<p>I recently visited GW, and during the tour and information session, I got the impression that if you’re not majoring in something having to do with politics, you’re minoring in it. Friends who have visited (at different times) seemed to get a similar impression… My intended major has nothing to do with politics, and I’m worried that if I attend this school (I’m only a junior, but still thinking), I wouldn’t be able to even hold conversations with people if I don’t regularly follow the news. GW seemed like a great school, so, someone, prove me wrong?</p>
<p>What is your prospective major?</p>
<p>Speech pathology</p>
<p>I recommend looking around on GW’s speech and hearing website.
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<p>The speech and hearing program at GW is ranked pretty high(I don’t know exactly I know it’s top 20 at least). I recommend getting a US news graduate school ranking booklet. It was released a month ago. </p>
<p>Speech and Hearing is one of GW’s top programs. Programs relating to politics are also very strong at GW. It has a very political atmosphere, though. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that Speech and Hearing internships/jobs would probably be best in DC considering all the government stuff, public organizations, and businesses.</p>
<p>i have several friends at gwu who say that it really isn’t as political as people think. yes, there are a lot of people into politics, but it doesn’t dominate the social life/social interactions. my friends were actually surprised that people were generally apthetic towards politics, obviously with exceptions</p>
<p>My S attends, and he has nothing to do with politics. You can kind of equate it with sports at Michigan or USC: it gets played up a lot, and a lot of people do follow it. But you can go there for 4 years and have a wonderful time without paying any attention to it if you choose to. My son spends more time talking about going to the Spy museum, seeing the Cherry trees, and taking walks on the Mall in the spring, and just going out to dinner in Georgetown. And of course that duck in front of Treasury was HUGE !! But politics gets a lot of visibility because that is something that certainly sets GW apart from other schools.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info everyone… good stuff to know!</p>
<p>“Keep in mind that Speech and Hearing internships/jobs would probably be best in DC considering all the government stuff, public organizations, and businesses.”
-That’s a good point, but I think you’re confused as to what my major is. No worries, most of my friends didn’t know either! Speech pathology doesn’t have to do with speeches, but speech (ex. a child who has a stutter might meet with the elementary school’s speech pathologist every day.)</p>
<p>Actually I do know what Speech and Hearing is. My aunt is a speech pathologist. She works for a nursing home and normally works with patients recovering from strokes. The web-site I recommended has to do with speech and audiology. You have the option of interning or volunteering at The GW Hospital or you can still work for gov’t organizations in DC. For example, ASHA(American Speech and Hearing Association) is centered in DC.</p>
<p>Ah, I’m sorry! You know it’s weird, the first time I read that, it made complete sense, and then I was like… wait… maybe not. I was actually about to edit my response to get rid of that when I saw this message. Anyway, yeah, I checked out the website, and the non-political side of GW doesn’t seem as rare as I thought. I had no idea ASHA was centered in DC! That’s great.</p>
<p>The schools I like the most about now seem to be Ithaca, GW, and BU (which I haven’t visited yet, but have heard so much about). Any insights?</p>
<p>Haha that’s so funny that you guys are talking about ASHA. My mom is a speech therapist and we always get those monthly magazines in the mail and she gets really excited about them. </p>
<p>I want to major in IA, so the political scene is something that I want. I realized that GW has a good speech program after I had sent in my deposit. My mom told me. LOL.</p>
<p>She went to FSU for Undergraduate and Graduate school. I don’t know if it is a top school or not, though. She’s been really successful in the field and has really enjoyed her job(owns her own practice). I feel bad that I don’t know more about what she does. </p>
<p>Some other schools that I have heard that are strong in Speech and Audiology are University of Georgia and Vanderbilt University.</p>
<p>For one thing, GW has magnolia’s, while Ithaca has thermal underwear !!</p>
<p>I have visited both campus. GW: lot of energy, lot of action. urban (obviously), “in the thick of things”. Multiple strengths, as you can imagine with a school of its size (IR and politics, sure; but also: media/communications, interior design (who knew?), archeology, Asian studies, etc. etc.). Close to a bunch of other schools, so kids can enjoy the resources of American and Georgetown, etc.</p>
<p>Ithaca: about 5-6,000 (much smaller than GW). Less energy. Strong in certain specialties, but fewer specialties (PT, theater/communications). More suburban campus. Close to and shares some events with Cornell. Not a thriving economic area. Much less involved in current affairs, much more into what’s on the stage on Friday night. More insular. Generally nice campus. Freezing !</p>
<p>For BU I’d suggest the BU board. it’s pretty active.</p>