current student willing to answer questions...

<p>speaking of housing...are dorms co-ed? completely or by hall or floor?</p>

<p>As AiHy said, you must live ON campus for the first two years. And exemptions are fairly hard to get. </p>

<p>heybucs, if you're going to GAAP then you will spend a night on campus...??? and probably even get taken to parties, even though that is discouraged. If it is freezing, there will be no parties on the rooftops.</p>

<p>iwantwharton, with regards to the curriculum.. The most poly-sci you HAVE to take is Political Social Thought. It is a basic, though intensive overview to political theory. Through the course of the semester we read Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Mill, Burke, and Marx. A fairly significant chunk of all of them (meaning, ~150-350 pages each). You can get a certificate in Social Political Thought which is more general theory oriented. </p>

<p>Above and beyond that, the only other American oriented courses would be Cases Studies in American Foreign Policy? possibly as well as some of the Foreign Policy Processes classes. Nothing would cover American domestic politics. SFS degree does not equal poly sci. In my understanding, we have a much larger emphasis on history, economics, language, etc.</p>

<p>Is it possible, while majoring in something at SFS, to take public policy classes at the school of government?</p>

<p>how is the finaid for internationals? well i recognize that gt is not need blind, the website states that some aid is provided, and basically i would like to know how comprehensive this is, and how it compares w other colleges.</p>

<p>also, hows the diversity? do people of foreign countries just hang out by country and/or race?</p>

<p>iwantwharton...there is no "school of government," but if you mean in the gov department, then yes of course. I would say that most of the classes for your SFS major will probably be in the government department anyway. SFS departmental classes (IPOL, CULP, STIA, etc) are pretty limited and tend to be restricted to the higher levels.</p>

<p>Georgetown is indeed need blind. I was accepted early action and for early action students the financial aid forms are not due until February1/March 1, so I just turned them in. Thus while everyone RD will be getting their decisions, it is likely EA students will be getting their financial packages.</p>

<p>Hey I got accepted EA and would love to go to Georgetown, but I have a couple of questions...</p>

<p>1) How is the political atmosphere? Is it really liberal or are there a lot of conservatives because of the Jesuit affiliation or is it a good mix. Does everyone follow politics really closely?</p>

<p>2) I've heard that the students tend to be preppy and rich. If I'm from a working class family am I going to feel out of place?</p>

<p>3) Is it easy to find/have a part-time job on or off campus?</p>

<p>4) Also I'm really interested in playing intramural or club basketball, what's this like?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>jksbond>> including for internationals? or just US citizens</p>

<p>1) Internationals: Gtown is needbline for intls. in terms of admissions NOT need. i.e. they dont consider your finances with your application. however, they are NOT needbling in aid. so they can accept you, but not give you aid, even if youve asked for it. They only give 5 full tuition scholarships for internationals.thats it</p>

<p>2)On campus housing is also Village B apartments and townhouses, which are outside the main gates, so they are "off campus" but are on campus in the sense that they Georgetown Univ. owned. Freshman have to live in rez halls, but if you get a good pick as a rising soph chances are you can get a henle, village A (on campus apartment) or village B (outside main gates) apartment</p>

<p>3) it is fairly easy to transfer b/w schools. just take core classes from that school before you transfer. if you wanna transfer to the msb, take like Intl. biz or biz stats, so they know you have an interest, or into the sfs, then take like econ, history, govt, etc</p>

<p>4) you can play pick up games on the astro turf field above yates, it does get crowded though.</p>

<p>fyi, i am a sophomore in the MSB and an intl. student from Pakistan. if you have any qs. about ANYTHING, ask, and I am more than willing to help</p>

<p>Is there a place on campus to purchase food (bottled water, munchies....)and other necessities or do you have to go off campus? Is there a Walmart or Target that is easy to get to?</p>

<p>There's Vital Vittles, an oncampus grocery store in Leavey. It's pretty small but has most things you'll need. There's also Hoya Snaxa, which is in Southwest Quad and has mostly snack type food. If you can't find what you want there, one of the GUTS bus stops is at Safeway on Wisconsin, so you should be able to get whatever you need there, but then you need to bring it back on the bus so you can't really get a ton of stuff. You can also walk to CVS, about a 10 minute walk to Wisconsin- they also have basic stuff.
I don't think there aren't any walmart/ target stores in DC, you have to go to virginia. It's not far, but you have to find some way to get there. Buses are sometimes scheduled to take trips to target. People also go to BJ's, i think there's on like 10 minutes by car.
Basically don't worry about getting food, you'll be able to find some. If not you'll learn to have a love/hate relationship with Leo's(dining hall).</p>

<p>what's the asian student body like? are there many asian students?<br>
i come from sf, and my school is about 70% asian american. it'll be a little weird to immediately step out of that background.</p>

<p>do most people at georgetown drive? or do they take transportation offered by the school? </p>

<p>how are the extracurriculars- choir, theater? any good?</p>

<p>would you say that you have to work really hard @ georgetown to get a 3.0? about what percentage of people DO NOT graduate within 4 years? </p>

<p>i love the georgetown fight song....
there goes old.. georgetown!</p>

<p>thanks for all of your help!! if i get into georgetown, i'll definitely do this too.</p>

<p>if you're in COL and you major in gov...are you allowed to take a couple SFS classes?</p>

<p>How popular is double or dual-majoring? Is it really difficult to do?</p>

<p>Sorry, let me clarify my question: I know you said before that it's difficult to double-major with SFS, but how about two majors in the College? Or in the College and McDonough?</p>

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what's the asian student body like? are there many asian students?
i come from sf, and my school is about 70% asian american. it'll be a little weird to immediately step out of that background.

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<p>There's a number of Asians here at Georgetown. There's the CSA (Chinese Student Association), KSA (Korean Student Association), an Asian-American organization, a South Asian association, etc. </p>

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<p>Very few people I know drive, but I do know some who do. Normally, students would take the GUTS bus to their destination or take the GUTS + Metro (Subway). On occasion, you may need to take the Metro Buses. Some take taxis (me, first semester, then I discovered the joys of Metro) and others just enjoy the walk.</p>

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<p>There is a traditional gospel choir, along with a cappella groups (e.g. The Chimes, Phantoms, Superfood (....), GraceNotes, etc.) In terms of theatre, the Davis Performing Arts Center just opened up, although there have been a number of student complaints that student-run theatre groups can't perform in Davis (only faculty/staff led groups may perform..) .. Student theatre groups include Mask and Bauble, though I'm sure you can look most of this information online. They're all great. (especially the Phantoms).</p>

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would you say that you have to work really hard @ georgetown to get a 3.0? about what percentage of people DO NOT graduate within 4 years?

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<p>It depends what your major is and the difficulty of your courseload (does the latter part of this sound familiar?). Bio majors and NHS students have a bit of a tough time due to the rigour of their courses. I had around a 3.5/3.6 first semester, and it wasn't too difficult. I don't know the graduation rate.</p>

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i love the georgetown fight song....
there goes old.. georgetown!

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<p>Straight for a rebound... (and no comments about last night's WVU game.. that was just horrendous..)</p>

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<p>Take a look at <a href="http://explore.georgetown.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://explore.georgetown.edu&lt;/a> (the course listings). That'll give you a good idea of what courses are available, especially INAF courses for SFS students. If it says BSFS students only, or something along those lines, then it's restricted solely to the SFS.</p>

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Sorry, let me clarify my question: I know you said before that it's difficult to double-major with SFS, but how about two majors in the College? Or in the College and McDonough?

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<p>As a clarifier, it's almost impossible to double-major in the SFS. (For reasons manderz stated above and I'm too lazy to restate). Two majors in the College should be fine. I don't know about the MSB.</p>

<p>I think double majoring in the business school is pretty common. I don't think it's possible to double major in two different schools though, like Psychology and International Business or something. I don't think that's really possible at any college, you usually just stay in whatever school you're in, but you can take classes in other schools.</p>

<p>i was looking at "the u" preview for georgetown and they made it seem pretty dull--"if you're not looking for parties and you can handle a heavy religious presence, georgetown's the place!" or something like that. weird--not that georgetown's the number one party school but that is contrary to everything i've heard.</p>