<p>What are the class sizes for GWU? </p>
<p>I want small classes sizes, will I find this at GWU?</p>
<p>Per US News
Classes with under 20 students = 54%
Classes with 50 or more students 12%
So that leaves classes between 21 and 49 students at 34%</p>
<p>The classes at GW are much like the classes at any major school. The intro classes tend to be bigger lectures but after the intros the classes tend to get smaller and more discussion based. I am in the honors program which caps their classes at 20 people, even the intro classes so in my first sememster I only have 2 large lectures. I think the general trend wherever you go is that during your freshman and maybe sophmore years you will have larger classes and as the classes become more specifici the numbers drop.</p>
<p>Are there a lot of classes over 50 students?
100?</p>
<p>My D, a freshman at GW, has had only one large class(80 people). This was a class to fulfill the general science distribution requirement. The more APs you have completed with a 4 or 5, the less larger classes you'll have to take. All my Ds other classes have had 20 or fewer people. It also depends on your major. Only 12% of the classes are larger than 50 people. That's not a lot.</p>
<p>Isn't it also true that it depends upon a person's major?</p>
<p>If i am undecided, does that mean that I am more likely to have larger classes?</p>
<p>It completely depends on the class. For example, my microeconomics lecture has probably between 50 and 100 people in it while my French class has about 20. Also, some big classes will have smaller discussions.</p>
<p>I am only in two larger classes this year, probably around 80 people in each class. For both of these classes I have a discussion section once a week with a TA and both of these professors and their TA's all hold office hours. I have found the TA's very receptive so far and have not had any trouble asking questions or getting my questions answered.</p>
<p>In my 4 years at GW, I've never seen a class more than 180 students. Compare that to other school that cram upwards of 300-400 students in a class. </p>
<p>The vast majority of larger classes have discussion sessions/labs of about 25 led by a TA as mentioned above.</p>