<p>Actually, I will unfortunately say one more thing before I retire myself from this irrelevant thread. Most of what I said was done out of frustration of the ignorance that exists on this site, which, I will admit makes some of my own posts on this thread just as ignorant. However, with that said, I do not care where anybody goes to school. Really, congratulations to all of you. People will naturally fit in better at different schools for many reasons. On the contrary, not everybody has the resume to get into some of the ivies, or even other selective schools, such as Stanford, Duke, or MIT for example. Not every valedictorian opts to go to the ivies or top schools, as you may find, for financial reasons as one reason. However, what I do think is important, is how a student puts into school no matter what school you attend. GW or Georgetown, you will not succeed if you do not succeed in college. It is a shame that people look so heavily on statistics, when in reality, it’s not the statistics that get you somewhere in life, it is actually one’s effort which in turn gives the student experience and connections to build off of for the future.</p>
<p>Congratulations to all students at Georgetown, GW, Harvard, Lehigh, USC, Penn State, or that community college down the road from your house. Though each educational institution offers clearly different levels of challenges and difficulties, the solution to overcoming these challenges is the will of the student to put in as much effort to succeed at the top of their class and to get as much work experience and network connections as possible. Without that, I do not care if you are a student at Harvard, or at Northern Iowa University, your time at college will be limited and inefficient, and if for some reason you are able to finish school, the difficulties of finding a job or continuing on to grad, med, or law school will only mount on.</p>
<p>Good luck to all.</p>
<p>Now…</p>
<p>As for my answer to the actual thread regarding the party life at GW, the bulk of the social life, though not limited to, is with Greek life. Greek life at GW is on a rising trend with now roughly 25% of students going Greek. The Greek life consists of house parties, parties at clubs, and philanthropic events which usually involve day drinking activities. There is not much of school spirit, with the largest portion of that sector coming from our basketball games which do not always attract many students, but can provide a good time, or an excuse to drink. Non-Greek life students also find ways to have fun. Pregames are common on and around campus at night between 7-11pm. After that, the party usually ends up at bars in Georgetown, clubs in downtown DC, Adams Morgan, or for the older select few, the night life at U St. Finding a reason to party, especially on the weekends, is not hard to come by. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights are the big party nights. Nonetheless, there are plenty of people who only go out once or sometimes not at all during the week. Overall, I would give GW’s social life a B, all depending on how you interact with the social life on campus.</p>