Inside GW: Admitted Students' Day

NHuffer
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:25:03 +0000

@NJmom8 Greek life is “present” but not invasive at all. You’ll always see students walking around with their letters but never will a non-Greek student feel left-out. I don’t know what percentage of students participate, but I’d guess only 10-15%. Further, a fair number of the frats are academic-based.

Yes, ending-up on the dorm is a real possibility as a freshman. I think somewhere around 20-30% of freshmen live there. If she were to end-up on that dorm, it’s important to have a positive attitude: it’s only one year, and there are definitely good things about living there (ease of making friends, quieter, easy access to food, etc).

As far as paying for food, a student has an allotment for the year- so it’s not “daily.” However, if you were to average semester allotments for the number of days a student would be on campus, freshmen get about $25/day. It’s difficult at first- learning how much different things cost and how much food you actually need. Doing cereal or other basic foods for breakfast helps a lot. Carrying a water bottle around instead of buying juice/soda also results in noticeable savings.