Why do people on this board hate on Georgetown?

[Anonymous]

Just learned from another thread that Georgetown grads include Jim Gaffigan, Nick Kroll, and John Mulaney. Also Bradley Cooper, not a comedian, but can be.

Interesting. They are probably laughing at all of OP's posts.

[Anonymous]

There are a lot of immature kids using this board to blow off steam and pretend they are parents. You can see it when they top an old thread just to bash a place.

Don't get bogged down in those threads. Look for the ones with real conversations instead of just ranting.

[Anonymous]

Well, cost of attendance is high and financial aid or merit scholarships aren’t great so not affordable for most. It’s a good college but overrated due to name recognition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown's acceptance rate is 11%, OP.

I really don't think Georgetown cares what you think of them.

12%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are a lot of immature kids using this board to blow off steam and pretend they are parents. You can see it when they top an old thread just to bash a place.

Don't get bogged down in those threads. Look for the ones with real conversations instead of just ranting.

+1

Ranting is not a real thread, it is a troll.

Actual stats are indicative of a real thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I don't get it. I have a grad degree from Georgetown and got a good education there. I'm not some huge booster or anything, but I'm glad I went.

The one that really confuses me is the people who always compare Georgetown and Notre Dame for the express purpose of putting down Georgetown. I don't get why they can't both be worthwhile schools? It's not like there can only be one Jesuit school. I'm not Catholic but this one always confounds me.

1. ND is Holy Cross, not Jesuit

2. The reverse is also true -- GU boosters bashing ND, likely because ND always higher on the USNWR rankings.

ND is just obnoxious. They think they walk on water.

I see with your multiple back to back defensive posts of GU just now that you are one of "those" that I just referenced.

[Anonymous]

As they say in Boston, more closer you get to Harvard, the less impressed you would get.
A lot of people in DC area know/heard something about Georgetown in detail, good and bad.
This is just natural.
Also, a lot of people living and working in DC went to colleges in DC. Many of them are G'Town rejects or WL'ed. So you can imagine their attitude to G'Town.
A friend of mine who graduated from G'Town told me a story. During the Trump years, many college students rushed to WH in the evening after some major event occurred earlier. They all shouted to protest, then suddenly all the GW students started to shout "Georgetown sucks!"....

[Anonymous]

You have obviously not spent any time at all at Gtown. It's beyond run down, polluted, everything is broken (bathrooms, stair rails, roads), lots of graffiti. They really need to use some of that $$$$$$ tuition towards infrastructure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown's acceptance rate is 11%, OP.

I really don't think Georgetown cares what you think of them.

12%

It would be a lot lower if they used the common app.

[Anonymous]

It's run down and dumpy. I worked there and went there for grad school.
Maybe other top schools are too but perhaps it's just that more of us see Georgetown's flaws up close since we live and work here.

[Anonymous]

People hate the school if they get rejected and don't have other better/good options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I don't get it. I have a grad degree from Georgetown and got a good education there. I'm not some huge booster or anything, but I'm glad I went.

The one that really confuses me is the people who always compare Georgetown and Notre Dame for the express purpose of putting down Georgetown. I don't get why they can't both be worthwhile schools? It's not like there can only be one Jesuit school. I'm not Catholic but this one always confounds me.

1. ND is Holy Cross, not Jesuit

2. The reverse is also true -- GU boosters bashing ND, likely because ND always higher on the USNWR rankings.

ND is just obnoxious. They think they walk on water.

+1. Which is especially interesting because ND's URM percentage and social mobility indices are so low.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:The rats and the rundown facilities. Why is living with rats acceptable for that amount of tuition?

+1

Newsflash: Most colleges have rats, especially if located in a city.

Most restaurants have rats, too - even the highest rated.

Since you sound so naive......

Not in the dorms as documented online by Georgetown students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I don't get it. I have a grad degree from Georgetown and got a good education there. I'm not some huge booster or anything, but I'm glad I went.

The one that really confuses me is the people who always compare Georgetown and Notre Dame for the express purpose of putting down Georgetown. I don't get why they can't both be worthwhile schools? It's not like there can only be one Jesuit school. I'm not Catholic but this one always confounds me.

1. ND is Holy Cross, not Jesuit

2. The reverse is also true -- GU boosters bashing ND, likely because ND always higher on the USNWR rankings.

ND is just obnoxious. They think they walk on water.

+1. Which is especially interesting because ND's URM percentage and social mobility indices are so low.

ND = T20

GT = T30

[Anonymous]

People hate the school if they get rejected and don't have other better/good options.