Greg Loukas

COL ’16
Age: 20
Hometown: Boston, Mass.
Major: Government

Why did you decide to come to Georgetown?
I’m actually a transfer. I wanted to come here when I was a freshman, but I didn’t get in, so I applied the second time around and I got in. But I wanted to come especially because of the community — it’s really tight-knit, it’s really close, and I didn’t have that at my previous school, the University of San Diego. I grew up with that, so that’s really what I wanted.

How have you found the experience of being a transfer student? 
I think it’s been awesome. I love Georgetown. It was the greatest decision I ever made. And I was really happy, too, because it had everything I wanted that I didn’t have last year. It was cool, too, because when I wrote the application — when you write applications, it’s really just a bunch of BS. You’re just trying to get in, but I actually meant it, and I actually found what I really wanted. 

What has surprised you most about Georgetown? 
I don’t know if it’s surprised me, but the thing I’m most happy with is the openness of the community. Everyone is really cool, really nice, really friendly, willing to help out. Everyone’s really involved in something, and I think that surprised me a little bit that everyone is so engaged in some aspect of the school.

How do you think the student body compares to the student body at your old school?
It’s totally different. At my old school, it was kind of like a commuter college, so everyone lived pretty far off campus — it would be living way outside of Georgetown, way past Burleith — and they drove to school every day. No one really lived on campus, no one was really involved at school or involved in activities and stuff. Nobody went to homecoming last year — that is just bizarre. When you come here, that’s just a crazy experience. Everyone comes to homecoming, everyone’s super excited, so I think that was probably the biggest difference.

Who’s a TV show or movie character you see yourself in? 
I would probably pick Paul Rudd in “Knocked Up.” He uses a lot of funny idioms and has fun about everything. 

What are you involved in on campus?
Club lacrosse, I help out with the blood drive, I go to Real Estate Club meetings, I’m a transfer mentor and I had a show on WGTB. 

How do you think you’ve changed since coming to Georgetown?
I think a year’s worth of experience goes a really long way. What you learn in school doesn’t compare to what you learn as a person in life skills. I would definitely say I’m more mature naturally, but I also think Georgetown probably changed me in the sense that — it didn’t change me necessarily, but it made me remember how much I like being involved, whereas last year I sort of lacked that engagement and that diversity of activities. Georgetown just sort of reignited that passion. 

Interview by Emma Hinchliffe