<p>**Can you have pets in the dorms? Fish?
**
Um, no.</p>
<p>If you could offer any advice, what would it be?</p>
<p>1) Don’t borrow absorbent amounts of money to attend college.</p>
<p>2) Go siteseeing/exploring the city at least once per week. </p>
<p>You’ll assume you’ll have forever and can do it later, but college will go fast, and you’ll miss out. </p>
<p>There’s plenty of stuff to see in DC that locals often forget about/ignore, or put off until another day.</p>
<p>What’s your favorite DC landmark?</p>
<p>Studying on the steps of the Lincoln is pretty cool.</p>
<p>What’s your least favorite thing about the city?</p>
<p>High cost and low standard of living, traffic, tourist blocking transit doors/entrances.</p>
<p>What are those buses that drive into the water for tours?</p>
<p>Duck Tours? Yeah, touristy. Go on them at least once to see an overview of the city, then don’t admit that you did. ;)</p>
<p>gwgrad,</p>
<p>Does having attended GW for undergrad give any boost to admissions to GW as a grad? Like, would a person who has attended GW for undergrad automatically get some sort of leg up (be it minor) when applying to GW law school? Any sort of “loyalty” consideration?</p>
<p>ult-</p>
<p>There isn’t much loyalty consideration. A dean in another school once casually mentioned that he prefers they not have been an undergrad here, so that every student can have an educational experience at 2 places-- more variety in teaching. I’m sure other deans feel differently.</p>
<p>My stats:</p>
<p>Undergrad GPA of 4.0 in last 2 years.
Strong undergrad course curriculum- took higher levels in whatever possible.
LSAT 178. Took the “real” test once, practiced/studied often.
Strong recommendations, EC, work experience (though they don’t matter that much for law)</p>
<p>Have you heard much about their 5 years BA/MA programs? I know that within the PSC programs they offer 5 year BA PSC with M in public policy/admin/legislative affairs. It seems like a way to save both time and money with the first grad degree. The only thing I wonder about(and I believe I’ve said this earlier in the thread) is that I don’t really have a way of knowing if i’ll want to definitely get a grad degree in law or definitely get a grad degree in LA when I’m only in my first one/two years of undergrad (tbh, I can’t see myself ever being a lawyer, but who knows).</p>
<p>Nonetheless, I think I’m applying GW as top choice for sure now - and I suppose it is a good time to start figuring all of these things out. </p>
<p>Thanks AGAIN for all the help 
, I think (hopefully) that I’ve exhausted all the questions I have :P!</p>
<p>Gwgrad, where do most students live during their sophomore year? I’m leaning towards Ivory Tower, but what are some other popular residence halls? Thanks!</p>
<p>Brit-</p>
<p>If Ivory Tower is an option, live there. It’s among the newest and nicest option for underclassmen. It’s nice, and has restaurants in the basement. The Dakota has some apartment-style dorms, but is an older building. West End, JBKO, Schenley, and Guthridge are all popular. If Ivory Tower isn’t an option, Guthridge might be ok. Older building, but kind of apartment-style, or at least not overly crowded. It’s not elegant or new, but it’s decent and convenient. Ivory Tower is by far superier, though. Some people like City Hall’s location and usual social scene. HOVA is kind of far/inconvenient.</p>
<p>Ult-</p>
<p>The BA/MA programs are nice since it saves a year, but not particular popular. One of them was done away with a year or two ago for low enrollment, I heard. I can’t remember which program. You could apply to it, then switch majors to a 4 year BA if you don’t like it. The MA in public policy would be fine if you know you want to do a gov’t career. If you can’t see yourself being a lawyer, your undergrad curriculum can be very different than if you do. It’s basically just picking- either you like a field, or not. I don’t think people end up “finding themselves” very often: it’s more about “choosing” yourself, and picking a major that doesn’t bore you asleep.</p>
<p>Are there campus tours?</p>
<p>Yes. I’d call ahead and make sure you’re there at the right times.</p>
<p>The tours are nice. As one person reported in their college visit report here, Admissions shows you “glimmering” buildings and “dazzles” you, then “tells you how hard it is to get in” (their words from the college report, not mine). </p>
<p>Obviously, all schools want to “wow” you. GW’s trained student tour and admissions office do just that. They show nice buildings and the good, but you also need to walk around campus yourself and spend some time there. Talk to non-tour guide students (tour guides get early registration in classes, or used to,… I think they are unpaid, however). Meet a few professors on your own, and spend some time there. GW has the glitzy buildings and events and so forth to wow you, but if you only see the good in something, you’re missing half the picture. Be aware that this tour, and any college tour are marketing ploys- listen to the facts, and don’t be easily wow’ed. See schools for how they are, what they can offer YOU (not someone who’s majoring in the exact opposite of what you are), and for themselves as a college (not just what a city has). College is for the college itself, not just the city that it is located in.</p>
<p>What should I visit on campus?</p>
<p>Walk around the while thing, that won’t take all that long. Go see the usual student spots, the restaurants, the library, the fitness center, the academic center, and so forth. I won’t list out buildings since you could easily see the outside of all of them in well under an hour (assuming you walk slow and observe). Pretend you’re a student for a day, and think about the places you’ll want to go: dining, dorm, laundry room, library, gym, etc. Then, go there.</p>
<p>A suggestion if you’re touring GW, definitely interested, and not from the region (difficult to arrange second visit logistically). Consider scheduling an “interview” with admissions AFTER your tour. This accomplishes a few goals: Interviewing on-campus with an admissions rep is a smart thing to do. GW is definitely a “Demonstrated Interest University” and shows your motivations/interests for attending GW. Just make sure you are prepared to show your motivation for “GW” not just DC. The interview is used in the admissions decisions. Interviewing at the end of your tour gives you something to talk about and ask good questions.</p>
<p>I’m sure this was a “big” factor in my “S”‘s acceptance. He brought a copy of his resume’ which the interviewer appreciated and reviewed immediately prior to the interview and gave good talking points. His interview actualy lasted 1hr! Most others lasted 20min while we waited - we saw several students come and go.</p>
<p>Now, he had alll the “right” GPA, Coursework, SAT’s, etc. But reviewing the admit stats for the class of 2014 - clearly some students with higher SAT’s, GPA’s were denied.</p>
<p>Food for thought</p>
<p>CJ</p>
<p>One thing that GW does that a lot of schools don’t do is match you with a tour guide whose major matches your intended area of study. That also helped my daughter make her decision on GW.</p>
<p>I’m a little concerned about the recent change in GW’s admit rate, particularly for ED. It seems that as of last year, applying ED 1 actually had no benefit or even hurt acceptance chances? Maybe they will adjust this next year? </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/george-washington-university/853278-ed-i-ed-ii-application-numbers-acceptance-rate-etc.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/george-washington-university/853278-ed-i-ed-ii-application-numbers-acceptance-rate-etc.html</a></p>
<p>Don’t want to revive a thread thats months old. Has anyone heard anything regarding this - and what it may be like for class of 2015 apps?</p>
<p>Britty: Ivory Tower & City Hall are upperclass dorms, not sophomore dorms. Check the housing website to see which dorms are available for sophomores.</p>
<p>If she has some in in Ivory Tower, use it.</p>
<p>Official 2010-2011 Sophomore halls:</p>
<p>2109 F St.</p>
<p>Fulbright</p>
<p>Francis Scott Key (FSK)</p>
<p>Guthridge</p>
<p>Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy-Onassis Hall</p>
<p>Building JJ</p>
<p>Mitchell Hall</p>
<p>Munson</p>
<p>Pelham</p>
<p>Schenley</p>
<p>Strong Hall</p>
<p>The West End</p>
<p>i’m looking to major in biology with an emphasis in neuroscience. does GWU have a good program in the science field? do you know where most undergrads go for grad school? (i mean do most get into ivy league colleges & such).</p>
<p>also here are my stats:
uw gpa: 3.5
weighted: 3.8
sat math + cr: 1320
sat composite: 1940</p>
<p>how are my chances in your opinion?</p>