<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>So I just completed my first year at georgetown and it was AMAZING. The reason I'm posting here is that I was once in your shoes and I completely understand how nerve racking the process can be. So for those of you who have any questions about georgetown whether it be social or academic feel free to ask me here or PM them to me. I'd love to help. </p>
<p>Here's a little about me. I'm a rising sophomore in the SFS majoring in STIA and premed. </p>
<p>If you wanna know anything else lemme know!</p>
<p>Hey,</p>
<p>I’m a rising Senior in high school with a few questions…
First of all, what does it take to get into Georgetown - did you have a very rigorous high school course load or really good essays, etc?
Also, how are the language courses if you’ve taken any?</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>Hey,</p>
<p>Honestly, yeah its a mix of everything. I went to a small private school whose courses were somewhat limited but I took all the advanced classes I could and I went beyond by taking classes at my state school senior year. I also won several state level awards that I’m sure helped and wrote what I thought were interesting/genuine essays.</p>
<p>I took advanced spanish 2, and I didn’t really like it that much. It was mostly a grammar class, which I had enough of from high school, and it was not what I was looking for. That said, I have heard that the upper level classes are supposed to be somewhat better, but not many students are really fond of the spanish/Portuguese department. As far as other languages go, a couple of my friends have taken korean and japanese and they both had really positive experiences in those languages. Finally, one of my friends is in arabic and they really like their professor, but arabic is extremely hard to learn so they’re having a little trouble with that. Overall though, I think you’ll find that the languages are really good here, except for spanish haha.</p>
<p>You mentioned that your first year was AMAZING. So could you share one or two most amazing things about GTown with us, or the general experience? My D is going there in the fall as a freshman. I am sure your sharing will be very helpful to those who are pondering their school choices now.</p>
<p>STATS PREEZ.</p>
<p>Also, what was your first year schedule? Was it ALL gen ed requirements or a mix of electives/major classes/language etc?</p>
<p>@hzhao2004. Yeah I can. Honestly I don’t know where to begin. Whether it was seeing both Clintons on campus individually, running into Biden at the chapel, or making spontaneous night trips to the monuments the fact that Georgetown is in DC makes the experience incredible. Yeah there are other schools in DC, but they simply don’t stand up to the georgetown experience. As far as clubs go, I was involved in GERMS (the emt service on campus) as well as rangila, which is a performance put on by the South Asian Society. The people I met through these two activities were really great people and have turned into some of my best friends here. Academically, I particularly liked my IR class which was taught by a professor who really cares about every student and was passionate about her teaching. Just to illustrate how much she cared about her students, by the first day of class she had memorized every single face/name of every student in this 200 person class.</p>
<p>@CSIHSIS. GPA UW: 3.97, ACT: 34, SAT II’s Math II 790 World History 730 Bio 750. Several state medals in speech/debate. Research, among other stuff. I guess my case is a little special because I’m premed and in the SFS but this is what I took:</p>
<p>Fall: Chem I (lab/lecture), Proseminar, English, Microeconomics, Problem of God (theology class)</p>
<p>Spring: Chem II (lab/lecture), Latin American History II, Hinduism Today, Macroeconomics, Map of the Modern World, Advanced Spanish II. </p>
<p>I took the proficiency test in spanish spring semester and passed. They recommend you take one class above advanced spanish II but after doing a little more work on my part I was very prepared for the test.
Also because I’m a STIA major Chem actually counted towards my major/elective.</p>
<p>Most people do take mostly core classes over the first 2 years, but depending on how many AP credits you have you definitely have space to take one or two electives freshman year and many more sophomore year onwards.</p>
<p>Hey man, do you know if you have a decent bit the SFS credits done, in my case both humanities and one history, if you could start an intensive and non-intensive language at the same time?</p>
<p>Motivated, thanks a lot. It does sound amazing. My D loves GTown, and it is her dream school.</p>
<p>@hoyadestroyer yeah its definitely possible, in fact next semester my roommate (who’s also in the SFS) is taking intensive arabic and spanish. I’m not sure if you know but intensive languages are 6 credits and regular languages are 3. So if you do decide to take both, your looking at 9 credits of languages alone. Usually people take 5 classes so you may taking 18 credits or something like that which is definitely doable, I did it last semester but it can be a lot. which languages did you have in mind?</p>
<p>@hzhao2004: no problem, glad I could help. Lemme know if you have any questions and I hope your D has a great time this fall.</p>
<p>If I get in next year I’m thinking of doing intensive and regular for Korean and Japanese xD</p>
<p>Thanks so much for providing this information to everyone!</p>
<p>I am a rising HS senior and also, like your roommate, would like to study Spanish and Arabic simultaneously at Georgetown (if admitted, of course!) while pursuing the SFS IPEC program and, if allowed, a second major in Arabic Studies. Based on SAT II and AP scores, I place into Spanish 200. Not sure where I would place in Arabic (will be taking HS Honors Arabic IV this year). </p>
<p>In any case, it would be really interesting to talk to your roommate about his experiences. Is he on CC by any chance?</p>
<p>I was looking at Spanish and Persian and yeah I know about the credits. Also, for the person who asked, SFS students cant double major but can do certificates if they have enough space</p>
<p>hi motivated! thanks for posting on my thread earlier. after looking at this, i was just wondering about a couple of your core classes. what is proseminar? (sorry if this is an obvious question). and also, how good/bad is the theology class? i’m not really religious myself but i was raised catholic and i think it could be really interesting. oh and if you are in SFS and doing premed, what exactly is your major (sorry if this was mentioned above and i just missed it). thanks!</p>
<p>@scswickman: if you placed into spanish 200 that’s the gateway level and so it would probably focus more on writing. Unfortunately he’s not on CC, but just to clarify he’s planning on taking that next semester, but he hasn’t taken both of them together yet.</p>
<p>@Rose122: No problem. Proseminar is a class that every freshman in the SFS takes, there are about twenty different proseminars taught by some of the best faculty at georgetown and topics range from money to WWII history. The difficulty/interest completely depends on who your professor is. Summer before freshman year you get to rank all the prosems that you want to take and they put you into one of those seminars. Theology classes honestly depend completely on your professors. First semester in problem of god I had a professor that I didn’t really like to much but was really easy. Second semester I really disliked my professor. So for me I haven’t exactly had the best theology experience, but a lot of my friends who had different professors/took different classes really loved their theology classes. I too am not that religious but I think the experience of learning about a different religion and taking a class on it was very valuable, even though my classes weren’t as great as I hoped they would be. But like I said, others had really awesome experiences with their professors, and for all you know you may get an awesome experience. And I’m majoring in STIA.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies everyone!</p>
<p>@Motivated: Any tips regarding Govt 006 and 121? I am taking those two classes in summer school (flying to D.C. tomorrow). Any info would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>@hoyadestroyer: Ahh. . . no double majors in the SFS. I guess that what I would be shooting for then is a certificate in Arabic and/or Spanish. </p>
<p>BTW, for any high schooler considering Georgetown, the Summer College or Summer Honors Intensive programs are awesome ways to get a taste of the school while earning college credit. I did the program last summer as well, taking two courses on Middle East history (History 160 and 161). The cool part was that there were only one or two other high school students in my classes, giving the courses a real “college flavor.” Just be prepared to work hard and remember that the grades received will carry over to your college transcript (if you end up attending Georgetown. . . not sure about other schools). </p>
<p>In any case, this is a great thread!</p>
<p>@scswickman: I actually haven’t taken IR or CPS, but from what my friends have told me be ware of the curve haha. I’ve heard horror stories of people getting 94s and ending up with a B+ or something. But since you’re taking it over the summer you won’t have to worry nearly as much. Also, as long as you keep up with the readings and go to office hours, you should be good. </p>
<p>and btw, if you don’t attend Georgetown, you will get credit for the classes you took at Georgetown but they will not factor into your gpa.</p>
<p>Hi! I am a Georgetown hopefull and I was filling out the early action application and it says you have to list every act, sat, and subject you have taken, do you really have to list and send all of them? my gpa is amazing but my standardized testing is another story. do you know how much they weigh test scores? and how did your alumni interview go? I want to major in international health and take the pre-med track. any suggestions? do you think a lot of people take the major, if they don’t maybe it will up my chances…</p>
<p>sorry for the questions I have a lot!</p>
<p>@motivated: Thanks for the tip. I will keep on top of it. I have heard that the Georgetown curve is pretty brutal.</p>
<p>Hi I am wondering about the social life. How easy is it to meet people. Are there freshmen entries? I know there is an awesome mix of kids. Do people embrace diversity or clique?
I hear a lot of people head to bars? Alternatives? Thanks</p>
<p>@gurkaur: as far as I know yes you do. Unfortunately I don’t really know that much about how they weigh gpa/standardized tests as I’m just a student, not on the adcom. My interview went really well, I think it definitely helped me get in. There are a lot of ihealth majors who start of premed but usually they end up being either ihealth or premed–not both. the ihealth curriculum is pretty demanding and unless you take a lot of summer classes you aren’t going to be able to finish everything in time. hope that helps. </p>
<p>@Murphy600: the social life simply put is what you make of it. There are people who go out every weekend and thursdays, which are pretty big at georgetown. But then at the same time there are people who enjoy staying in either studying or just relaxing with friends watching a movie hanging out in your dorm, etc. There are some cliques on campus, but I guess they’re more associated with the clubs on campus. In fact the social scene pretty much does revolve around the clubs/activities on campus so getting involved your freshman year is a good way to meet people. For me personally, I met a lot of my friends through several organizations on campus but I still really enjoyed hanging out with the people in my dorm, particularly on my floor.</p>