Visualize this: it’s the first day of orientation and I am alone in a darkened classroom. No, this isn’t an Edgar Allan Poe setting, but I was nervous and convinced I was the archetype of the clueless college freshman, unsure if I was even in the right place—despite the “Economics Majors” sign taped to the door. I was told that students sharing the same major were to gather into one classroom – so where was everyone? Eventually the...

Georgetown University provides within a Catholic context, the intellectual and cultural variety I seek in a cosmopolitan location while still maintaining the charms and familiarity of a smaller university. The Catholic Church is the one institution which bridges my family’s immigration from the Philippines to America. As such, I am particularly drawn to a Jesuit education, and its call to social justice and service to community. Until college I only attended public schools and I felt isolated and surrounded...