<p>i've heard some stuff about how good looking everyone is, and i saw that to be true when i visited, but is it true that people worry about their appearances a lot? is everyone a jcrew model?</p>
<p>after visiting 6 places, gtown is my top choice out of all of them, but after reading about some of the social tendencies i'm starting to worry. i'm a liberal anti-materialist... would i not fit in there?</p>
<p>another place i'm looking at is Brown, which shares a lot of characteristics with georgetown but apparently is more liberal.</p>
<p>brown is prob more for you if your anti-materialist. georgetown is conservative and relatively preppy... a few blocks down from georgetown is j crew, abercrombie and stuff. but of course, you'll def find students like yourself who dont care. another huge difference between brown and georgetown is suburb vs city.</p>
<p>Are Brown and Georgetown very similar, really? I never thought so, but I just got back from Georgetown and will be in Brown later this week, so I guess I'll see for myself. </p>
<p>I think that Georgetown, as a whole, is pretty preppy and materialistic. It's conservative, as everyone says. And I'm liberal - although not raging radically liberal. And yet Gtown is my first choice - over Brown, and other schools. Imo, it's important to have some diversity. And @ uber-liberal schools like Brown, people can be so "open and accepting" that they accept everyone but conservatives. Which I think is pretty lame. </p>
<p>Long and rambly, sorry, but the point is: despite its materialism, can you see yourself at Georgetown? Are you going to hate the people that are more materialistic and preppy than you? Are you going to be brainwashed by them? If you can maintain your ID and respect others for theirs, then go with Georgetown.</p>
<p>I would differentiate "concern over appearance(s)" from "materialism." People as a rule are definitely concerned with the former, whether or not they're materialists. It's pretty easily explainable, too, even controlling for the rich kids who grew up with a lot of nice stuff: Georgetown has a very pre-professional vibe. Professionalism is all about appearances. Hence, Georgetown is very concerned with appearances. That's the way the world works, like it or not. I personally don't mind, I prefer the pragmatic approach in this case even though I'm neither conservative nor well off.</p>
<p>As a Jesuit and Catholic school, Georgetown is more conservative than other top schools. I talked to some members of Hoyas for Choice today, and they told me that at one time, Georgetown supported the group monetarily. And then some alums got angry and took it all the way up to the Vatican, who said that if Gtown continued to support Hoyas for Choice, then Gtown's identity as a Catholic school would be revoked.</p>
<p>So I guess it's conservativism is partly by necesity..</p>
<p>In what I have observed in my first year here, there seems to be a balance of liberals and conservatives (and I'm pretty liberal, so I'd be the first to say if it were otherwise). What happened to H*yas for Choice was pretty crappy, but that's the politics of the university (separate, I think, from the overall leanings of the students).</p>
<p>here is a response from a kid that goes to georgetown after i asked him about the people on campus...just ignore the starbucks stuff lol im an addict</p>
<p>That's awesome that you're coming here to georgetown next year. Congrats! First and foremost, there is indeed a starbucks. On campus we have our own coffee shops (which are actually pretty good) and then a starbucks in the student center, which is actually hidden away (I actually just discovered this yesterday). As for "John and Jane Hoya" as they're affectionately named, they are indeed around, but they're by no means the majority of the population. There is a major mix of people and I guarantee you'll find your niche. In case you couldn't tell, I love it here. The university is great and the city is even more amazing. If you actually get out into it, there's a ton to do in DC, including a major local music scene, which I have only just begun to dive into.</p>
<p>Just an FYI but the Jesuits are one of the most liberal orders in all of Catholocism. I go to a Jesuit High School and know tons of Jesuit priests and they are all pretty liberal.</p>
<p>Unless the Jesuit priests in gtown are more snobby.</p>
<p>HS_student: Am just saying that in general, Georgetown is more conservative than similar top schools. The Jesuits may be liberal, but Georgetown is comparatively conservative - which may just mean that people at Brown and Oberlin and those liberal arts schools are radical, while Gtowners are balanced.</p>
<p>i visited georgetown a little more than 2 weeks ago, along with uchicago, uva, duke, unc, and hopkins. so I haven't quite visited brown yet, but i really want to after what i've heard!</p>
<p>when i visited gtown, i could tell how people definitely cared about their appearances, but i guess that does really owe itself to the pre-professional mindset. when i was there, i went to the cafeteria (leo's) and just had breakfast with some other students. i saw a fair number people who were certainly dressing to impress, but there were plenty of others who came in "normal" attire or however you wanna think of it.</p>
<p>the reason why i asked is that, like other expensive schools with tuition upwards of 40 grand per year, the student body can be kinda saturated with upper class people. i'm not saying there's anything wrong with being rich, but i do think that there's a problem with being spoiled (i see it at my high school allll the time). i'd like to be in a student body with a wide spectrum of socioeconomic backgrounds, that's all.</p>
<p>as for political leanings, i dont necessarily wanna go to a homogenously liberal place. that would just be too boring. i need some conservatives to get under my skin every once in a while. without an opposite charge, sparks don't fly =) a lot of the time i feel like a liberal island (parents are republican doctors, go to a prep school pretty much run by republicans) so having some political comradery would be soothing.</p>
<p>glad to hear the democrats are active. hell, it's DC! they better be active... =)</p>
<p>and oh yeah as for the whole jesuit thing, my sister goes to another jesuit institution (santa clara) and she always raves about her jesuir professors. she and I are very not catholic at all... if anything i'm a combination of pantheist and agnostic. but i've heard about how open minded they are.</p>
<p>from a person at college democrats at gtown
Hello,</p>
<p>Yes, people with liberal political views have no trouble fitting in on campus. I'd say that the school is evenly split between liberals and conservatives, but the liberals and democrats are a bit more vocal. If you have any more questions, feel free to let me know.</p>
<p>Have you visited Georgetown or Brown? What suburb are you talking about, Providence? And people go to Ivies because they are not materialistic? Fact is you will find people with diverse interests at both schools. Focus on something else to make your choice.</p>