<p>those two are my top two and i want to know thoughts of those who transferred. thanks!</p>
<p>anyone? </p>
<p>bump</p>
<p>I can tell you I’m transferring FROM GWU because it was not the right school for me…I didn’t hate it, but there are very specific types of people who go there. Just because you’re not one of those “types” doesn’t mean you won’t like it, but I felt like I wasn’t getting as much out of it as those kids were.</p>
<p>thanks seasonsofluv23. just wondering, what was it that made you think it wasn’t the right fit for you?</p>
<p>and can you comment on the academics?</p>
<p>Well those questions kind of go hand-in-hand…if you talk to 10 random GW students, I can bet you that about 8 of them will tell you the academics are not what GW is about (and the last two will most likely be an engineering student and a pre-med student). GW is simply not about being the classroom, it’s about being in DC for the nightlife/internships.</p>
<p>I am a very humanities-based person. I love the humanities and really value them, although I might have to one day live in a box because of my majors. However, at GW, the humanities classes were treated as “grade-boosters” and were not very challenging. Unfortunately, both the students and professors seemed to take this view. I felt like the bar was not set very high in my classes unless you planned to continue in that field. Many students went through the majority of their classes trying to “get through with an A” to boost their GPA and resume, and many of the professors also held that mentality. As a person who likes learning for the sake of learning, it was a very frustrating environment. I also got the sense from some of my friends that many of the other non-humanities subjects (Anthropology, Biology, Communications, etc.) were not very challenging or mentally stimulating either, though of course that’s a second-hand opinion. All in all, GW simply didn’t fulfill my needs as a student.</p>
<p>I kind of saw 4 main types of students at GW, and felt that they were all getting what they wanted out of their college experience by going there:</p>
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<li>People who were trying to get through college the easiest way possible, with as much partying as you can fit in 4 years. Their gain: Easy A’s with joke classes/majors and a great city for nightlife.</li>
<li>People who have their sights on some great profession in the world beyond graduation and are ready to start that life NOW. Their gain: Great internship/networking opportunities because of GW’s location and lack of academic rigor. </li>
<li>Students who maybe aren’t super-motivated with life plans or really into partying, but are getting great financial aid. Their gain: Awesome friends and decent education in a fun city sounds like a good deal for such a good aid package.</li>
<li>Future engineers and pre-med students. Their gain: …you’re gonna do tons of work on either of those tracks, no matter where you go. But GW offers great financial aid and a city to chill in whenever you DO have a moment free.</li>
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<p>i see. </p>
<p>thanks a lot. i just graduated from a high school where most of the kids cruised in the classes so they can party. i admit it really rubbed off on me, hence my less than stellar grades.</p>
<p>so i’m not sure about going to a school where the students (not all, of course) are the same: toying with great financial aid, cruising with easy classes where they are challenged but not to the extent that some would prefer.</p>
<p>but i think you sold me when you said students gain more from their INTERNSHIPS than the lack of rigor in academics, that way they can cruise with easy A’s AND gain internship experience. i never thought of it that way, even though i knew internships were possible. it’s a win-win situation!</p>
<p>btw, if possible, do you know how the geography major is? like…if any of your friends pursued it?
and
where did you happen to transfer to?</p>
<p>I guess if you’re okay with going to a ridiculously expensive school and not being challenged in the classroom, than that’s fine, but to me it just didn’t make sense, so I’m transferring to Barnard, a small liberal arts college that I think will better fit my needs. I just figured…I’m not paying for internships, I’m paying tuition bills.</p>
<p>I don’t remember the impression I got from the one person I met who was a geography major, but I do remember a geography minor who complained about the uselessness of the classes she had to take. I actually took a Geography class to fulfill a requirement. I personally found it very dull, but the professor was pretty cool and very knowledgeable about applying the Geog major to the real world. It seems to be a pretty small department for majors, so the faculty are pretty dedicated to them.</p>
<p>barnard wow. congrats!</p>
<p>lol dull. thank you for all of your help!</p>
<p>bumppppppppppp</p>