Alejandro Zendejas

SFS ’14
Age: 22
Hometown: Brownsville, Texas 
Major: International Politics
Certificate: International Development

What surprised you most about Georgetown?
Each student’s high level of active extracurricular involvement on campus.

What do you consider a “typical” Georgetown student?
An ambitious student driven to succeed in his/her own way.

Do you have a memory that best encapsulates your GU experience?
Participating in a GUSA campaign my junior year.

What could Georgetown do better?
Improve the integration of transfer students into the general student body.

Who is a peer who has inspired you?
Adam Ramadan

How would you like to improve the academic experience here?
Pair incoming freshmen with sophomore academic mentors, which will provide guidance and advice until graduation, in each school.

What’s the number one tip you would give a person from your hometown who was going to Georgetown?
Take advantage of what the District of Columbia and Georgetown University have to offer.

Interview by Danny Funt