WhoDat
CaliforniaBear
CalBear.. I was admitted to Gtown R2 but won't be able to attend the admit weekend.. If you get a chance can you talk about the experience.. What did Gtown put on for you guys and what were your take aways from the experience? btw I am not making any decisions or developing any insight other then just your opinion... I am just super curious as to what you thought about the current students, the other admitted students, faculty etc etc or whatever else they put on the stage during the first admit weekend.
thanks
WhoDat - assuming you're a Saints fan as well, helluva year! The Gtown R1 admit weekend was extremely impressive. It was cut short to only 1 day because of the massive snow storm in beginning of Feb, but they still managed to impress. Takeaways: 1. current students were extremely enthusiastic about the school and talked about their friendships a ton (more than other places I visited), 2. faculty cared about teaching, not just research - and had a great sense of humor and seemed like "real," approachable, people, 3. building is super sweet, 4. career center sessions were impressive - we had a an overall intro by the director, then breakout sessions by functional area (all functional leads were from the industry, i.e. marketing and consulting guy had 17 years of HR at accenture under his belt) 5. prospective students were really solid, nothing crazy amazing, but no red flags either. seemed like a normal, nice crew of folks.
If you have any pointed questions, fire away.... you deciding b/w GT, SC, and what else? what are your key criteria?