<p>With the deadline to pick schools fast approaching, I'm trying to narrow my list down. I've heard a lot about how students at GW aren't friendly, how true is this? I definitely want a welcoming campus vibe, so this is a fairly big concern for me. Thanks in advance! </p>
<p>Not sure where you are from, but I know of two students from the Seattle area who attend GWU who were called dirty hippies because they didn’t dress east coast. Glad my son chose American instead of GWU.</p>
<p>My D is a freshman at GW and she’s also from the Seattle area and as far as I know, she hasn’t had any problems fitting in. She has a lot of friends (and didn’t know anyone when she started there) and is really enjoying herself.</p>
<p>I’m from the east coast, right outside of Boston. Thanks for your input! </p>
<p>I have no idea what SeattleMom is going on about, seeing as nobody our age would even consider using the term “dirty hippie”. I visited there literally two days ago and many people were dressed in the hippie style versus traditional “East Coast”. I’m from Boston too, and there were plenty of “Boston” looking people there as well. It’s in the city, so you’ll always have a healthy mix of demographics. The students there were kind for the most part. There will be a mixture of inviting and not so inviting people wherever you go.</p>
<p>I am an incoming freshman at GW so I don’t have any first-hand personal experience. However, I think that GW students get a lot of criticism for no reason in particular. It is probably true that most kids at GW will be upper middle class kids but that’s only logical considering how GW is pretty expensive. But the fact that someone comes from a specific social class or a specific part of the country/world doesn’t mean much, when it comes to their personalities. Anyhow, I highly doubt that at a university with an undergrad population of about 9000 people you will not be able to find others who share the same interests and views as you. I’m sure there are some pretty snobby, bratty and spoiled unfriendly kids but I don’t think that you can generalise something like that. I guess that people anywhere and not just at GW are what you make of them! :)</p>
<p>NESeattlemom, why are you patrolling here? I am guessing your child wasn’t accepted to GW. Dirty hippies?
LOL. </p>
<p>AMig189- people are nice and friendly- don’t give it another thought. </p>