Is Boston College as prestigious as Emory or Georgetown?

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Anonymous wrote:Bwah ha ha at Emory being prestigious!

Why is there always so much hate for Emory on this board? It’s like chronic and personal in a way you don’t seem to find with other schools. Any theories?

Southern school in an "urban" city brings out the trolls. Most of DC'ers children went to UVA, Umich, Tufts and UMD. Objectively worse schools so they're probably just jealous.

Gosh I don't think so. Are you the poster on this college forum who frequently states that "most" this or that, but who never has the facts to back it up and thinks just by saying it repeatedly it must be true and believed? I think you're one of the most stupid posters out there.

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Anonymous wrote:Bwah ha ha at Emory being prestigious!

Why is there always so much hate for Emory on this board? It’s like chronic and personal in a way you don’t seem to find with other schools. Any theories?

Southern school in an "urban" city brings out the trolls. Most of DC'ers children went to UVA, Umich, Tufts and UMD. Objectively worse schools so they're probably just jealous.

Gosh I don't think so. Are you the poster on this college forum who frequently states that "most" this or that, but who never has the facts to back it up and thinks just by saying it repeatedly it must be true and believed? I think you're one of the most stupid posters out there.

I barely post here, but thanks anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:Bwah ha ha at Emory being prestigious!

Why is there always so much hate for Emory on this board? It’s like chronic and personal in a way you don’t seem to find with other schools. Any theories?

Southern school in an "urban" city brings out the trolls. Most of DC'ers children went to UVA, Umich, Tufts and UMD. Objectively worse schools so they're probably just jealous.

Do you know what "objectively" means?

Whatever, you assumed it to mean.

You also seem to have trouble with commas.

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Anonymous wrote:BC 27.9% admit rate
Emory 18% admit rate
Georgetown 14.5% admit rate

No, BC is not as prestigious as Emory and definitely not as prestigious as Georgetown.

You're welcome.

Why would you tie admission rate to "prestige"? Is prestige related to the number of kids rejected rather than to the underlying quality of the students who attend, or the quality of the education provided?

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Anonymous wrote:Bwah ha ha at Emory being prestigious!

Why is there always so much hate for Emory on this board? It’s like chronic and personal in a way you don’t seem to find with other schools. Any theories?

Southern school in an "urban" city brings out the trolls. Most of DC'ers children went to UVA, Umich, Tufts and UMD. Objectively worse schools so they're probably just jealous.

Gosh I don't think so. Are you the poster on this college forum who frequently states that "most" this or that, but who never has the facts to back it up and thinks just by saying it repeatedly it must be true and believed? I think you're one of the most stupid posters out there.

I barely post here, but thanks anyway.

you just came in to opine on UVA and then to reply to a response? odd, but ok

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Find the school that is the best fit for YOUR kid. That matters much more than some list or emorphous prestige.

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Anonymous wrote:Bwah ha ha at Emory being prestigious!

Explain this to me? Emory is ranked higher on Usnews and Times.

Exactly if Emory isn't prestigious then they all aren't. Both Emory and Georgetown are Cornell level prestigious, while BC is just a good school.

While I agree Emory and Gtown are more prestigious than BC, I'm sorry but none of these schools are "Cornell-level" prestigious.

I'm looking at the career outcomes and they look similar to me. Actually Georgetowns looks a bit better than both and is ironically the lowe's ranking one out of the 3 you mentioned.
Georgetown and Cornell are very similar in profile and have a high number of cross-admits, actually.

Georgetown (let alone Emory) is not more prestigious than Cornell.

Not sure what "let alone" in this context means, but I suggested they were "just as" not "more than" so I agree with you. With a ranking of 18, 21 and 23 respectively; they are peer schools for undergrad.

Gtown and Emory are definitely not "just as" prestigious as Cornell.

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Anonymous wrote:Find the school that is the best fit for YOUR kid. That matters much more than some list or emorphous prestige.

This, OP. Your child will be most successful at the school that is the best fit. These are all wonderful schools.

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They are all very good schools. Ignore the USNWR rankings and the idea of “prestige”.

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I tend to think of BC as the college where bright catholic children go it they can't get into Notre Dame.

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Anonymous wrote:I have never understood what people mean by "prestige" on here. As best I can tell, it means "can I impress people at a cocktail party?" because it seldom has anything to do with quality. To the extant that anyone cares about measurable metrics,
ACT 25- 75
BC- 31- 34
GU- 31-35
Emory- 31-34

These kids are academically indistinguishable. Each school has different strengths and weaknesses in terms of programs, but I don't see how anyone could consider one to be more "prestigious".

+1. Prestige means will people be impressed where my kid got into when I tell them. I think each school has different strengths.

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Anonymous wrote:Bwah ha ha at Emory being prestigious!

Explain this to me? Emory is ranked higher on Usnews and Times.

Exactly if Emory isn't prestigious then they all aren't. Both Emory and Georgetown are Cornell level prestigious, while BC is just a good school.

While I agree Emory and Gtown are more prestigious than BC, I'm sorry but none of these schools are "Cornell-level" prestigious.

Georgetown and Cornell are very similar in profile and have a high number of cross-admits, actually.

Georgetown (let alone Emory) is not more prestigious than Cornell.

Not sure what "let alone" in this context means, but I suggested they were "just as" not "more than" so I agree with you. With a ranking of 18, 21 and 23 respectively; they are peer schools for undergrad.

Gtown and Emory are definitely not "just as" prestigious as Cornell.

I'm looking at the career outcomes and they look similar to me. Actually Georgetowns looks a bit better than both and is ironically the lowe's ranking one out of the 3 you mentioned.

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Anonymous wrote:I have never understood what people mean by "prestige" on here. As best I can tell, it means "can I impress people at a cocktail party?" because it seldom has anything to do with quality. To the extant that anyone cares about measurable metrics,
ACT 25- 75
BC- 31- 34
GU- 31-35
Emory- 31-34

These kids are academically indistinguishable. Each school has different strengths and weaknesses in terms of programs, but I don't see how anyone could consider one to be more "prestigious".

+1. Prestige means will people be impressed where my kid got into when I tell them. I think each school has different strengths.

OK, but I guess I'm never really very impressed that someone's kid is getting a Bachelors degree. Even if it is at a school with a low acceptance rate. It is like expecting a reaction to your kid being in the national honor society or something.

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Anonymous wrote:Find the school that is the best fit for YOUR kid. That matters much more than some list or emorphous prestige.

This, OP. Your child will be most successful at the school that is the best fit. These are all wonderful schools.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:They are all very good schools. Ignore the USNWR rankings and the idea of “prestige”.

We should ignore when a school is ranked 14 spots higher than the other? Because some stated that they think BC is more prestigious than Emory. Imagine some saying rankings don't matter ;Emory is just as good as Stanford. The 14 spot difference in ranking doesn't matter.