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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid got into Georgetown, and after spending some time on the Facebook parents page, I am concerned about the conditions of the dorms and quality of the food. She is waiting form some other decisions this month, so hoping she gets into one of her higher ranked choice schools...otherwise, I will have to point out these problems to my student, who would likely be appalled to learn about this information.[/quote]

My kid spent time on campus for a summer program, so I heard plenty about dorms and food. Despite the reviews and the reports of the dining hall closing periodically for health code violations, my kid actually really liked the food. We had sent him stocked with snacks which he didn't really need. He said he had to figure out which line to go to (apparently not vegan) but he liked the Halal food. I think the food may have aligned with his tastes (burgers, pizza etc) but he said the burgers were cooked fresh and he was surprisingly pleased with the food. That said, this was during the summer. I have no idea how that one main dining hall accommodates all the students during the regular school year.

As for the dorms, well. He was in a first year dorm that is widely known the be the worst first year dorm. Given that, it could have been worse. It had no character, furniture was tired. But, it was clean and it didn't smell like mold and we didn't see any mold. He did hear other students talk about seeing a rat inside the dorm. He didn't see it himself.

That was the only dorm we saw. I too have read the reports of horrific housing - mold, etc. - and non responsive admin because kid was going to apply for a while. I breathed a sigh of relief when he decided not to (for other reasons). 
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