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Is Georgetown really that much better than BC?
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Anonymous
| Why do people care which one is “better”? Outside of Gtown SFS, there is probably nothing you can’t do with a BC degree than with a Gtown one. And Boston is a way better city than DC. |
Anonymous
We're pro life, so it works well for us! |
Anonymous
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The question was not about ND or Indiana or abortion.
OP- I agree. There are many similarities between BC and GU. Student stats are quite similar. SAT 25- 75 BC 1370-1490 GU 1370-1530 I hope you find a school your DC enjoys. |
Anonymous
We're all pro life. Not one of us is pro-death. Hopefully your daughter won't be in need of womens' health services while she's in Indiana. |
Anonymous
Since selectivity is important, let’s look at BC’s real competition: the other selective universities in greater Boston. Harvard and MIT are in a different world, of course. BC’s real competition is BU, Northeastern, and Tufts. Admissions data is from last year (currently on US News): BU and Northeastern are 20%, Tufts is 16%, and BC is 26%. BC’s selectivity is not “on the rise” compared to this competition. (Northeastern is the school “on the rise” there, and that rise will only continue.) I don’t think selectivity is everything either: BC in my mind is just as or more “prestigious” than Northeastern and BU (though not Tufts). I am simply making the point that the BC/Georgetown “on par” analysis has to factor in internecine battles for prestige where a college is located. (Call this a local battle over future selectivity in the face of a New England demographic crisis, which is exactly what it is.) On that criterion, BC does not fare at all well — and Georgetown does. |
Anonymous
Nuance is not your thing. It's not all or nothing and I'm pro baby blending. People like you are what makes this conversation so difficult. |
Anonymous
Just because schools are close to each other geographically doesn't mean those schools are the "real" competition. To use just one example, I can virtually guarantee that BC's administration considers both ND and GT to be bigger competitors for students than Tufts. |
Anonymous
Agreed - I went to BC and never considered Tufts and would not have wanted to go there. The culture and day to day life at these two schools are so different. |
Anonymous
The schools that BC lists as the highest number of cross applicants are: Villanova University Georgetown University Northeastern University University of Notre Dame University of Virginia University of Pennsylvania Brown University Boston University Harvard University Cornell University Duke University University of Michigan |
Anonymous
She would never seek an abortion if that’s what you mean. She would carry to term before doing that. But you do you. |
Anonymous
Because the only possible outcomes are abortion or healthy pregnancy and delivery? But you go ahead and educate yourself. |
Anonymous
I think I'd like the "lower" of this list for DS, assuming that includes BC, Villanova & UMichigan; GT & UVA would be REACH, but interesting. No interest in ND. |
Anonymous
Look, I would zap a baby for convenience all day long cause I'm just wired that way. I do admit though that birth control is plentiful, cheap and pretty reliable. Should I get pregnant on plentiful, cheap and reliable birth control and can't figure it out in acceptable baby zapping time to the point where it is a danger to my life than that becomes a medical procedure beyond elective surgery to correct a mistake. |
Anonymous
Lol no interest in ND because there’s no way “DS” is getting in if he’s a reach for GT and UVA. So, yea, best that you focus on the “lower end.” |
Anonymous
NP...and this is why you people are viewed with disdain. This is a superfluous comment and in no way helpful to the conversation. While ND is a perfectly fine school it is not the Holy Grail...in fact they still can't hold their own in modern day football. |