<p>I'm sure there have been plenty of threads on social life, but I want to get a good feel for the social life of Georgetown. I've been accepted a few places and now I need to make a decision. I care about academics, but I also want a place where it won't be insanely cutthroat and I could ask a classmate for help without them thinking I'm trying to take their #1 spot (high school all over haha). I also want a place with parties and student activities. Does Georgetown sound like the place for me? If so please explain!</p>
<p>Yeah, I was accepted as well and am interested in knowing about the social life at Georgetown. How heavy is the drinking scene there? Is it a party school or do people find other things to do with their time?</p>
<p>From my experience, Georgetown is a place with lots of motivated people, but very few (I don’t think I ever met one?) who could be accurately termed cutthroat. The dynamics of post-college plans are such that you’re not really competing against your classmates the same way you were in high school. “Class rank” isn’t really something that gets factored into law/med/grad school admissions, and with jobs you’re generally competing against people from many different universities.</p>
<p>In terms of activities, there’s definitely a huge amount of stuff going on at any time on campus. So much so that you have to consciously guard yourself against becoming too comfortable and trapped in “the Georgetown bubble” and end up missing out on all the great things that DC proper has to offer. No shortage of parties, and the student groups are plentiful and quite robust. I’ve always believed this to be a consequence of the lack of a real Greek presence - fraternities and sororities have a tendency to suck up all of the oxygen in a campus social milieu, whereas on the Hilltop, groups of friends and interest-based student groups (newspapers, political groups, ethnic heritage groups, intramural sports teams, etc.) are where its at.</p>
<p>The good news there is that these groups all do plenty of things other than drink/party, so it’s very much possible to be a social person without turning into Bluto from Animal House. A friend of mine who was/is universally well-liked and rarely missed a party was also an observant Mormon. On top of that, there’s a million interesting experiences to be had off-campus in the DC metro area (plus Baltimore, Richmond, Philly, and NYC are pretty close).</p>
<p>Thank you so much!</p>