Georgetown Disappointment

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Forget Georgetown look at ND, BC, and HC. All 3 offer better collegiate experience than GU.

That's a pretty wild claim. Do you have firsthand experience with all four colleges?

Georgetown was built on slaves' backs. I wouldn't let them see a dime from my family. Funny how the Asians don't care.

Ironically, people tried to help these people back then and it was a nightmare for them. Georgetown was in Maryland back then. In terms of things at that time was way way better than deep south. Under pressure Georgetown ended it and since were "assets" they were sold into the deep south and families split up which to many was a almost death sentence.

If that pressure had not happend they would have stayed with Georgetown as families in a less horrible situation and freed much earlier as it ended in Maryland way before the South.

History is funny.

[Anonymous]

Vilanova and Boston College I liked better.

Manhattan University is a niche one in NYC I also find interesting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone that willing sends their child to a school built by slaves is, by default, an actual racist. Shame on them.

This country was built by slaves, are you a racist for living here?

Are you an alcoholic if you drive by an ABC store?

What a moron you are.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Recently toured Georgetown, which was my son’s dream school since 9th grade. We were so disappointed. The neighborhood is great if you’re a wealthy baby boomer. Otherwise, it seems like a solid Catholic university, but hardly one of the world’s great universities. FWIW I’m a Fordham grad, and I don’t see how Georgetown is any stronger.

Feels like a huge gap between prestige/name and quality. Am I missing something?

Uh… alumni outcomes? Fordham’s placement isn’t anywhere near Georgetown’s.

Exactly. Fordham is dreadful...no where as good as Georgetown OP, and you know it. No one goes to Fordham as a first choice..they do to Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Forget Georgetown look at ND, BC, and HC. All 3 offer better collegiate experience than GU.

Tell me you're a Catholic nut job without telling me you're a Catholic nut job.

You’re an ahole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Recently toured Georgetown, which was my son’s dream school since 9th grade. We were so disappointed. The neighborhood is great if you’re a wealthy baby boomer. Otherwise, it seems like a solid Catholic university, but hardly one of the world’s great universities. FWIW I’m a Fordham grad, and I don’t see how Georgetown is any stronger.

Feels like a huge gap between prestige/name and quality. Am I missing something?

Yes, I think you are. I'm curious whatever gave you the idea in the first place that it was "one of the world's great universities?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Recently toured Georgetown, which was my son’s dream school since 9th grade. We were so disappointed. The neighborhood is great if you’re a wealthy baby boomer. Otherwise, it seems like a solid Catholic university, but hardly one of the world’s great universities. FWIW I’m a Fordham grad, and I don’t see how Georgetown is any stronger.

Feels like a huge gap between prestige/name and quality. Am I missing something?

Uh… alumni outcomes? Fordham’s placement isn’t anywhere near Georgetown’s.

Exactly. Fordham is dreadful...no where as good as Georgetown OP, and you know it. No one goes to Fordham as a first choice..they do to Georgetown.

The President of the United States went to Fordham, the one before University of Delaware. Not being political but you can get far with a plain old college in life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Forget Georgetown look at ND, BC, and HC. All 3 offer better collegiate experience than GU.

Tell me you're a Catholic nut job without telling me you're a Catholic nut job.

You’re an ahole.

Perhaps. But I’m not wrong.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our son applied with a 4.1 from a close in difficult HS, mid 1300s on SAT and two varsity sports.

-He was born there.
-His mother attended undergrad and grad school there.
-My father attended undergrad and law school there.
-My FIL taught there for 26 years
-I worked there from 1996-2004
-My family and my wife's family have been making annual donations since June of 1966.

Not only was he rejected, but we didn't even get so much as an acknowledgement that they turned down a 5 degree legacy.

F&&k Georgetown. Not only will they never see another dime from any of us, but I will openly disparage them at any opportunity.

Okay but it's irrational not to concede his stats were not at all competitive. Legacy doesn't give THAT much of a boost. You should have spent some of that money on SAT tutors.

I knew this post was drag the 'not competitive' lady out of the shadows. Bless your heart. 1350 is 95th percentile, 4.1 is 99th percentile. Carrying two varsity sports on top of that is bonkers. PP's kid is more than capable of handling the mediore academics at GU. His problem was being male and white, probably.

my non-legacy male, white son valedictorian and SAT in 1500s with 2 varsity sports got in. It's not the maleness or the whiteness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Recently toured Georgetown, which was my son’s dream school since 9th grade. We were so disappointed. The neighborhood is great if you’re a wealthy baby boomer. Otherwise, it seems like a solid Catholic university, but hardly one of the world’s great universities. FWIW I’m a Fordham grad, and I don’t see how Georgetown is any stronger.

Feels like a huge gap between prestige/name and quality. Am I missing something?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Recently toured Georgetown, which was my son’s dream school since 9th grade. We were so disappointed. The neighborhood is great if you’re a wealthy baby boomer. Otherwise, it seems like a solid Catholic university, but hardly one of the world’s great universities. FWIW I’m a Fordham grad, and I don’t see how Georgetown is any stronger.

Feels like a huge gap between prestige/name and quality. Am I missing something?

Uh… alumni outcomes? Fordham’s placement isn’t anywhere near Georgetown’s.

Exactly. Fordham is dreadful...no where as good as Georgetown OP, and you know it. No one goes to Fordham as a first choice..they do to Georgetown.

The President of the United States went to Fordham, the one before University of Delaware. Not being political but you can get far with a plain old college in life.

Oh goodness. Trump transferred his way out of there fast and his dad bought his way for him to transfer to Penn. He is a complete dolt.

[Anonymous]

Unlike the Rhodes Scholar before Trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unlike the Rhodes Scholar before Trump.

Specifically, the third president before Trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our son applied with a 4.1 from a close in difficult HS, mid 1300s on SAT and two varsity sports.

-He was born there.
-His mother attended undergrad and grad school there.
-My father attended undergrad and law school there.
-My FIL taught there for 26 years
-I worked there from 1996-2004
-My family and my wife's family have been making annual donations since June of 1966.

Not only was he rejected, but we didn't even get so much as an acknowledgement that they turned down a 5 degree legacy.

F&&k Georgetown. Not only will they never see another dime from any of us, but I will openly disparage them at any opportunity.

Okay but it's irrational not to concede his stats were not at all competitive. Legacy doesn't give THAT much of a boost. You should have spent some of that money on SAT tutors.

If you think there werent any kids in this years admissions that scored in the 1300s then you are a fool, simply put.

I think anyone is a fool who thinks a kid with a 1300 is going to get in without top-tier connections or *very* substantial donations, none of which applied in this case.

Uhhh, my kid got into Brown with a 1320. And Brown is light years above Georgetown.

Brown is somehow farther than Georgetown?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Recently toured Georgetown, which was my son’s dream school since 9th grade. We were so disappointed. The neighborhood is great if you’re a wealthy baby boomer. Otherwise, it seems like a solid Catholic university, but hardly one of the world’s great universities. FWIW I’m a Fordham grad, and I don’t see how Georgetown is any stronger.

Feels like a huge gap between prestige/name and quality. Am I missing something?

Uh… alumni outcomes? Fordham’s placement isn’t anywhere near Georgetown’s.

Exactly. Fordham is dreadful...no where as good as Georgetown OP, and you know it. No one goes to Fordham as a first choice..they do to Georgetown.

The President of the United States went to Fordham, the one before University of Delaware. Not being political but you can get far with a plain old college in life.

The first one doesn’t count: daddy is the only reason he went anywhere.