Student Profile
Eben
- Class: Junior
- Major: Business
- Gender: M
- High School:
- Transfer Student: N
Big Picture
Georgetown is an interesting place. I do love it, but it took me some time to feel that way. My fellow students are relentlessly careerist and more than a little neurotic about their grades - people like that get tiresome to anyone remotely well-adjusted. They're the kind of "Organization Kids" that David Brooks wrote about in the Atlantic in 2001. I've learned that it's nice, ultimately, to be around people who care about their academics and their careers; their ambition is contagious. I do find myself wishing from time to time, though, that people would be a little more inclined to enjoy college for what it is: an opportunity to be irresponsible and have some fun before the curtain of the real world descends.
Academic Life
Georgetown students are the kind of people who would be nerds anywhere else; they'll continue classroom discussions well after classes are done for the day. It's not uncommon to hear passionate debates about obscure political figures during weekend parties. Interest in learning for its own sake goes hand-in-hand with the school a student is in: business students like myself, by and large, care little for academia; liberal arts students in Georgetown College or the School of Foreign Service are the kind of people who carry on academic discussions on the weekends.
Student Body
The Best Things
It makes you bring your "A" game just to keep your head above water
The Worst Things
Students' relentless careerism
