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PEP

Preparing to Excel Program

  • PEP in front of Healy

    PEP participants posing in front of Healy Hall

  • PEP Meetings

    Student begin arriving and meeting their fellow PEP-mates!

  • Yoga - PEP week

    PEP students enjoy the art of relaxation with some Yoga during PEP week

  • PEPtalk

    PEP-ers watch on during a "PEP"talk

  • PEP Group Photo in Riggs Library

    PEP members stop for a photo-op in Riggs Library

  • PEP Group Activity

    Christine Pfeil, Assistant Director of the Georgetown Scholarship Program, leads a group activity

  • PEP Evening Group Activity

    PEP-ers participate in an evening group activity with the Washington Monument in the background

 

The program

 
Preparing to Excel, or PEP, is a free pre-orientation program open to 50 first year and transfer students at Georgetown University.
PEP is geared for students who are concerned about coming to a new place and adapting to the challenges of campus life. Many PEP participants are students who are from very distant towns, or perhaps who are the first in their families to attend college, or students who have very high financial need. 
PEP is engineered to help students acclimate themselves to the social and academic aspects of Georgetown University. Through a week of activities, events, outings, panels, and workshops, PEP gives students the head start they need to not just survive at Georgetown, but thrive.
PEP seeks to integrate new students into the entire university community, both academically and socially, in order to provide them with a foundation for success in their time on the Hilltop. Between making friends, establishing important contacts, and becoming more comfortable with Georgetown University, PEP allows new students to excel.

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PEP: 2011  

PEP: 2011 was held August 22nd-August 26th.  Housing and meals were provided for all participants.  50 incoming students and 20 upperclassmen mentors participated in this year's program. 

 

For more information about PEP, please contact us at gtownpep2011@gmail.com, or contact Christine Pfeil directly at cap55@georgetown.edu. 

Related

Program Events 
  • Student Lunch with Dean of Student Affairs
  • Student Lunch with Upperclassmen Leaders
  • Admissions Office Orientation (Overview of Volunteer, Ambassador, & Outreach Opportunities)
  • Discussion with Dean of Student Financial Services
  • Student Financial Affairs Workshop
  • Budget Bootcamp
  • “Achieving Academic Success” led by Director of Fellowship
  • Diversity & Pluralism Discussion
  • Historical Campus Tour
  • Presentation on Jesuit History & Heritage
  • Lunch with the Jesuits
  • Library Orientation
  • Professional Development and Resume workshop
  • Volunteer Activity
  • Workshop: “Adapting to Residence Life and Georgetown”
  • “Exploring Life in the District”: Tours of D.C. and Orientation to Public Transportation System
  • Dinner with Vice President of Internal Development
  • Academic Panel with Faculty Panelists
  • Chat with student health professionals

Office of Student Financial ServicesG-19 Healy Hall, Box 57125237th and O Streets, N.W., Washington D.C. 20057Phone: (202) 687.4547Fax: (202) 687.6542

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