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- I'm Sam Clark with Crimson Education
and we're here at Georgetown University
to ask some big questions.
That's Geor, no, John Carroll.
That's not Georgetown.
That's the name of, that's where we are.
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First question. What is the best thing about Georgetown?
- Probably the location,
just being in Georgetown,
definitely a lovely, lovely town.
And obviously you're very close to the city of D.C.
Honestly, I don't really get out to D.C. that much
but it's nice to have that option.
I'm not sure why they're laughing so much.
- I think that was a great answer and they're just,
I don't know what their deal is.
- I think the people.
I've met my bestest friends here so,
they're one of them.
- Does that include them?
- Yeah, Yeah. (laughs)
- Now you guys better say something similar, probably.
- I think the best thing about Georgetown
is the community here.
- Professors, classes.
I think the academic quality here is really, really good.
A lot of resources, career resources,
super helpful at finding jobs.
I mean the people I know are my classmates.
I'm graduating now so everyone's placed in
super good positions,
you know, making good money.
So, yeah.
- So, I think the best thing about Georgetown
is definitely its location.
Being D.C., we have lots of opportunities to actually
go out to D.C.
And also there are lots of fellow students
and also faculty members
who actually work in the government sector,
which is something that I'm really interested in.
- [Sam] Unreal.
What is the worst thing about Georgetown?
- Worst thing about Georgetown.
Administration and the transparency that's there.
Specifically around like,
different policies
that we try to implement,
or things that students talk about that they need,
and they're like, "Oh, transfer it to the Student Senate"
that we know really doesn't have any real power.
'Cause everything that they do has to get approved
three times over and--
- It's sort of a, it's a circle.
- Exactly, exactly.
- People talk a lot about club exclusivity,
which is quite a big issue here I think.
Yeah, so a lot of the biggest clubs on campus,
the most prestigious ones,
they do end up being quite difficult get into.
- (laughs) The school work, obviously.
It can get a bit hard and it's finals week right now
so we're all studying hard.
But that's college everywhere, so.
- The rats.
- Oh my god!
- I'm sorry, did you say rats?
- The rats, the rats are everywhere.
Like when it hits six o'clock,
rats are running across the world.
- It's scary.
- Are you serious?
- The wind.
- Wind?
- This entire campus is a wind tunnel.
- Good to know.
Okay got it.
We picked a good day I guess.
- Yeah.
- I don't like how the school organizes its real estate
and student housing.
I think that they kind of lock students
into these three year,
it's just three year period
where you have to live on campus.
And I think there's reasons for that,
but I really think that's kind of inconvenient
for a lot of people who want more flexibility.
- [Sam] And what do you typically do on weekends here?
- I have my extra-curricular activities on Saturdays
and besides that I normally just hang out
with my friends and study.
- Well I'm part of a fraternity, so
we're on three different campuses,
so oftentimes I'm doing different programs at Georgetown
or different social events at GW or American.
When I'm not doing that I'm usually in the library.
And when I'm not doing that,
just tryin' to find time to just kick it with friends.
- We like going down to the waterfront
and sometimes maybe seeing a movie if we have time.
But yeah, it's nice to just walk around.
It's a pretty place.
- Yeah, hanging out with friends on-campus or off-campus,
and going to cafes to study is really fun.
- Yeah, I actually love going
to the Georgetown neighborhood.
I think it's easier to get into the Georgetown neighborhood
than it is to get actually into D.C.
And there's such good food here,
it's amazing places to see, walk around, shopping.
So, you always have a cool playground to play around in.
- [Sam] And last question.
What did you write your application essays about?
- I'm Greek, and so I wrote it about my middle name
and how I really hated it growing up,
and I would lie about what it was
'cause I just thought it was ugly sounding.
And then just how I kinda came to terms with like,
it might be ugly but it has a really important meaning.
And kinda just connecting that
to just having a family in Greece and stuff.
- I wrote my college application essay about my grandfather.
- I think mine was about,
on my way to school there's a fence I have
to jump over as a short cut,
so I wrote about jumping that fence.
Which is kind of ironic 'cause the wall and everything.
So, yeah. (laughs)
- One was about this service trip I did in high school
to Morocco that kind of sparked my interest in philanthropy
and just service overall.
And then I think I wrote about the dichotomous experie...
I'm in the South Side of Chicago.
So, growing up with some sort of privilege
just being in a very sheltered home,
but still being in the hood of Chicago,
there were a lot of different things
that I dealt with that were nuanced, you know.
I didn't go through the ultimate struggles,
but also life was rocky.
And yeah, just writing about the battling identities
I guess that I dealt with as a youth.
- Oh I don't remember.
Probably like identity or something, yeah.
- Identity or something.
- I wrote mine about a marathon that I ran
and the lessons I learned from that.
- Anything to add about Georgetown?
- Hoya Saxa!
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- We have different levels of school spirit here.
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