oh.
hey.
this is awkward.
Ah well. I'm just going to go with it. Due to major technological issues in the past few months, I have ignored my blogging duties. But no more! I will now try to post once a week, cross my heart!
So about a month back, in December, I went to visit some of my top pick schools in my favorite city; Washington DC! My future career will hopefully include politics, international affairs, and education, Washington is definitely the place to go. I went there before when I was eleven, and it's one of the craziest cities in the country, but OH MY GOD is it fun.
Our cabbie was probably just taking us on the scenic route, but when we pulled out of the airport at seven o'clock at night in a freak snowstorm, the city was mute and cleanly coated in snow. We cruised by the Lincoln Memorial, illuminated and incandescent against the black sky; I couldn't stop grinning. I'm not exactly the "celestial will" type, but this felt as though the city was trying to seduce me. It worked, too.
First stop: Georgetown, my ideal school.
In our usual form, Mom and I showed up late to the informational seminar because we were chatting with possibly the coolest girl I have ever met walking up campus. She said she was from New York, studying international economics at the Walsh School of Foreign Service (my goal), and she was the complete antithesis of all the bad things I have heard about Georgetown. She had cornrows, a nose piercing, and seemed so cool and down to earth. After hearing so many complaints about the uber preppy Hoyas, she was the best possible person to meet on my first visit- wish I caught her name though! The seminar was all pretty standard; statistics, pictures of grinning students on foreign exchange, and famous alumni mentions (including my hero, Madeleine Albright). Then it was time for the tour.
As the college-bound kid's Bible, Fiske Guide to Colleges 2010, describes it, "from its scenic location just blocks from the Potomac River, Georgetown affords its students an excellent vantage point from which to survey the world"(Fiske 259). (And yes, I did just use a citation. My English teacher must be so proud.) I'm going to gloss over the tour, but basically Georgetown is full of really interesting and involved people, though the uber preppy vibe is no joke.
The town itself looks like Santa's Village, with bright paint colors and brick sidewalks, but overall the town seems a little self-contained. That cool girl I met walking in? When I asked her about this, she said some people would never leave campus if they didn't have to. But there's a large enough contingent of people who DO appreciate the city that there's always something to do.
So those are my first impressions- we'll see if I can get in! Part II coming soon, featuring the other two (well, 1.5) colleges I visited, and some pictures actually taken by yours truly (sorry, but this was pre-Christmas, so I didn't have my new Canon yet.)
Peace, Love, and Happiness in all your college endeavors!
Em
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