<p>Ignacio: You’ll be taking classes in other buildings besides Elliot (not even all of the IAFF courses are there), and all the dorms on Foggy Bottom are within 7 minutes of walking distance from each other anyway, so don’t base your decision on location. Please browse the other threads on dorms for my advice regarding which is the best one for you.</p>
<p>nbg127: I have an account with the credit union, which is easy to manage for me because there is a branch right on campus. Bank of America has more ATMs around the city though. I’d ask your parents and look at the banks websites (the credit union is nihfcu.org) to decide.</p>
<p>fresh:
The gay community is unbelievably large and accepted at GW. I had no idea until I got here how many there were, but really, I think it is impossible to NOT meet someone who is gay. DC also has a vibrant gay nightlife scene, which is pretty awesome.
HOVA is only for graduate students because of zoning restrictions, and it’s been this way for the past 3 years.
Well, not gonna lie, you’re going to have a rough time getting into clubs if you are only 17. Fortunately, there’s usually a lot of parties on campus, so while it may be annoying, you won’t be shut out of having a social life or anything.</p>
<p>Can someone explain these College House Programs? I’d love to do the public policy house, but it’s at Thurston and I really don’t want to be in the huge party dorm. If you live in a certain dorm, do you need to be a part of it’s college house program? If you want to be in a certain college house program do you need to live in the specific dorm it’s housed in?</p>
<p>Hate to sound like a broken record, but it’s still true…</p>
<p>The House programs mean nothing. Occasionally, your house proctor (RA) will email about a special event going on, but these aren’t mandatory, and far more opportunities to attend political-type things exist than you could ever possibly go to. You can’t live in another dorm and be in a different House program, but like I said, that really doesn’t mean anything.</p>
<p>If you don’t want to live in Thurston, don’t request it. If you want a quiet dorm, I’d suggest living on the Vern.</p>
<p>Can you give one final recommendation on the top 3 dorms you would dorm in and the best for a freshman seeking an overall good experience (social, study, city, campus) all in one?</p>
<p>Can I find other people who enjoy watching professional sports? Is this a hippy school because it kind of sounds like that and I don’t want that…</p>
<p>london: It really does depend on which one of those things you value most. All of the dorms on Foggy Bottom are on campus and give you great access to the surrounding city (they are all within a couple minutes walking distance of each other). Madison probably gives you the most spacious room and most central location, but a ton of people request it, so I wouldn’t count on getting it. Thurston is going to be louder than the others, but it should be calmer/less crowded than in years past because they are converting the quads into triples. Potomac is the newest freshman dorm and it has a lot of people/is right by Thurston, but the rooms are a tad small in my opinion. Those are the three I’d pick, but I really do think anything on Foggy Bottom is a safe bet.</p>
<p>bosox: I’m sure you can find them, but on the whole GW people aren’t very into sports. I don’t know what you mean by a “hippie” school though. Most people are definitely very liberal, but it’s more like the “I want to go work for a Democratic Congressman” than the “I want to hug a tree” kind of liberal. If you can’t tolerate diversity (in political views, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and pretty much everything else), GW is NOT the place for you.</p>
<p>bosox: You’ll find people who are into sports. During football season, the Wingery in the Marvin Center fills with students who want to watch all the Sun. afternoon games. I know S watched some of the NCAA tournament there as well. He’s also gone to a Wizards game (easy to get tickets when the team is bad).</p>
<p>london, Lafayette is just fine. The rooms are a bit small but it’s also a very convenient location. Really, any of the dorms on Foggy Bottom (with the exception of maybe Mitchell, but that’s only because I wouldn’t want to live in a single freshman year) will be just fine if you’re a social person that doesn’t need dead silence 24/7.</p>
<p>Hey, is it very difficult to double major at GWU? How difficult would it be to get an Accounting Degree along with an International Studies major?</p>
<p>alex994it is not impossible to double major as long as you use your electives to do so.
however, 2 majors is always more difficult to achieve. good luck</p>
<p>so my parents are thinking they dont want to go to CI with methis summer…am i going to regret not having them tehere? do most people have parents go?</p>
<p>alex: While it’s usually pretty easy to double major within a school, it’s difficult (and sometimes impossible) to major across 2 schools. I think you might be better off if you do a double Accounting and International Business, or something like that. The business school just has so many requirements that I would imagine it would be really hard to also do IA and graduate on time.</p>
<p>liz: You’ll be fine. Even though a lot of students bring their parents, the parents have completely separate programs to go to, so you wouldn’t be spending much time with them anyway. CI is a time to meet other students, so no worries!</p>
<p>With the exception of Engineering, changing schools is not very difficult at all. You might have to wait till your second semester, but I know at least 5 people who transferred between CCAS, Elliot and the Business School without any problems.</p>
<p>I have no personal experience with the pre med program, but I do know a lot of people who are going to med school from GW. Also I know 3 people who got accepted to a program (I forget the formal name of it) where you get accepted to GW Med School your junior year, meaning you don’t have to take the MCATs.</p>
<p>Thanks again for answering all the questions, gwsenior.</p>
<p>I want to know about the law school acceptance rate of GW. How many GW seniors could get in (or choose) to a good law school, as you did, and how well (academically) should students do at GW in order to get in top law schools?
Moreover, what most poli science major students do after graduating from GW (go to work or graduate school/law school)?</p>
<p>daily: I don’t think there are any public statistics regarding how many GW seniors go to a “good” (as that is hard to define in itself) law school, but I can tell you that GW students have been represented at every top-14 law school. However, let me stress that the GW name in itself does little to help/hurt you in the admissions process. It doesn’t matter so much where you go to undergrad as it does how well you do there, and how you score on your LSAT. In order to have the best chance of getting into a top-14 school, you should strive to maintain at least a 3.7 GPA.</p>
<p>Poli sci students often go to law school or graduate programs in policy/administration. Others go straight to work for lobbying firms. Still others go into fields completely unrelated to poli sci. Again, I can only speak from anecdotal experience- they don’t really publish that kind of information.</p>
<p>I actually have a two questions.
First and most importantly:
What are my chances of getting in based off who you hear gets in? (I know your not an admissions officer)</p>
<p>I’m only a freshmen so things may change and I shouldn’t worry but here’s what I’m on pace for as a senior.
92 GPA
9 AP Courses including French and Spanish
Eagle Scout
Key Club
Write for our school’s award winning newspaper
Youth in Government
Young Republicans
French Club
Spanish Club
I’m a native american male
I go to a top high school in Pennsylvania.
If it comes to it I may apply early decision</p>
<p>Next question. As a political science major (Thats what I want to be) do you feel both sides are allowed to voice their opinion or is it as liberal as they say?</p>