<p>Calling all advice givers...
I was accepted EA at Notre Dame and Georgetown; accepted at Marquette; waitlisted at Cornell; rejected at Yale; waiting on Stanford. I will probably end up at GU, so I was wondering if there are any Hoyas out there. Please take a moment to sell your school a little to me, since I'm swimming in seas of uncertainty. <strong><em>If you are a GU Ambassador, or know the address of one, PLEASE tell me. I tried to email one of you and got the Exec lady and she was </em></strong>ed at me cause I asked if GU gave away ipods.**
How did you decide to go to Georgetown? What makes it worthwhile/different/right for you? Honestly, what is the worst thing about GU- would you change about it?<br>
I'm from small-town Missouri, so the "big city" would be a big change. What is DC weather like? Crime? Mass-transit? Social scene? General atmosphere?<br>
What are you majoring in and how is it working out for you? I'm thinking of majoring in political science, but am also interested in sociology, psychology, international affairs/relations, pre-law (later going into international law), and linguistics. Should I have applied to the Walsh School of Foreign Service? Does the School work closely with the College or is it very separate and exclusive?<br>
How are meal plans? Intramural sports? Dorms? Are freshman dorms the old 2 to a room or are there newfangled suites?<br>
Is it really religious? I'm Catholic so this is not a problem, but it's not really a necessity either.<br>
Is the system really complicated? Am I going to get crap classes and a work study job cleaning bathrooms? What do you think of your professors?</p>
<p>Why don't you post this question on the Georgetown forum?
You'll get more replies.</p>
<p>I don't go to G-town but I live around D.C. so I can tell u about the environment. The weather around here is okay: very warm summers/spring and cold winters. There's lots to do in D.C, it's like a mini NYC. Don't know if you care but recently it's been on the news a lot about how a group of students of G-town went on a hunger strike in order to raise the school's janitors' pay. One even ended up at the hospital. Only certain parts of D.C. are crime filled, such as southeast, but GU is in Northwest around the downtown and collegetown parts, so it shouldn't be that much of a problem. Oh yeah, mass transit is good. You can just hop on the metro rail and get nearly anywhere you want.</p>
<p>kinshasa, thanks but I beat you (me?) to it. I actually posted it on both just in case, and so far this forum is winning. </p>
<p>pgedu, thanks for the weather info. That is a cool story about the students. Does DC have a rail or subway system or what? KCMO has no subways or anything, and thus I am probably the only person in the history of the world to find subways exotic.</p>