<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>I'm a Freshman at GU and I'm here to help! Here's my story:</p>
<p>I applied to Georgetown EA and was deferred, I was again waitlisted during regular decision. Luckily, I was admitted later in May.</p>
<p>Please ask me any questions about applications, admissions, academics, life at Georgetown or anything else that you want to know about, I'd be glad to help out.</p>
<p>I’m hoping that is what happens to me.</p>
<p>What were your admission stats?
What school are you in?</p>
<p>SAT: 700 math, 710 writing, 700 reading
SAT II: 680 US History, 700 Math II
GPA: 3.8 unweighted
4 AP classes (Biology, Econ, English, Calc)</p>
<p>Captain of varsity soccer team, student council, volunteer work.</p>
<p>I’m in the college likely majoring in Economics.</p>
<p>When you were waitlisted, did you not accept any other college offers and just waited for gtown? Did the University express any interest in you specifically that made you wait?</p>
<p>I accepted an offer from a different school, and I even put in the deposit for that school (which I lost). What I think really helped me was that when I was deferred and waitlisted was that I called the admissions office once, and only once (you don’t want to bother them), to find out what I could do/who I could talk to to get a leg up against the competition. I also wrote an additional “essay”, which was basically a letter about why Georgetown was my first choice, what about it made me like it so much, I even referenced certain professors and classes which intrigued me about Georgetown. I sent that to the admissions office to be added to my file. I can positively tell you that helped me because the admissions officer that told me that the letter gave me the leg up over the other well qualified people. My opinion is that the university intentionally seems like it is ignoring you to see if you will proactively express interest for them to weed out the people that accept the waitlist just to see if they would get in. Really, it’s all about yield for them at that point.</p>
<p>How would you describe the overall feel of the campus? Are the students highly competitive or are they more laid-back? How diverse does the campus feel, and not just racially, but also politically and socio-economically? Is there a typical student?</p>
<p>Even though Georgetown is a very competitive university, especially now during finals, I haven’t experienced anyone being overtly competitive with others. There are many, many people who to office hours and such but there definitely isn’t a feeling of uneasiness. In fact, I would say that most of the people are mainly laid back during the year with the exception of tight deadlines, but during finals season the campus definitely changes and becomes really quiet.</p>
<p>The campus is really preppy, but is by no means exclusive. There is a niche for everyone here and I haven’t heard any complaints so far. There are all types here, but I’d say that about 75% of students are pretty preppy. Racially, it is a very diverse place, there is someone from everywhere, check out the admitted students profile on the website to see the huge list of countries. Socio-economically, Georgetown is overwhelmingly affluent. Again, not a bad thing, especially since people don’t tend to flaunt their wealth.</p>
<p>There really isn’t a typical Georgetown student, it’s so diverse. It sounds clich</p>
<p>This seems like an interesting thread and I’m surprised more people aren’t picking up on it.</p>
<p>Can you say anything about the Walsh School? Are all the classes separate from the regular college, and what are the core requirements like?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Over the years, Georgetown has really added alot of buildings. </p>
<p>Where do the students go when they want to sit outside on some grass? Healy Circle?</p>
<p>Do the Georgetown nightclubs and bars strictly enforce the drinking age of 21. If so, where do folks go to have fun on weekends.</p>
<p>Rads raises a good question. Obviously Georgetown is an urban university. Is there green space? My daughter has grown up with deer in the back yard and cornfields down the road. She loves the energy of the city but I need to see some gardens and lawn. </p>
<p>Is the campus just streets and buildings, and will she have to go across town to see a park and grass she can run her toes through?</p>
<p>rads and Fairfielder: Healy Lawn, Copley Lawn, Alumni Square Courtyard, the Southwest Quad are all “green spaces” where students can study, play or get a GUGS burger. </p>
<p>Georgetown is not a New England LAC in terms of green space, but it is no GW or NYU. There is a very obvious campus with many grassy areas. </p>
<p>There are also many public park around the Georgetown area.</p>
<p>fairfielder: the Walsh school has many core requirements. The only one you really hear students gripe about is the four semesters of econ, but the students know what they’re getting into, so it is more about difficulty of the class as well as possibility of taking electives.
Many classes that fill SFS requirements will also fill other students’ rquirements (as all schools have a liberal arts core), so the SFS is no more separate from the “regular college” as any of the schools are separate from each other.
Only certain classes are restricted or give preference to the students in a specific school (certain business classes, certain language classes, etc.), but on the whole aside from upper level concentration classes, most classes have students from all schools in them.</p>
<p>As for what the specific requirements are, I invite you to check out the sfs website.</p>
<p>Rads: most bars in DC do enforce the 21+ thing. There are a couple of bars/clubs that do 18 to party, 21 to drink, but there is often a cover if you’re under 21.
There are places that are known to be rather lenient with fake IDs, but I’ll leave it to you to figure that out… 
People often have on-campus parties or go out into the city. It really depends on what you want to do, and your group of friends.</p>
<p>You mentioned you called the admissions office…in your opinion, is it better to do this after you were deferred or when you are waitlisted? When did you do it?</p>
<p>Can you comment on the social life? Are there opportunities for students to go out every weekend? What are a student’s different options on the weekend? Thanks so much!</p>
<p>I was out of the country, sorry for the late reply. Looks like rainbsprinkles answered some questions, but I’ll do the same too.</p>
<p>Georgetown is in an urban environment as far as the fact that it is inside Washington city limits. However, the Georgetown neighborhood of DC is more of a suburb with an urban twist. Georgetown does have a “gated” campus (the gate is always open but there is a wall that separates campus from the rest of the city), and there are plenty of places like Healy and Copley Lawns and Leavey Esplanade to relax on grass, but as far as nature, there are big trees and some squirrels. As I mentioned, the Georgetown neighborhood, along with the Burleith neightborhood, is much more suburban feeling than the rest of DC. There are many parks nearby, such as the Waterfront Park on the Potomac, if the green spaces on campus don’t suit your needs, but most students are very happy with open areas on campus.</p>
<p>As far as the Walsh School of Foreign Service, I don’t have much information on that, as I am in Georgetown College. I do hear that the many semesters of economics are very demanding, and that the seminars and the Map of the Modern World class are demanding for being worth so little. Other than that I would agree with rainbsprinkles and refer you to their very informative website.</p>
<p>For my experience with the admissions office, I called after I was waitlisted, but I would suggest calling after being deferred. I think that the main reason of why I was waitlisted after being deferred was that I didn’t show enough passion for matriculating at Georgetown after I was deferred. I would certainly put yourself out there and make yourself memorable to the admissions staff while also remembering to walk that thin line of making yourself known, but at the same time not annoying the admissions office.</p>
<p>As far as the nightlife goes, Georgetown really has a perfect formula. For the underclassmen (18-20) there are a lot of fun 18+ clubs that usually host some kind of celebrity, so that’s always fun. As far as the bar scene, many bars are pretty strict on fake ID’s but there are a few that are known among the underclassmen, and upperclassmen alike, that are pretty lenient on them, but they certainly won’t take a horrible one, or an ID card. A lot of people seem to discount Georgetown because it doesn’t have registered frats, but I view it as a positive thing. On campus parties are a lot less exclusive and the upperclassmen that host them will generally let Freshmen in, even if they don’t know them. There are definitely many different options for students to go out every weekend. The big nights are Thursday and Saturday, with Friday being less of a big party night as it is a chill with friends night. There are also a bunch of concerts around town, a huge plus about living in DC.</p>
<p>Wow…thanks for a detailed answer!</p>
<p>Could you tell us more about the courses you are taking?</p>
<p>I want to major in government, but I’m applying to Georgetown College because I want to explore other areas of study as well. I would love to take classes in SFS. Is it possible to do so?</p>
<p>Last semester I took all GenEd classes for Georgetown College, here are the GenEd required courses:</p>
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<p>As far as taking classes for SFS, it is definitely possible to take them. The only thing is that the spaces are for SFS students first, and the interesting classes usually fill up pretty quickly. But if you are really persistent about getting into a class, you can usually persuade a professor to let you stay if you go to the first lecture.</p>
<p>what can you tell me about the english program?</p>
<p>Since Georgetown is a Jesuit college, I am wondering what effect that has on student life and admissions.</p>
<p>How would you respond to the stereotype that GU is a bunch of white rich preppy kids? My only worry about Georgetown is really just the social life. If I’m not “preppy” and rich how would I fit in? Thanks.</p>
<p>Georgetown is an international university that attracts all types of socio-economic backgrounds. My S and his friends were neither rich (all were on aid) nor preppy and they all fit in just fine. I see from your screen name that you hope to be a Wildcat. You should ask the same questions on the Villanova boards.</p>