Sept. 6, 2002
Hot Stuff
Kaplan/Newsweek Rank The George Washington University
Among the Nation’s Hottest Schools
GW has been named one of this year’s 12
“hottest colleges” by the 2002 Kaplan/Newsweek “How
to Get Into College” guide, which went on sale at newsstands and
bookstores Aug. 26.
In a profile on GW, the guide says, “Students drawn to politics
can’t do better than to study down the street from the White House.
And at GW, they can even share the spotlight. CNN’s political show
‘Crossfire’ broadcasts from the University’s new Media
and Public Affairs building, where students can sit in the audience.”
The guide takes further note of GW’s location in the heart of the
nation’s capital when it says, “The [Elliott] School of International
Affairs is just across the street from the State Department — to
give students something concrete to aspire to.”
GW is the only Washington, DC area school on the list.
Recognizing GW’s record number of applications for admission (17,000
in 2001–02), the guide says, “Many professors, especially
adjuncts, are likely to have real-world experience either as foreign
service officers (and even a few ambassadors) or as policy analysts
at Washington think tanks. With nine schools and literally hundreds
of undergraduate majors, GW attracts an especially diverse student body.”
The University has taken great strides in creating an inviting campus
in its urban setting, prompting Kaplan/Newsweek to say: “The campus
itself has also been spruced up. The new [Kogan] Plaza is a large
indoor and outdoor area filled with sculptures, a rotunda, fountains,
benches and parks. That helps give GW a physical center —
the lack of which is often a problem for urban schools.”
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