<p>Anyone know how intense Georgetown really is?
How would it be to balance a decent academic/social/extra-curricular schedule stress-wise?
I got in EA and this is one of my biggest concerns- - everyone needs time to breathe!
comments/experience</p>
<p>Georgetown students are intenese. Chances are, if you were accepted, you’re intense too. Intensity isn’t a bad thing, as long as you recognize your own limits, and that’s something only you can do.</p>
<p>I’d say most operate under a healthy level of stress. I can assure you it will rarely, if ever, be a cake walk…but then again, you wouldn’t have been accepted to georgetown if that were what you’re looking for in a college experience.</p>
<p>In short: Georgetown is as intense as you make it. Most students balance academics, socializing and extracurriculars, i would think you can too.</p>
<p>Freshmen year is hard. There is always the adjustment process (no matter how intense your high school was). There is the time factor (you’ll have lots of it), the no parents factor, professors expect you to know a lot of stuff and expect you to do a lot of work on your own. Some classes, I literally learned all by myself. You’ll see that not a professors are the best (that is with all colleges and part of the experience).</p>
<p>Georgetown is hard. But depending on how you want to make your experience in college, you decide your own balance. You can cruise through Georgetown doing minimal work and party thur/fri/sat (other days parties are hard to find). You can involve yourself heavily with the professional organizations here: what I know are GERMS (student run EMT), GUASFCU (student run Credit Union over 1 mil in assets), GUSIF (Student run investment fund that manages over $370k), Hilltop Consultants (student run strategic consulting), just a few examples of the ones I know of. As you can see these are all student run, so they all require quite a bit of dedication, especially if you are on the board.</p>
<p>You will be stressed. But you will also have fun. It’s college. Hey if it wasn’t academically challenging, would you want to come?</p>
<p>Bottom line, I wouldn’t be too worried. You will figure it out when you get here. It’s part of the experience.</p>