i never had a class at 8am
+ i was able to bullshit my way through things i wasn’t interested in
+ the library. you rock
+letting me get away with library fines
+free breakfast at shafer once a year (even though it made me sick)
+professors that understood my hangovers b/​c they were partying with me
+24 hours art labs
+slip n’ slide in the middle of shafer court
+ oh and letting my parents meet in shafer court b/​c without that i wouldn’t be here writing this review.