George Washington University

Date: Sep 25 2005
Major: PreLaw and Legal (This Major's Salary over time)
I attended GW, transferred out for two years, and then transferred back for my senior year.

As a freshman, I was immature and whiny. Coming from a poor family, I complained every day about the rich people at GW, the Prada bags, the New Jersey people, etc. I complained that there was no campus, that DC was boring, and that my professors graded too harshly.

To those of you complaining: you really need to visit or attend another school for a semester! I attended two universities in my time away from GW, searching for that perfect dream school with the beautiful campus and brilliant students.

Both schools I attended were ranked much higher than GW, but the education I received did not come CLOSE to GW's standards.

As an underclassmen, I complained about GW's student body. I met a few bad apples, dated a few jerks I never want to see again, and decided that the entire student body was like that. It took me a while to realize that you will never meet a group of people who are as enthusiastic, passionate, caring, and interesting as the people you have met / will meet here.

The money is still prevalent on campus—it's the same way at pretty much every private school. There are the rich kids, and the poor kids who take out a ton of loans to pretend to be rich, etc. It's not unique to GW, nor does it define the students or university.

The opportunities here are endless. You will not get them at your local state school (unless it happens to be Maryland or something). I'm not saying it's worth the 50K to attend here, but a GW education is definitely not = to a

local community college's

as some of you have said.

Finally, if you think that our facilities are lackluster, or that the campus is "ugly," you really need to get out more because the two "top" schools I attended had beautiful campuses on the OUTSIDE, but the inside were shitty and old and equal to maybe my middle school's facilities.