<p>The title pretty much sums up my question. How are student-professor relations? How much attention do undergrads get at GWU?</p>
<p>as a freshman i can say that it is really not an impersonal environment. Unlike NYU, GW has a real campus feel and TONS of school spirit. The freshman advising workshops help us get acquanted and orientation (CI) is truly amazing. The beureaucracy is not impossible and its real easy to make friends in the huge freshman dorm Thurston</p>
<p>D is a freshman at GW. She is a science major and is getting good contact with professors both through science scholars program, work study job in a lab and a freshman dean’s seminar course. She has also made a nice group of friends on her hall floor and through participation in Living and Learning Community. Like any mid-size to large university, you have to be master of your own destiny. But so far she really loves it there.</p>
<p>How large are the intro courses in the popular courses? Are they taught exclusively by profs?</p>
<p>Can only speak from my daughter’s very early experience. She has 120 students in her chem lecture, 90 in her sociology lecture, and very few in her Calc. II class. Languages are limited to 20 students (sometimes fewer) so there is individual attention and access to lab-listening equipment. Freshman Dean’s Seminars (small classes of varying topics available only to freshmen) are limited to 20 students. All of her classes are taught by full professors. Chemistry requires a small recitation/lab group (20 students) led by grad student, supervised by a chem professor. Calculus also requires small recitation group (only about 9 in her section) led by a grad student. All professors are accessible by office hours and encourage students to visit. And sociology prof has been offering extra credit, extra topic lectures in the evenings which she has also been attending. GW’s entering freshmen class this year was 2400 students. They do try to create smaller experiences for freshmen within the larger university.</p>