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Is Georgetown really that much better than BC?
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Anonymous
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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? |
Anonymous
| Georgetown has an international reputation; BC doesn't. They're both excellent universities. |
Anonymous
| Yes |
Anonymous
| Georgetown is vastly better; the schools are not even in the same league. |
Anonymous
Don't be silly. Georgetown's SFS is vastly superior to anything else at either place. Otherwise, though, they're roughly equivalent. |
Anonymous
| Georgetown for sure has a better brand. I don’t know about the quality of the education between the two. |
Anonymous
"vastly"? |
Anonymous
| Yes, on a national and international basis, other than football, Georgetown has a better reputation. |
Anonymous
| Georgetown was founded by slave owners. |
Anonymous
"Better reputation" (which I do agree with) doesn't make it a better school. |
Anonymous
So was the United States. What’s your point? |
Anonymous
I am sure it's because you are no longer attending. |
Anonymous
LOL. So what? Those days it was not uncommon to own slaves. 
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Anonymous
| BC seems to have the more loyal and close knit alumni base |
Anonymous
Yes. The current president, Jack DeGioia, has gone to great lengths to wrestle with the school's legacy. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/11/us/intent-on-a-reckoning-with-georgetowns-slavery-stained-past.html Not to say there haven't been challenges, but GU is one of the few universities to examine their school history and propose steps to address. |