Disappointed with Georgetown

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:UChicago is a great school and is a place plenty of people have as their top choice, especially in the Midwest. It just isn't a universally recognized top 10 or even 15 type of school (just ask Forbes and the WSJ). All these top schools are elite but some names resonate more with some than others. You don't have to hate on Chicago to also value Georgetown. They are two of the best real city universities. It is interesting that Georgetown has the name recognition Chicago would like (is it like a CUNY?) and Chicago has the $$ Georgetown craves.

Maybe among the general population, this is true, but that’s entirely to do with sports. You realize that, right? Most people know about schools because they see them playing NCAA football or basketball. UChicago opted out of all of that in the 1930s.

Anyone who knows anything about higher ed knows UChicago is a peer school to the Ivies, Stanford, MIT, etc.

I went to UChicago and Georgetown. While I think Georgetown is top of the line at preparing students for careers in the foreign policy establishment, UChicago provides a more intellectually rigorous education.

My husband works in higher ed and his view is that UChicago as an academic institution is among the top 2-3 in the country.

UChicago is NOT a peer school to Stanford, MIT, HYP. Maybe it can be considered a peer to the lower ivies but definitely does not have the same “prestige”.

To the general population. Not within academia or among anyone who knows about higher ed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It means 25% below 1410. That’s what freshman in hs score at our hs

For the freshmen who can dunk a ball, they might get in. Congrats.

[Anonymous]

Schools that listed UChicago as a peer:

Brown, CalTech, Cornell, Hopkins, Northwestern, Penn, WUSTL, and Yale. Columbia and Princeton didn’t respond to the survey.

Source: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data

[Anonymous]

OP sounds like a MAGA loon who has never gotten over being too poor to go to Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP sounds like a MAGA loon who has never gotten over being too poor to go to Georgetown.

how lovely

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is not the fanciest part of DC.

pretty close

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UChicago is a great school and is a place plenty of people have as their top choice, especially in the Midwest. It just isn't a universally recognized top 10 or even 15 type of school (just ask Forbes and the WSJ). All these top schools are elite but some names resonate more with some than others. You don't have to hate on Chicago to also value Georgetown. They are two of the best real city universities. It is interesting that Georgetown has the name recognition Chicago would like (is it like a CUNY?) and Chicago has the $$ Georgetown craves.

Maybe among the general population, this is true, but that’s entirely to do with sports. You realize that, right? Most people know about schools because they see them playing NCAA football or basketball. UChicago opted out of all of that in the 1930s.

Anyone who knows anything about higher ed knows UChicago is a peer school to the Ivies, Stanford, MIT, etc.

I went to UChicago and Georgetown. While I think Georgetown is top of the line at preparing students for careers in the foreign policy establishment, UChicago provides a more intellectually rigorous education.

My husband works in higher ed and his view is that UChicago as an academic institution is among the top 2-3 in the country.

UChicago is NOT a peer school to Stanford, MIT, HYP. Maybe it can be considered a peer to the lower ivies but definitely does not have the same “prestige”.

To the general population. Not within academia or among anyone who knows about higher ed.

With experience in higher ed and private industry, I think you are confusing Chicago's undergraduate school with it's top few grad programs.It is a great school but isn't in that top group, especially for undergrad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is not the fanciest part of DC.

pretty close

It has the name most think of as fanciest, which has helped the university.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UChicago is a great school and is a place plenty of people have as their top choice, especially in the Midwest. It just isn't a universally recognized top 10 or even 15 type of school (just ask Forbes and the WSJ). All these top schools are elite but some names resonate more with some than others. You don't have to hate on Chicago to also value Georgetown. They are two of the best real city universities. It is interesting that Georgetown has the name recognition Chicago would like (is it like a CUNY?) and Chicago has the $$ Georgetown craves.

Maybe among the general population, this is true, but that’s entirely to do with sports. You realize that, right? Most people know about schools because they see them playing NCAA football or basketball. UChicago opted out of all of that in the 1930s.

Anyone who knows anything about higher ed knows UChicago is a peer school to the Ivies, Stanford, MIT, etc.

I went to UChicago and Georgetown. While I think Georgetown is top of the line at preparing students for careers in the foreign policy establishment, UChicago provides a more intellectually rigorous education.

My husband works in higher ed and his view is that UChicago as an academic institution is among the top 2-3 in the country.

Until very recently, Georgetown undergrad was much more selective than UChicago and JHU undergrad (statistically, at least). I think the OP's point was that quality in the eyes of 18-year-old applicants doesn't perfectly match the reality of a university's quality. Georgetown is a very good university, but it is not a peer university of UChicago and JHU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UChicago is a great school and is a place plenty of people have as their top choice, especially in the Midwest. It just isn't a universally recognized top 10 or even 15 type of school (just ask Forbes and the WSJ). All these top schools are elite but some names resonate more with some than others. You don't have to hate on Chicago to also value Georgetown. They are two of the best real city universities. It is interesting that Georgetown has the name recognition Chicago would like (is it like a CUNY?) and Chicago has the $$ Georgetown craves.

Maybe among the general population, this is true, but that’s entirely to do with sports. You realize that, right? Most people know about schools because they see them playing NCAA football or basketball. UChicago opted out of all of that in the 1930s.

Anyone who knows anything about higher ed knows UChicago is a peer school to the Ivies, Stanford, MIT, etc.

I went to UChicago and Georgetown. While I think Georgetown is top of the line at preparing students for careers in the foreign policy establishment, UChicago provides a more intellectually rigorous education.

My husband works in higher ed and his view is that UChicago as an academic institution is among the top 2-3 in the country.

Until very recently, Georgetown undergrad was much more selective than UChicago and JHU undergrad (statistically, at least). I think the OP's point was that quality in the eyes of 18-year-old applicants doesn't perfectly match the reality of a university's quality. Georgetown is a very good university, but it is not a peer university of UChicago and JHU.

Georgetown students say that GW stands for Georgetown waitlist. How sophisticated. 25 years ago I was waitlisted at my first choice, Georgetown, and admitted to JHU and UChicago. Luckiest thing that ever happened to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UChicago is a great school and is a place plenty of people have as their top choice, especially in the Midwest. It just isn't a universally recognized top 10 or even 15 type of school (just ask Forbes and the WSJ). All these top schools are elite but some names resonate more with some than others. You don't have to hate on Chicago to also value Georgetown. They are two of the best real city universities. It is interesting that Georgetown has the name recognition Chicago would like (is it like a CUNY?) and Chicago has the $$ Georgetown craves.

Maybe among the general population, this is true, but that’s entirely to do with sports. You realize that, right? Most people know about schools because they see them playing NCAA football or basketball. UChicago opted out of all of that in the 1930s.

Anyone who knows anything about higher ed knows UChicago is a peer school to the Ivies, Stanford, MIT, etc.

I went to UChicago and Georgetown. While I think Georgetown is top of the line at preparing students for careers in the foreign policy establishment, UChicago provides a more intellectually rigorous education.

My husband works in higher ed and his view is that UChicago as an academic institution is among the top 2-3 in the country.

Until very recently, Georgetown undergrad was much more selective than UChicago and JHU undergrad (statistically, at least). I think the OP's point was that quality in the eyes of 18-year-old applicants doesn't perfectly match the reality of a university's quality. Georgetown is a very good university, but it is not a peer university of UChicago and JHU.

Georgetown students say that GW stands for Georgetown waitlist. How sophisticated. 25 years ago I was waitlisted at my first choice, Georgetown, and admitted to JHU and UChicago. Luckiest thing that ever happened to me.

My HS friends who went to Georgetown sell high end real estate in NYC, work as luxury brand managers, or bundled mortgages before losing their Wall Street jobs. My friends from UChicago write books, publish original research in major scientific journals, and have started 100+ million dollar companies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UChicago is a great school and is a place plenty of people have as their top choice, especially in the Midwest. It just isn't a universally recognized top 10 or even 15 type of school (just ask Forbes and the WSJ). All these top schools are elite but some names resonate more with some than others. You don't have to hate on Chicago to also value Georgetown. They are two of the best real city universities. It is interesting that Georgetown has the name recognition Chicago would like (is it like a CUNY?) and Chicago has the $$ Georgetown craves.

Maybe among the general population, this is true, but that’s entirely to do with sports. You realize that, right? Most people know about schools because they see them playing NCAA football or basketball. UChicago opted out of all of that in the 1930s.

Anyone who knows anything about higher ed knows UChicago is a peer school to the Ivies, Stanford, MIT, etc.

I went to UChicago and Georgetown. While I think Georgetown is top of the line at preparing students for careers in the foreign policy establishment, UChicago provides a more intellectually rigorous education.

My husband works in higher ed and his view is that UChicago as an academic institution is among the top 2-3 in the country.

Until very recently, Georgetown undergrad was much more selective than UChicago and JHU undergrad (statistically, at least). I think the OP's point was that quality in the eyes of 18-year-old applicants doesn't perfectly match the reality of a university's quality. Georgetown is a very good university, but it is not a peer university of UChicago and JHU.

Georgetown students say that GW stands for Georgetown waitlist. How sophisticated. 25 years ago I was waitlisted at my first choice, Georgetown, and admitted to JHU and UChicago. Luckiest thing that ever happened to me.

Calm down, Sergei. Your fake indignation gives the lulz

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UChicago is a great school and is a place plenty of people have as their top choice, especially in the Midwest. It just isn't a universally recognized top 10 or even 15 type of school (just ask Forbes and the WSJ). All these top schools are elite but some names resonate more with some than others. You don't have to hate on Chicago to also value Georgetown. They are two of the best real city universities. It is interesting that Georgetown has the name recognition Chicago would like (is it like a CUNY?) and Chicago has the $$ Georgetown craves.

Maybe among the general population, this is true, but that’s entirely to do with sports. You realize that, right? Most people know about schools because they see them playing NCAA football or basketball. UChicago opted out of all of that in the 1930s.

Anyone who knows anything about higher ed knows UChicago is a peer school to the Ivies, Stanford, MIT, etc.

I went to UChicago and Georgetown. While I think Georgetown is top of the line at preparing students for careers in the foreign policy establishment, UChicago provides a more intellectually rigorous education.

My husband works in higher ed and his view is that UChicago as an academic institution is among the top 2-3 in the country.

Until very recently, Georgetown undergrad was much more selective than UChicago and JHU undergrad (statistically, at least). I think the OP's point was that quality in the eyes of 18-year-old applicants doesn't perfectly match the reality of a university's quality. Georgetown is a very good university, but it is not a peer university of UChicago and JHU.

Georgetown students say that GW stands for Georgetown waitlist. How sophisticated. 25 years ago I was waitlisted at my first choice, Georgetown, and admitted to JHU and UChicago. Luckiest thing that ever happened to me.

Do you seriously not think kids at every school make stupid jokes? UChicago kids do too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UChicago is a great school and is a place plenty of people have as their top choice, especially in the Midwest. It just isn't a universally recognized top 10 or even 15 type of school (just ask Forbes and the WSJ). All these top schools are elite but some names resonate more with some than others. You don't have to hate on Chicago to also value Georgetown. They are two of the best real city universities. It is interesting that Georgetown has the name recognition Chicago would like (is it like a CUNY?) and Chicago has the $$ Georgetown craves.

Maybe among the general population, this is true, but that’s entirely to do with sports. You realize that, right? Most people know about schools because they see them playing NCAA football or basketball. UChicago opted out of all of that in the 1930s.

Anyone who knows anything about higher ed knows UChicago is a peer school to the Ivies, Stanford, MIT, etc.

I went to UChicago and Georgetown. While I think Georgetown is top of the line at preparing students for careers in the foreign policy establishment, UChicago provides a more intellectually rigorous education.

My husband works in higher ed and his view is that UChicago as an academic institution is among the top 2-3 in the country.

Until very recently, Georgetown undergrad was much more selective than UChicago and JHU undergrad (statistically, at least). I think the OP's point was that quality in the eyes of 18-year-old applicants doesn't perfectly match the reality of a university's quality. Georgetown is a very good university, but it is not a peer university of UChicago and JHU.

Georgetown students say that GW stands for Georgetown waitlist. How sophisticated. 25 years ago I was waitlisted at my first choice, Georgetown, and admitted to JHU and UChicago. Luckiest thing that ever happened to me.

My HS friends who went to Georgetown sell high end real estate in NYC, work as luxury brand managers, or bundled mortgages before losing their Wall Street jobs. My friends from UChicago write books, publish original research in major scientific journals, and have started 100+ million dollar companies.

Oh FFS. Both schools produce successful and unsuccessful people. Sounds like you went to neither school, so really you don’t have much basis for providing input into the conversation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UChicago is a great school and is a place plenty of people have as their top choice, especially in the Midwest. It just isn't a universally recognized top 10 or even 15 type of school (just ask Forbes and the WSJ). All these top schools are elite but some names resonate more with some than others. You don't have to hate on Chicago to also value Georgetown. They are two of the best real city universities. It is interesting that Georgetown has the name recognition Chicago would like (is it like a CUNY?) and Chicago has the $$ Georgetown craves.

Maybe among the general population, this is true, but that’s entirely to do with sports. You realize that, right? Most people know about schools because they see them playing NCAA football or basketball. UChicago opted out of all of that in the 1930s.

Anyone who knows anything about higher ed knows UChicago is a peer school to the Ivies, Stanford, MIT, etc.

I went to UChicago and Georgetown. While I think Georgetown is top of the line at preparing students for careers in the foreign policy establishment, UChicago provides a more intellectually rigorous education.

My husband works in higher ed and his view is that UChicago as an academic institution is among the top 2-3 in the country.

UChicago is NOT a peer school to Stanford, MIT, HYP. Maybe it can be considered a peer to the lower ivies but definitely does not have the same “prestige”.

To the general population. Not within academia or among anyone who knows about higher ed.

With experience in higher ed and private industry, I think you are confusing Chicago's undergraduate school with it's top few grad programs.It is a great school but isn't in that top group, especially for undergrad.

This is completely false. I spoke directly with Princeton’s Dean of Admissions, who told me UChicago is the school he admires most outside, of course, Princeton.