<p>Georgetown’s loss was Duke’s gain; Hopkins is still in trouble! I never used to think of Georgetown students as pompous, elitist, and bitter - after all, Jesuit colleges stress humanism, ethics, philosophy. I’m starting to think that now, though … or maybe hoyasuxa1 never really was at G-Town.</p>
<p>That’s my theory, GDUBDAD. I’m picturing a nerdy high school sophomore ■■■■■ with no friends and no place to go on weekends posting this crap. He has dreams of greatness ( or is it delusions of grandeur?). What normal 23 year old has time for this?</p>
<p>hoyasaxa1…you are a poster child for Georgetown at its worst. Arrogant, proud of the wrong things, just plain smarmy. If you had a shred of self-confidence, you wouldn’t be putting others down to build yourself up. Gross.</p>
<p>You all are right. It’s actually that I always dreamed of going to GW and wish my experience could have been what your (or your children’s) is/was. Incredibly smart, wordly students, profound college pride, beautiful campus, international prestige…I envy all of you.</p>
<p>since when would i actually use correct punctuation on an online forum thread, i have better things to worry about</p>
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<p>That’s pretty much how I feel about USC, except that my applause is meant sincerely. At least in the academic sense; for football and school spirit, as a UC graduate I’ll continue to trash talk SC to my dying day. 
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<p>Schools, and their reputations, change. To the point that UC grads now encourage their NMSF children to consider USC because it’s a good deal and a good school. Similarly, if GW wants to build up their prestige by offering some big merit bucks, and a student really loves the school, more power to them.</p>
<p>This thread sort of got off track.</p>
<p>Any comments about the GWU party scene</p>
<p>Sorry rads4cure, but I’ll just comment once on this directed to hoyadodo1, then I’ll leave it back to the original point.</p>
<p>HOYADODO1: If Georgetown is so relevant, in your view, in the 21st Century, where is Georgetown’s Engineering School? What? Georgetown has NO engineering school in the 21st Century? Why not? Can I assume that the smartest kids around, who major in engineering, are no where to be found in Georgetown???!!!</p>
<p>HOYADODO1: Check this out: [Campus</a> Overload - College acceptance rates down](<a href=“http://voices.washingtonpost.com/campus-overload/2010/04/college_acceptance_rates_down.html]Campus”>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/campus-overload/2010/04/college_acceptance_rates_down.html). What? Georgetown is nowhere to be found on this list??? I guess no one really cared to include it. I know which school in D.C. made it on this list - GW!!!</p>
<p>You’re right…Georgetown isn’t relevant. Keep telling yourself, and your classmates, that. It will make you and them feel better. Tell them that when they don’t get in as transfer students to Georgetown too. It will make you feel better then as well. Georgetown is not relevant. Georgetown is not relevant. Georgetown is not relevant…</p>
<p>Tool, I see you have also been spreading your unpleasantness over on the BC site as well, where you are also treated as a pariah. Shame on you.</p>
<p>GW people, please ignore this ■■■■■.</p>
<p>hoya freak…i have so far interned at goldman sachs and now currently at the state dept…idk if u have such a resume…and thats only 2 of the many jobs i got, just through the connections from gw…have fun flipping burgers</p>
<p>Georgetown is irrelevant…Georgetown is irrelevant…Goldman Sachs loves me…The State Department loves me…My resume is amazing, even with GW on it…My resume is amazing…Everyone at Georgetown winds up flipping burgers…Everyone at Georgetown winds up flipping burgers…keeping telling yourself what you need to as your brain continues to wither in Foggy Bottom.</p>
<p>Actually, I will unfortunately say one more thing before I retire myself from this irrelevant thread. Most of what I said was done out of frustration of the ignorance that exists on this site, which, I will admit makes some of my own posts on this thread just as ignorant. However, with that said, I do not care where anybody goes to school. Really, congratulations to all of you. People will naturally fit in better at different schools for many reasons. On the contrary, not everybody has the resume to get into some of the ivies, or even other selective schools, such as Stanford, Duke, or MIT for example. Not every valedictorian opts to go to the ivies or top schools, as you may find, for financial reasons as one reason. However, what I do think is important, is how a student puts into school no matter what school you attend. GW or Georgetown, you will not succeed if you do not succeed in college. It is a shame that people look so heavily on statistics, when in reality, it’s not the statistics that get you somewhere in life, it is actually one’s effort which in turn gives the student experience and connections to build off of for the future.</p>
<p>Congratulations to all students at Georgetown, GW, Harvard, Lehigh, USC, Penn State, or that community college down the road from your house. Though each educational institution offers clearly different levels of challenges and difficulties, the solution to overcoming these challenges is the will of the student to put in as much effort to succeed at the top of their class and to get as much work experience and network connections as possible. Without that, I do not care if you are a student at Harvard, or at Northern Iowa University, your time at college will be limited and inefficient, and if for some reason you are able to finish school, the difficulties of finding a job or continuing on to grad, med, or law school will only mount on.</p>
<p>Good luck to all.</p>
<p>Now…</p>
<p>As for my answer to the actual thread regarding the party life at GW, the bulk of the social life, though not limited to, is with Greek life. Greek life at GW is on a rising trend with now roughly 25% of students going Greek. The Greek life consists of house parties, parties at clubs, and philanthropic events which usually involve day drinking activities. There is not much of school spirit, with the largest portion of that sector coming from our basketball games which do not always attract many students, but can provide a good time, or an excuse to drink. Non-Greek life students also find ways to have fun. Pregames are common on and around campus at night between 7-11pm. After that, the party usually ends up at bars in Georgetown, clubs in downtown DC, Adams Morgan, or for the older select few, the night life at U St. Finding a reason to party, especially on the weekends, is not hard to come by. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights are the big party nights. Nonetheless, there are plenty of people who only go out once or sometimes not at all during the week. Overall, I would give GW’s social life a B, all depending on how you interact with the social life on campus.</p>
<p>Hoyasaxa1 - I sincerely hope you’re going into research and not medical practice. I would not want you as my Doctor. </p>
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<p>Patient: Hello Doctor</p>
<p>Dr Hoyasaxa: Hello, My name is Dr Hoyasaxa and I went to a better college than you did.</p>
<p>Patient: Really? Well I went to Princeton for my undergrad and received my JD from Harvard Law. </p>
<p>Dr Hoyasaxa: So you’re another person that couldn’t get into Georgetown. Take 2 pills and repeat after me. “Georgetown is not relevant, Georgetown is not relevant”.</p>
<p>This poor guy obviously has some personality and social problems. I’m guessing a spectrum disorder. I agree, he’d be better off in a rat lab than dealing with people. But he probably already knows that.</p>
<p>Actually, I’ve recently come across several people who either transferred from Georgetown to GW (shocker), or didn’t apply/care about Georgetown in the first place. Georgetown isn’t the be all of schools. Better ranked than GW? Sure. But, so is Harvard, and a number of other schools, depending on the program.</p>
<p>Is GW a school spirited school, itself? Not so much.</p>
<p>but GW is definitely a party school…partying mostly clubbing. not for parents with weak stomachs though the students have a lot of fun.</p>
<p>I also am a mom who has a daughter at GW. I think there is a lot of school spirit…just not in the traditional sports sense.The people who go to GW really love their school and get involved in many different ways. There are many events through the Greek system and of coarse clubbing and going out are big. But the city offers so much in the way of Museums and DC landmarks that these become part of the spirit of GW as well. During visiting weekend, the White House gave out passes all day to walk on the grounds…see the gardens and some places the President and family like to spend time. Walked into the Supreme Court last winter on another visit. These experiences among others are unmatched. And as far as academics, if you are a driven person and willing to work hard and play hard all the way through…you will get a great education with a lot of support from the professors. Introductions to prominant people in the fields you are studying abound. She’s having the time of her life and I know that the GW experience will add to her success going forward. She is a senior now so my info is current.</p>
<p>Quick question: Is the Colonial Brass a marching band or is it exclusively winter?</p>
<p>Some people show school enthusiasm with school clubs, but it’s an outwardly focused school: outside jobs, internships, city attractions, etc. Someone <em>could</em> go to school sports, school events, etc… but, that’s not really the norm here. People are at least reasonably to solidly proud of their school (and, largely because of it’s location, poshness, and connections/networking).</p>