Visiting Soon, Suggestions?

<p>Obviously I'm signed up for the tour, but what else should I consider doing?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance! :)</p>

<p>See if there are any events going on around campus that are of interest to you: [Georgetown</a> University](<a href=“Events - Georgetown University”>http://events.georgetown.edu/)</p>

<p>Sit in on a class, if possible</p>

<p>Try to spend a little bit of time in a student space like Sellinger Lounge or 2nd floor Lauinger to see if you like “the vibe.”</p>

<p>What you do in your limited time on campus should follow from what you consider to be the most important variables in your decision-making process.</p>

<p>One thing you might consider doing is eating at the dining hall. It’s a bit pricey (~$12/person), but it’s probably the one place that’s guaranteed to have a cross-section of the student body (since freshmen and sophomores are required to have a meal plan), and the food is actually pretty good (most complaints are more about it being repetitive, but if you go you’ll see how many permutations of sandwiches, salads, omelettes, pizzas, stir fry, etc. you can make). In any case, you’ll be spending a fair amount of time there, so I’d check it out. And go on a weekday - their offerings on weekends are significantly paired back.</p>

<p>The library is open to the public with a photo ID. You can see the typical group study space on the second floor (although that doesn’t get busy until the evening), visit the student coffee shop on the same floor, the computer lab a floor below, nice views of Virginia from the 4th.</p>

<p>I’d definitely second sitting in on a class. The admissions office doesn’t usually do it, but if you push them hard enough with enough notice, they’ll arrange it.</p>

<p>*I’d definitely second sitting in on a class. The admissions office doesn’t usually do it, but if you push them hard enough with enough notice, they’ll arrange it. *</p>

<p>Err, not exactly: [Georgetown</a> University- Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/visiting_observingclass.cfm]Georgetown”>http://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/visiting_observingclass.cfm)</p>

<p>As an opportunity to experience the vibrant academic life here at Georgetown, professors in some departments have graciously made their classes available to visiting students. Please click [url=<a href=“http://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/documents/visitsinfo/visitclasses.pdf]here[/url”>http://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/documents/visitsinfo/visitclasses.pdf]here[/url</a>] for a list of classes available to visit.</p>

<p>Walk around campus on your own, of course. Explore as much of Healy Hall as you can. The Healy Hall classrooms are amazing. Visit Dahlgren Chapel; if you can, attend a Mass there.</p>

<p>Go to Village A and enjoy the spectacular view of the Potomac, etc. They will probably take you there on the tour, but a return visit is worth it.</p>

<p>Walk/drive around the adjoining area. Georgetown U has a very unique setting. There are embassies on the north side and, of course, M street.</p>

<p>don’t step on THE SEAL.</p>

<p>I didn’t know they had seals in DC. I thought that was a west coast thing.</p>

<p>It’s a kind of a mosaic on the ground right outside of a building; it has a crack in the middle (makes it more ominous) because <em>supposedly</em> all the people kept stepping outside of it and it cracked it.</p>

<p>Do the bike tour in DC (either one but doing the monuments was a bit rushed); do the evening one…the sunsets and everything enhance the monuments! The bike tours are definitely fun :slight_smile: (it was kinda weird for me because they gave me too high of a bike and stupidly, I was late so I didn’t get much time to try it out before we left so…it hurt and starting off after each start was a bit embarrassing)</p>

<p>Alright, let’s be honest about classes. You should go to one, and if you go to a large lecture and sit in the back, no one will ever notice you.</p>

<p>dzleprechaun, I stand corrected</p>