George Washington University Campus Life

GW doesn't have a dining hall, instead we have our gworld cards that has both dining cash and colonial cash. Dining cash is used like a debit card and you can use it at food places such as Starbucks, dunkin' donuts or any other food venues around. Colonial cash is more like for laundry or printing. Don't get confused!!! colonial cash is not given to from the school they are funds you or your family put on your card. I suggest if you know you aren't a wise spender you need to become one because once you run out you run out.

There were a lot of dining choices in the area

We don't have a regular dining hall. We have freedom to eat the food around us.

Because there is no dining hall, food can be expensive. We can use a Gworld card at most restaurants on campus, but because of the way the university has the cards set up, restaurants inflate the prices of food to make Gworld profitable.

appears to have a lot of options. the students are able to use their gw card at places all over dc.

Appears to have lots of options, with every CVS in DC included on the plan(heard that from a current student directly).

There is no actual dining hall. But the meal plan goes towards regular restaurants and grocery stores in the area so you can make what you want of it.

The food is really good and the service is great. The students can also use a meal card and eat at select restaurants in the area.

Good food because of the urban setting

J Street is not great and gets really old really quick. Surrounding restaurants are mostly fast food-type places, and are too expensive for freshman budgets. Upperclassmen get kitchens in dorms, and can cook their own food, which isn't quite as expensive.

I was/am a member of Chi Sigma Iota (the honors society for professional counseling). There was also a presence of Greek Life, but again as a grad student I didn't spend a lot of time on campus unless I was in class

About a quarter of students are in Greek life. The sororities are very strict and don't allow hazing but the fraternities do.

Is really big. There are dozens of sororities/fraternities to choose from, social or professional.

Really big here; one of the only ways to be social, which is unfortunate if you're not interested in going Greek.

Greek life is huge at GW. I, myself, am Greek. However, I am part of the Multicultural Greek Council, which is under the supervision of the Multicultural Student Services Center. As a result, we are not represented hugely on my campus, which means we are to an extent, marginalized. Within the MGC are several Greek letter organizations that are multiculturally distinct in origin, practices, and membership. My own fraternity (Phi Beta Sigma) does not have a house on campus, despite the fact that our chapter was chartered on campus. However, we try to make our presence felt as much as we can. In terms of commenting on the Caucasian frats and sororities on campus, I couldn't comment on their programs, structure, and practices much because of our lack of integration with most of them. I do, however, know that they do hold most of the townhouses devoted to Greek organizations. The way they garner membership as well is through a process known as rushing in which they host a variety of events publicly (like a large cookout) and promote their organization, while providing paper and pen for interested students. Then for several weeks, they have their prospective members engage in several activities openly to become members. Among my favorite Greek-letter organizations beside my own include Tau Kappa Epsilon, Chi Omega, Pi Detla Psi, Sigma Psi Zeta, Alpha Phi Alpha, Pi Kappa Phi, Zeta Phi Beta, Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Omega Psi Phi, Kappa Alpha Psi, etc. Greek life is a great way to engage in campus life, make connections, and provide services to the community.

Average, small houses.

I am personally not interested in Greek life, but from what I have observed they are welcoming people and the people on my floor are enjoying their experiences. Some of the sororities welcomed their new members by decorating their doors.

It's there if you want it, but you don't need to be involved.

25% of the school - I would strongly recommend thinking about rushing.

Greek life is a big deal and everyone are in one.