Is Georgetown really that much better than BC?

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Anonymous wrote:I hate Georgetown like some people hate Duke. I was rejected there in the 1980s. I had to go to Syracuse instead. That being said, I must honestly say Georgetown academically is superior to Boston College on a magnitude of 5x. School of Foreign Service, reputation on Wall Street, pre-law program are solid. My kid goes to a lower tier Ivy and got waitlisted at Georgetown and would have gone there had he gotten in. Thanks to Patrick Ewing and Allen Iverson, it has a brand name, loyal alumni, and school spirit. I hate Georgetown. But can't deny it is desirable. I do like BC and it is solid but it is not Georgetown--in many East Coast eyes if they were to add another ivy league school, it would be Georgetown.

I think GU has things going for it (esp the SFS) but you are stretching when you start citing Ewing and Iverson and you lose all credibility when you say it would be the next Ivy League school.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown was founded by slave owners.

As were most colleges, but you do you.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate Georgetown like some people hate Duke. I was rejected there in the 1980s. I had to go to Syracuse instead. That being said, I must honestly say Georgetown academically is superior to Boston College on a magnitude of 5x. School of Foreign Service, reputation on Wall Street, pre-law program are solid. My kid goes to a lower tier Ivy and got waitlisted at Georgetown and would have gone there had he gotten in. Thanks to Patrick Ewing and Allen Iverson, it has a brand name, loyal alumni, and school spirit. I hate Georgetown. But can't deny it is desirable. I do like BC and it is solid but it is not Georgetown--in many East Coast eyes if they were to add another ivy league school, it would be Georgetown.

My Hopkins alum husband was rejected from Gtown in the 80s too. Lol. Our Senior got into both this year, and BC.

Headed to GU as a govt/policy major.

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Nice! Congratulations!

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Anonymous wrote:Full disclosure, I went to GU and my child is applying to BC ED1.

The more I read about BC, the more I feel like it's on par with Georgetown - mainly because I feel Georgetown has declined over the last 25 years or so. Why is GU considered more prestigious?

BC is great, but the fact your child is applying ED there is meaningful for this comparison: Georgetown has no ED, so the difference in admissions selectivity between the two schools is even greater than would be indicated by simply comparing overall admissions rates.

Selective ≠ Quality

Yes, but selectivity has to be at least a component of any “on par” comparison. This isn’t a zero sum, selectivity vs. quality game. As for “quality,” I don’t know Georgetown well enough to compare it to BC; I will let other posters do that. But I can definitely compare the “quality” of BC to Holy Cross, another Massachusetts private Catholic school — and BC loses on that front.

How so?

Also, you cannot lump BC into "another Catholic School" category. Jesuits will fight you over this. And fairly so, IMO.

BC and HC are considered very equal in that geographical area.

GU is in a class by itself, but there is a poster who does NOT want to hear it.

NP. BC is far superior to HC. Many BC applicants would either not consider applying to HC or think of it as a safety.

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According to Forbes recent article Georgetown and Boston College are both considered “new ivies” by employers.

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Anonymous wrote:What do Georgetown SFS graduates do?

Learn how to take direction from the Israeli lobby

NOT critical thinkers in the slightest

LOL ! Love this ! Thank you !

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Anonymous wrote:Full disclosure, I went to GU and my child is applying to BC ED1.

The more I read about BC, the more I feel like it's on par with Georgetown - mainly because I feel Georgetown has declined over the last 25 years or so. Why is GU considered more prestigious?

BC is great, but the fact your child is applying ED there is meaningful for this comparison: Georgetown has no ED, so the difference in admissions selectivity between the two schools is even greater than would be indicated by simply comparing overall admissions rates.

Selective ≠ Quality

Yes, but selectivity has to be at least a component of any “on par” comparison. This isn’t a zero sum, selectivity vs. quality game. As for “quality,” I don’t know Georgetown well enough to compare it to BC; I will let other posters do that. But I can definitely compare the “quality” of BC to Holy Cross, another Massachusetts private Catholic school — and BC loses on that front.

How so?

Also, you cannot lump BC into "another Catholic School" category. Jesuits will fight you over this. And fairly so, IMO.

BC and HC are considered very equal in that geographical area.

GU is in a class by itself, but there is a poster who does NOT want to hear it.

NP. BC is far superior to HC. Many BC applicants would either not consider applying to HC or think of it as a safety.

But that’s because they are dinks.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is vastly better; the schools are not even in the same league.

Don't be silly. Georgetown's SFS is vastly superior to anything else at either place. Otherwise, though, they're roughly equivalent.

I’m about to attend Georgetown this Fall. I agree with you, besides Georgetown’s SFS school, they are virtually the same everywhere else. Extremely similar educations.

1) learn to use a semi-colon — or a period.
2) never say “extremely similar,” for reasons which should be apparent.
3) congrats.

Lay off. I sometimes do that “extremely similar” or something like that and if I don’t proofread because it’s just a text it will get through. And all he needed to lose was the second comma. And lose the word “else” at the end of the sentence.


BC had always been known as the college that local politicians and government attorneys went. The most recent Boston mayor, Michelle Wu went to Harvard but before that I think the last five mayors went to BC. So many DAs, senators, local politicians. It’s similar to Northeastern the ways it served the local residents at first and then transformed to become more well rounded.

And you can’t write. And we don’t care.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is vastly better; the schools are not even in the same league.

Don't be silly. Georgetown's SFS is vastly superior to anything else at either place. Otherwise, though, they're roughly equivalent.

I’m about to attend Georgetown this Fall. I agree with you, besides Georgetown’s SFS school, they are virtually the same everywhere else. Extremely similar educations.

I’m a Georgetown alum & Massachusetts native. You’re wrong; the schools aren’t similar at all. Georgetown is considerably better.

Congrats to GU! It’s big claim to fame is it’s diplomacy school. That must have been hard to pull off, being in the nation’s capital and all. It’s got an unattractive and cramped campus, but at least it’s the top school in a city that has surprisingly weak higher education offerings.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown was founded by slave owners.

Cry me a river please

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No both 3rd tier schools.

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No comparison. GU has an international reputation, BC does not.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate Georgetown like some people hate Duke. I was rejected there in the 1980s. I had to go to Syracuse instead. That being said, I must honestly say Georgetown academically is superior to Boston College on a magnitude of 5x. School of Foreign Service, reputation on Wall Street, pre-law program are solid. My kid goes to a lower tier Ivy and got waitlisted at Georgetown and would have gone there had he gotten in. Thanks to Patrick Ewing and Allen Iverson, it has a brand name, loyal alumni, and school spirit. I hate Georgetown. But can't deny it is desirable. I do like BC and it is solid but it is not Georgetown--in many East Coast eyes if they were to add another ivy league school, it would be Georgetown.

Georgetown was offered Ivy status and turned it down.

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BC had recently switched from EA to ED. Just couldn’t hold on to it anymore…True private elites don’t use ED, and yes including those lower Ivies.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is vastly better; the schools are not even in the same league.

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