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Student/Alumnus Reviews of Schools for This Career and State
The George Washington University • Washington, DC
Studying Economics (completion in 2011)
• 9/1/2011
"I was unemployed for three months. Does not prepare you well enough. Too easy to skate by and not actually learn. They are only after your money."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | no | Go to a cheaper school or a better one. GW is too expensive for its mediocrity. |
| Program Reputation | 7 | Major and school are both independently positive. The program is not a selling point like IAFF or PSCI. |
| Program Quality | 6 | Genuinely smart professors, but many are not great teachers. They should focus on more than credentials when hiring profs/making curriculum decisions. |
| Instruction | 7 | Some profs were amazing, others were lackluster. Hire better teachers! |
| How Difficult | 7 | Fairly difficult, especially for non-math people. More rigor is necessary though, to make the program a solid choice. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | They're the same thing in an Econ program. More Excel would have been nice. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 9 | Evening classes available for some programs, but you cannot attend GW part-time. It is a traditional 4-year college. You can schedule around a part time job, but you cannot work full time and go here. |
| Academic Facilities | 8 | Facilities are falling apart. Investment is seriously needed. |
| Social Life | 8 | Everyone at GW is great, but there is no school spirit. So many options for going out in DC. I had a blast. |
| Placement Services | 3 | I was unemployed for three months after graduation. Tips were useless, help was not helpful. Many job postings, and good infrastructure for applying, but career services is a joke. |
| Alumni Network | 7 | Very young alumni base. Many people are willing to help, but may not wield sufficient influence to do so. |
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