Georgetown University Top Questions

Awesome. Love it here, great people, great academic culture, very fast paced though be ready to move!

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I love Georgetown, plain and simple. I live in the best city in the world: Washington, D.C. There is no better place to spend college. I knew that I wanted a university with a big city, but a small-town feel, and that is exactly what I got. Georgetown's undergraduate population is approximately 8,000 students. I could not imagine attending a large, public school or a smaller college. For me, Georgetown strikes just the right balance. I might run into three or four friends on the way to class, but I pass a sufficient number of strangers, too. I feel like I belong, but I am not overwhelmed by familiarity. I am eager to meet new people, but I am not drowned in anonymity. The best thing about Georgetown is its sense of community. "Cura Personalis," or "care for the entire person," is one of the university's core values, which flows throughout student life. My friends and professors are compassionate and understanding. Georgetown is teaching me the skills not only to find a job, but also the basics of getting along with other people in the real world. We are "Men and Women for Others." There is no doubt that Georgetown is one of the best universities in the world. Wherever I go, I receive recognition of the university's prestige - even back home in California. At dinner the other night, my sister was wearing my Georgetown sweatshirt and the hostess excitedly told us that one of her good friends just graduated from Georgetown. "It's a great school!" she said. Simply, Georgetown is incredible. This past year alone, I saw Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speak in Gaston Hall, witnessed President Obama's Second Inauguration, went ice-skating with friends on the waterfront, took in a performance at the Kennedy Center, and cheered on my beloved Hoyas at the Verizon Center. I just can't capture my love of Georgetown in words. From meeting my roommate on the first day of college to taking a Spanish final on "Georgetown Day" and from playing FIFA with my buddies until 3 AM on a Tuesday to pulling all-nighters studying for Map, I miss Georgetown so much. Freshman year is barely over, but I can't wait to get back.

I love Georgetown, plain and simple. I live in the best city in the world: Washington, D.C. There is no better place to spend college. I knew that I wanted a university with a big city, but a small-town feel, and that is exactly what I got. Georgetown's undergraduate population is approximately 8,000 students. I could not imagine attending a large, public school or a smaller college. For me, Georgetown strikes just the right balance. I might run into three or four friends on the way to class, but I pass a sufficient number of strangers, too. I feel like I belong, but I am not overwhelmed by familiarity. I am eager to meet new people, but I am not drowned in anonymity. The best thing about Georgetown is its sense of community. "Cura Personalis," or "care for the entire person," is one of the university's core values, which flows throughout student life. My friends and professors are compassionate and understanding. Georgetown is teaching me the skills not only to find a job, but also the basics of getting along with other people in the real world. We are "Men and Women for Others." There is no doubt that Georgetown is one of the best universities in the world. Wherever I go, I receive recognition of the university's prestige - even back home in California. At dinner the other night, my sister was wearing my Georgetown sweatshirt and the hostess excitedly told us that one of her good friends just graduated from Georgetown. "It's a great school!" she said. Simply, Georgetown is incredible. This past year alone, I saw Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speak in Gaston Hall, witnessed President Obama's Second Inauguration, went ice-skating with friends on the waterfront, took in a performance at the Kennedy Center, and cheered on my beloved Hoyas at the Verizon Center. I just can't capture my love of Georgetown in words. From meeting my roommate on the first day of college to taking a Spanish final on "Georgetown Day" and from playing FIFA with my buddies until 3 AM on a Tuesday to pulling all-nighters studying for Map, I miss Georgetown so much. Freshman year is barely over, but I can't wait to get back.

The faculty and student engagement is great. Even though it is a jesuit university, people here are open to discernment. The administration is always there to help you and once you have a question, just call them will be great.

The Georgetown only helps in terms of jobs and internships because of its reputation. The location is great because it provides so many opportunities no matter what a student is interested in. I do wish that they had a Chicano/Hispanic Studies Major and had a diversity requirement for students along with the other core requirements. It's a shame how ignorant some students really are when they arrive at Georgetown. I do not necessarily blame them but I do think that for a school who prides itself on diversity, they should make it a requirement. Students are very goal driven. Students join every organization possible, volunteer all the time, and intern/ work almost every semester on top of taking a full course load (5 or more classes) to add as much as they can to their resume rather than just because they want or love to. People are so stressed, it's scary sometimes. Georgetown definitely does seem to have a larger workload than other prestigious universities which I believe contributes to the stress on campus. I think there is school pride around basketball season but it seems like the alumni have much more school pride than the undergrads. Some students are also bitter about not getting into their first choice ivy so they show more pride for certain ivies than they do for gtown. I think georgetown should also update some of their facilities. For how well some of the sports teams do, they certainly do not have great athletic facilities. The students also complain about the dining hall but I think it's dumb because they are just being ungrateful spoiled people who do not appreciate how hard the people at the dining hall work to please the student body.

Georgetown is wonderful in a lot of ways. As a relatively small, private university, it can offer its students personalized attention and services that may be hard to find in a larger university. These include personal relationships with faculty members, small class sizes, career-education services, counseling and other support groups geared to individualized concerns, etc. Georgetown students also benefit tremendously from the campus location in Washington, DC. The actual town of Georgetown offers a smaller, more manageable space for students within the larger urban context. The town of Georgetown comes to feel like an extended campus and students find themselves right at home outside the campus gates. Additionally, Georgetown's close proximity to Capital Hill and the White House not only offers fantastic career opportunities, which many students take advantage of, but also brings influential speakers to campus (the list includes President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and fellow Hoya Bradley Cooper). Student complaints about Georgetown typically critique the social dynamics on campus. There is a small greek presence, but these fraternities and sororities are not recognized by the University and can easily be ignored if one so chooses. Consequently, Georgetown relies a lot upon other student groups to organize social interactions. One such group is The Corp, an entirely student-run organization (the largest in the nation) that operates many food and service businesses on campus. Some students feel animosity toward The Corp, typically describing it as exclusive and all-consuming of its members (it has even been referred to as "The Cult"). The Corp is, however, the largest student group on campus and "Corpies" typically love their experience. Another major social critique here at Georgetown is of the dominant "hook-up culture". Serious relationships are not common and an invitation to go on the stereotypical dinner-date is very rare and taken seriously. The norm is rather the casual hook-up, something people usually tire of by junior year. This notion of the "hook-up culture" is so prevalent that not only does every student know the term, but so do many professors. Georgetown, obviously, is not perfect, but does offer both strong academics and a strong social scene. Each person's experience is a little different, but all the students I know are proud to be Hoyas.

Attending Georgetown University, affords you the best of both worlds in both campus experience and central location. The campus is quietly tucked away on top of the hills of the historical neighborhood of Georgetown. You tend to forget that you are situated in one of the most powerful cities in the world until you see the Washington monument in the distance. The University's location in Washington, DC makes it a prime nexus to implement your academic scholarship into real world networks and connections, since many national and international businesses, non-profits, and organizations are head-quartered here- not to mention the home of the US Government and its affiliates.

Georgetown is the best. I have had such a great experience here so far and I wish I never had to leave. It's obviously much smaller than state schools, but it makes it easy to get to know a lot of people both in your own grade as well as those in other grades. Walking around campus you're bound to see people that you know, which is actually really nice, but it's big enough that there's always new people to meet. The bars on M Street and in DC in general are so much fun. If you frequent them enough, you'll probably end up making friends with the bouncers and bartenders. Georgetown itself is a great place to live in for four years of your life and there's always fun and exciting things to go to and see in DC. You can go for a run to the monuments or the White House or the Capitol or wherever you want. Just make sure that you remember that you're still in a city so you need to be careful. There is a lot of crime in DC so just keep that in mind. Neighbors in Georgetown can be annoying because they don't like college students having parties and making loud noises so that's a definite problem. It sucks and means that parties have to end on the early side, but everyone goes to the bars by 12:30am or 1am so it's not that bad. The basketball games are a ton of fun to attend so make sure to buy season tickets. Like at any college, you can have as much school pride as you want and you can make the most of what you're given. Georgetown is awesome, but it's up to you participate and have fun.

I consider myself extremely lucky to have spent four years here. My overall opinion is that Georgetown does a remarkable job of gathering students who are exceptionally fun, generous, curious, and bright. I don't know exactly what their algorithm is, but it's working. Georgetown campus is beautiful, being in DC is a treat, the courses are wonderful, but it's the people who really make your experience. Georgetown collects some of the best 18 year-olds from across the country and most of them are extremely loyal to the place that gave them four fantastic years.