<p>I wouldn’t participate in WLP or similar programs. Attending freshmen special seminars doesn’t do much for me. I wouldn’t live on a campus I didn’t want to live on just for some freshmen seminar program. WLP does mean meeting some students, staff, and professors, but that could be done in many other ways. </p>
<p>I doubt that 99.9% of future employers would care that you participated in some leadership program your freshmen year. </p>
<p>I would instead put the effort into my GPA/classes, personal networking, and real-world job experience.</p>
<p>You can find a social life on either campus. MVC has traditionally had more “artsy” people simply because 1) it’s a traditional, suburban campus that they preferred 2) there’s a good number of art classes offered at MVC 3) MVC tends to have artsy coffee houses/musics and theater productions… further attracting the artsy students. Also, MVC used to be a women’s college until GWU bought it out in the 1990s. Some dorms on MVC weren’t co-ed until the mid-2000s. You used to get women who wanted to live in women-only dorms. Mount Vernon Campus used to be nicknamed Mount Vagina. </p>
<p>In some ways, the smaller MVC means you see the same faces around campus more often. That could be good for getting to know people.</p>
<p>On Foggy Bottom, that’s where most students are. Also, that’s where you go to nearby bars/clubs/restaurants/city events. And, it’s also where most social organization events and meetings are held. If you live on MVC, you sometimes feel like a commuter student. If you have a class at Foggy Bottom, then 5 hours before your next class at Foggy Bottom, living at MVC is a pain… you’re a commuter student. Sometimes the shuttle is delayed, sometimes the weather sucks (snow), sometimes traffic is delayed. Taking the shuttle a few times a day is a PAIN IN THE BUTT. You’ll have to plan your schedule if you live on MVC to adapt to being a “commuter student” to Foggy Bottom. In fact, you might just sign up for any random classes you can find at MVC just so you don’t have to take the shuttle and can roll out of bed and walk to class on MVC. </p>
<p>FOGGY BOTTOM
Want to live near bars/clubs to go out?
Want to live on the “real” main campus, with the bookstore, student center, most classes, most of the restaurants, etc?
Want to be able to walk to Dupont Circle, World Bank, Washington Monument, the subway, etc.?
Want a roudier, party dorm?
Want to be near the larger library?
Do you not mind noise and being more crowded in dorms?
Do you want/need to work off campus? Do you want a city internship?
More students nearby to get to know-- but more people, so you don’t always see the same faces around.</p>
<p>MOUNT VERNON
Want a quieter “traditional” campus that looks more suburban?
Do you not mind commuting 10-15 minutes each way to your classes on Foggy Bottom? Yes, some classes are available on Mount Vernon Campus, but most are at Foggy Bottom. In bad traffic, that commute could become 30 minutes plus each way. Sometimes it’s taken me an hour in traffic to get between campuses, but the usual delay is 30 minutes or less each way.
Do you not mind commuting to events and activities for social clubs or Greek groups?
Do you not mind walking half a mile off the campus to the nearest grocery store?
Do you want a smaller quieter library?
MVC has coffee houses and smaller events. These can be fun.
Fewer students nearby, in some ways easier to get to know people better.
MVC is a college campus basically in/near a residential neighborhood. Neighbors, overall, don’t like that the college campus is there and means more noise, traffic, disruption.
Do you want to know most of the people who live near you?
You tend to get to know other MVC students since it’s smaller. Feels more like a traditional college campus where you see more familiar faces around campus than Foggy.
Do you want a campus with trees and more natural?
Do you want the sports complex that MVC has?</p>