Is Georgetown really that much better than BC?

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08/06/2022 17:09

Subject: Is Georgetown really that much better than BC?

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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.

HC was a safety for my son. BC a target. He ended up at ND. HC not in same league as BC and DS didn’t bother to apply. Too small.

Of course HC is smaller than BC. Their prestige is about equal. Northerners aren't generally much interested in Southern schools.

No they are not equal lol. I'm from Boston area and I can tell you HC is not even close to the same level as BC. It just isn't.

Holy Cross is not in the “Boston area,” so of course you would think that. The two are indeed relatively close in terms of “prestige” — although BC is certainly now more “selective.” Historically, BC has a lot in common with NYU and Northeastern: they were commuter schools. Partly for that reason, BC is still a better place for more vocationally-oriented majors like business. If you want to study classics or something intellectual, go to Holy Cross.

Another consideration: where does BC fit into the hierarchy of greater Boston, mid-size universities? There’s MIT and Harvard. Then the rising Northeastern, Tufts, Boston University, and BC. An argument can be made that BC is 3rd — or, just as convincingly, that it is 4th, 5th, or even 6th.
No such issue with Georgetown: in DC it reigns supreme. Another factor when comparing BC to the likes of Georgetown that should at least be considered...

https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=College+of+the+Holy+Cross&with=Boston+College

When choosing between HC and BC, 77% choose BC.

In other words, from a selectivity standpoint (that’s all parchment data is, to the extent it is even valid data), the difference between Notre Dame and Boston College is much greater than the difference between Boston College and Holy Cross. Sounds about right to me...