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Line 44: ==History== ===Founding=== [[File:Gilbert Stuart Williamstown Portrait of George Washington.jpg|thumb|In July 1799, in his last will and testament, President [[George Washington]] left shares to endow a university in the nation's new capital.|left]] [[File:James Monroe White House portrait 1819.jpg|thumb|President [[James Monroe]] The first [[President of the United States]], [[George Washington]], long favored the establishment of a university in a central part of the United States.<ref name="founders.archives.gov">{{Cite web |title=Founders Online: George Washington's Last Will and Testament, 9 July 1799 |url=http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-04-02-0404-0001 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |website=founders.archives.gov |language=en |archive-date=October 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161001105725/http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-04-02-0404-0001 |url-status=live }}</ref> He wrote to the [[U.S. Congress]] and others in favor of it. Washington envisioned the new university would become a central part of the new national capital, and said he hoped the university would educate the most promising students from across the country while reaping the benefits of the nation's capital.<ref name="founders.archives.gov"/> Line 126: [[File:Professor's Gate - GWU.JPG|thumb|The Professors' Gate on the campus at 21st Street, N.W.]] [[File:George Washington statue.JPG|thumb|''[[Lieutenant General George Washington (statue)|Lieutenant General George Washington]]'', a statue by [[Clark Mills (sculptor)|Clark Mills]] on [[Washington Circle]] on the northern edge of the [[Foggy Bottom]] campus]] [[File:Gelman Library - GWU - cropped.jpg|thumb| [[File:Rawlins Park.jpg|thumb|[[Rawlins Park]], located between the [[Elliott School of International Affairs]] and the [[United States Department of the Interior|U.S. Department of the Interior]]]] [[File:Corcoran School at GWU.tif|thumb|The [[Corcoran School of the Arts and Design]] in the [[Corcoran Gallery of Art|Corcoran Gallery]], the city's oldest private cultural institution and a [[National Historic Landmark]], located on [[The Ellipse]], facing the [[White House]]]] Line 180: |} [[File:Statue of George Washington in University Yard, George Washington University.jpg|thumb|[[Jean-Antoine Houdon]]'s ''[[George Washington (Houdon)|George Washington]]'', a statue of [[George Washington]] in University Yard]] [[File:Gwtextile.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Textile Museum (George Washington University)|The George Washington University Museum]]]] [[File:Interior - Corcoran Gallery of Art - DSC08269.JPG|thumb|The [[Corcoran School of the Arts and Design|Corcoran School]] in the former [[Corcoran Gallery of Art]]]] [[File:Gwhallofgovt.jpg|thumb|Hall of Government]] Line 254: ==Academics== [[File:Bust of George Washington - George Washington University - Washington DC.JPG|thumb|[[Avard Fairbanks]]'s [[George Washington (Fairbanks)|''Busts of George Washington'']], located on the border of the [[Foggy Bottom]] campus|left]] {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; font-size:85%; margin-left:2em; margin:10px;" |+ Demographics of the Student Body (2023)<ref>{{cite web |year=2023 |title=Enrollment by Ethnic Group, Sex, Level, and School |url=https://www.gwu.edu/~ire/enrollment.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831092922/https://www.gwu.edu/~ire/enrollment.htm |archive-date=August 31, 2016 |access-date=May 29, 2024 |publisher=George Washington University – Office of Institutional Research & Planning}}</ref><ref>See [[Demographics of the United States]] for references. The 2020 Census percentages provided in the Race / Ethnicity section (first table) are used because they are mutually exclusive in the same way that the university measures the categories.</ref> Line 296: | 63.20% || 60.50% ||50.50% |} [[File:Clinton Frist Health Policy.jpg|thumb|[[Hillary Clinton]] presenting the [[File:President Barack Obama tapes an interview for "The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert" at Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. (cropped).jpg|thumb|A conversation between U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] and [[Stephen Colbert]] held at [[Lisner Auditorium]] in 2014]] [[File:Trump's First Year (24053975498).jpg|thumb|"Trump's First Year," a 2017 [[School of Media and Public Affairs]] event with [[White House]] press secretary [[Sarah Huckabee Sanders]] and chief correspondents from ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[CNN]], [[Fox News]], and the president of the [[White House Correspondents' Association]]]]
=== Admission === GW is the largest higher education institution in Washington, D.C.<ref name="gwfacts" /> There are approximately 10,000 full-time undergraduates studying at George Washington University, and 14,000 graduate students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gwu.edu/university-facts|title=GW by the Numbers|publisher=George Washington University|access-date=May 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427215833/http://www.gwu.edu/university-facts|archive-date=April 27, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> These students come from all 50 states and over 120 countries.<ref name="gwfacts">{{cite web|url=http://www.gwu.edu/sites/www.gwu.edu/files/VPER_1415_2_GWFactSheet_Jan15.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213065426/http://www.gwu.edu/sites/www.gwu.edu/files/VPER_1415_2_GWFactSheet_Jan15.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 13, 2015|title=George Washington University Fact Sheet|date=January 2015|publisher=George Washington University|access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref> Nearly 900 students participate in GW's Study Abroad Programs each semester in 50 countries.<ref name="studyabroad">{{cite web |url=http://gwired.gwu.edu/adm/classroom/studyabrd_frm.html |title=The George Washington University – Admissions |publisher=The George Washington University |access-date=February 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209073500/http://gwired.gwu.edu/adm/classroom/studyabrd_frm.html|archive-date=December 9, 2006}}</ref> {{as of|2015}}, George Washington University no longer required the [[SAT]] and [[ACT (test)|ACT]] test scores for applicants in order to boost the enrollment of disadvantaged students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/07/28/top-university-ditches-sat-boost-enrollment |title=One of America's Top Universities Is Ditching the SAT to Boost Student Enrollment |publisher=TakePart |date=July 28, 2015 |access-date=October 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017202219/http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/07/28/top-university-ditches-sat-boost-enrollment |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Cleveland Abbe House.jpg|thumb|The former home of [[James Monroe]]|left]]GW [[Tuition payments|tuition]] was guaranteed to remain at the freshman rate for up to ten continuous (full-time) semesters of undergraduate attendance at the university. GW no longer offers fixed tuition. The 2021–2022 academic year tuition rate was $59,780.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Undergraduate Tuition {{!}} GW Student Accounts Office {{!}} The George Washington University|url=https://studentaccounts.gwu.edu/undergraduate-tuition|access-date=November 1, 2021|website=studentaccounts.gwu.edu|archive-date=November 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101145442/https://studentaccounts.gwu.edu/undergraduate-tuition|url-status=live}}</ref> Students were awarded $308.1 million in financial-aid during the 2017–2018 academic year.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Facts and Dashboards {{!}} Institutional Research {{!}} The George Washington University|url=https://irp.gwu.edu/facts-and-dashboards|access-date=November 1, 2021|website=irp.gwu.edu|archive-date=November 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101161002/https://irp.gwu.edu/facts-and-dashboards|url-status=live}}</ref> For the FY2011 cohort of students, the student loan default rate was 1.4, one of the lowest in the nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nslds.ed.gov/nslds/nslds_SA/defaultmanagement/cohortdata_3yr.cfm |title=Cohort Data|access-date=June 6, 2015 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> For the 2010–2011 school year, the freshman retention rate was 94.3%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwu.edu/~ire/ep.htm |format=PDF |title=Office of Institutional Research & Planning : Enrollment and Persistence |publisher=Gwu.edu |access-date=July 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716001404/http://www.gwu.edu/~ire/ep.htm |archive-date=July 16, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{update inline|date=October 2020}} GW requires that students live on campus for their first two years of enrollment as undergraduates.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://living.gwu.edu/housing-residency-requirement|title=Housing Residency Requirement – GW Housing – Division of Student Affairs – The George Washington University|access-date=July 18, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630160655/https://living.gwu.edu/housing-residency-requirement|archive-date=June 30, 2015}}</ref> According to self-provided data by George Washington University, as of the 2011–2012 academic year, the acceptance rate for the [[George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences|Medical School]] was 3%, receiving 10,588 applications. [[George Washington University Law School|GW Law School's]] acceptance was 23%, receiving 10,021 applications. GW's Undergraduate studies' acceptance rate was 32%, receiving 21,433 applications.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://finance.gwu.edu/sites/finance.gwu.edu/files/downloads/2012-2013%20GW%20Annual%20Report.pdf |title=The George Washington University Financial Report 2012-2013 |publisher=Finance.gwu.edu |access-date=July 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525183308/https://finance.gwu.edu/sites/finance.gwu.edu/files/downloads/2012-2013%20GW%20Annual%20Report.pdf |archive-date=May 25, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> Admission to George Washington was at 43% for undergraduates in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Simon |first=Lauren |title=Acceptance rate drop brings GW closer to peer schools: experts |url=https://gwhatchet.com/2023/12/11/acceptance-rate-drop-brings-gw-closer-to-peer-schools-experts/ |access-date=December 18, 2023 |website=The GW Hatchet |archive-date=December 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218144849/https://gwhatchet.com/2023/12/11/acceptance-rate-drop-brings-gw-closer-to-peer-schools-experts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2013, ''[[The GW Hatchet]]'' reported that the university had a [[Need-blind admission|need-aware admissions policy]], even though it claimed to have a need-blind policy at the time. The university subsequently admitted that its admissions policy was, in fact, need-aware.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Peralta|first1=Eyder|title=George Washington University Misrepresented Its Admission Policy|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/21/239277520/george-washington-university-misrepresented-its-admission-policy|website=npr.org|date=October 21, 2013|access-date=February 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403130144/http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/21/239277520/george-washington-university-misrepresented-its-admission-policy|archive-date=April 3, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Line 435 ⟶ 434: ===Greek life=== [[File:Townhouse Row GWU.JPG|thumb|GW's Townhouse Row, home GW has a large Greek community with over 3,000 students consisting of just under 27 percent of the undergraduate population.<ref name="Greek community">{{cite web |title=Greek Life Office |url=https://studentlife.gwu.edu/fraternity-and-sorority-life |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225080548/https://studentlife.gwu.edu/fraternity-and-sorority-life |archive-date=December 25, 2022 |access-date=May 11, 2023 |publisher=The George Washington University}}</ref> Greek organizations are divided up between and governed by the Inter-Fraternity Council with 14 chapters, the Panhellenic Association with 11 chapters, the National Pan-Hellenic Council with seven chapters, and the Multicultural Greek Council with seven chapters as well.<ref name="Greek community" /> Other Greek-life, known as "Alternative Greek Life" or simply "Alt-Greek", exists on campus in the form of professional, community-serviced based and honor groups although not under the university's traditional Greek life governing structure but instead are considered separate student organizations. | |||