Georgetown full pay vs. in-state UVA

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown full pay is not worth it. Save your money for grad school/law/med.

plans change, you bank the prestige NOW

I tend to agree with this. How is everyone so certain that their kid is going to attend graduate school? And even though grad school might make more of a difference professionally, on a personal level aren't most people more defined by their undergraduate college years? Undergrad to me seems like more of a "finishing school" where you make your lifelong friends, form your strongest memories, and sort of form your identity of where you fall in society. Grad school is more of a vocational training ground.

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Anonymous wrote:If it’s for the SFS, yes. Otherwise, probably not. I directly credit doing well at Georgetown SFS and developing connections there for getting my dream job, and succeeding at it. If you want a government job, there are few places that prepare you better.

What is SFS?

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Anonymous wrote:She's far more likely to meet a filthy rich spouse at GU. Just being honest.

If she doesn't get a bid into a top tier sorority at UVA she's basically a ghost. And hometown girls will even promise your daughter a bid, get her to rush, then ball her. It's freaking vicious in C'ville.

Less than a third of females join sororities at UVA. Of that number, obviously even fewer are in “top tier sororities.” I’d love to know how a demographic that represents some 90% of the student body could be considered a ghost.

Dp. Your math is shaky. Anyway, it’s still a rough scene there socially for those who don’t hit the popular notes. That said, to answer OP’s question: choose UVA.

Please there's 17,000 students there. There are no "popular notes". It's not high school.

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Anyone who says UVA (or Georgia Tech) are unknown out west must not know educated people. Those are national names.

$120,000 is a lot of money no matter how wealthy you are.

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Anonymous wrote:If it’s for the SFS, yes. Otherwise, probably not. I directly credit doing well at Georgetown SFS and developing connections there for getting my dream job, and succeeding at it. If you want a government job, there are few places that prepare you better.

What is SFS?

School of Foreign Service (undergrad)

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UVA is horribly ranked in every world ranking. It has great shortcomings in STEM and alumni academic milestones.

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Anonymous wrote:She's far more likely to meet a filthy rich spouse at GU. Just being honest.

If she doesn't get a bid into a top tier sorority at UVA she's basically a ghost. And hometown girls will even promise your daughter a bid, get her to rush, then ball her. It's freaking vicious in C'ville.

This is an absurd comment. You can avoid the greek scene at UVA by not participating. All the houses are off campus. My DD has never set foot in a sorority or fraternity. She has her own niche of friends from the 300+ clubs UVA has. She doesn't even know anyone who is "in" a "top tier sorority" (never heard that said about UVA before either). It is not Washington & Lee at UVA.

If you want your daughter to marry well, the best chance she'll have to meet a groomed boy at a public U is via Greek life.

As someone who is prepared to admit that she'd like her daughter to marry well. Why would this be true? I can't really think of a good reason why a boy from a rich family would be more likely to join a fraternity than not.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says UVA (or Georgia Tech) are unknown out west must not know educated people. Those are national names.

$120,000 is a lot of money no matter how wealthy you are.

I live on the east coast so I can't really say for sure how well known UVA or Georgia Tech are out west, but I'm just speculating that they're not extremely well recognized. Perhaps they are by "educated" people in the sense that they have a child that has gone through the college admissions process in the last few years and have looked at colleges on the east coast. But I will say that I consider myself an"educated" person and I did not know anything about many of the schools that are mentioned on this board until I started poking around here and college confidential, which is not something the average person does. For example, as far as California schools go, until two years ago the only schools that really stood out as good in my mind were Berkley and Stanford. I have certainly heard of UCLA, but had no idea it was so high in the rankings. I also didn't know of the existence of the University of California and California State college systems or that the University of California system is considered the "better" one. I now know that UC San Diego is more "prestigious" than San Diego State, since it is a UC. But, I would never have known that three years ago. And I don't think the average east coast resident that isn't as obsessive about colleges as I am would know that either.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says UVA (or Georgia Tech) are unknown out west must not know educated people. Those are national names.

$120,000 is a lot of money no matter how wealthy you are.

I live on the east coast so I can't really say for sure how well known UVA or Georgia Tech are out west, but I'm just speculating that they're not extremely well recognized. Perhaps they are by "educated" people in the sense that they have a child that has gone through the college admissions process in the last few years and have looked at colleges on the east coast. But I will say that I consider myself an"educated" person and I did not know anything about many of the schools that are mentioned on this board until I started poking around here and college confidential, which is not something the average person does. For example, as far as California schools go, until two years ago the only schools that really stood out as good in my mind were Berkley and Stanford. I have certainly heard of UCLA, but had no idea it was so high in the rankings. I also didn't know of the existence of the University of California and California State college systems or that the University of California system is considered the "better" one. I now know that UC San Diego is more "prestigious" than San Diego State, since it is a UC. But, I would never have known that three years ago. And I don't think the average east coast resident that isn't as obsessive about colleges as I am would know that either.

Easy way to test name recognition is ask someone in your DC’s intended field of MAJOR. For example, Ga Tech is top 5 engineering school. Ask engineers, and they will tell you.

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Anonymous wrote:Which is the more sound option, and why? Is Georgetown's prestige and location worth 120K more (over four years)?

If you can swing it without much sacrifice, yes! Georgetown is well known abroad.

Here in the west coast, most can't tell the difference between Georgetown, George Mason, Georgia Tech...

I don't believe this. Everyone has at least heard of Georgetown. Most people on the west coast have never heard of George Mason or Georgia Tech.

Believe it. Most have HEARD of Georgetown - just can't differentiate it from other Georges. Only schools in that area stand out as top tier are JHU and the Naval Academy.

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Anonymous wrote:Which is the more sound option, and why? Is Georgetown's prestige and location worth 120K more (over four years)?

If you can swing it without much sacrifice, yes! Georgetown is well known abroad.

Here in the west coast, most can't tell the difference between Georgetown, George Mason, Georgia Tech...

I don't believe this. Everyone has at least heard of Georgetown. Most people on the west coast have never heard of George Mason or Georgia Tech.

Believe it. Most have HEARD of Georgetown - just can't differentiate it from other Georges. Only schools in that area stand out as top tier are JHU and the Naval Academy.

Georgetown is known because of basketball, but I've had a lot of people mix it up with GW. It mildly annoys me, but whatever.

FAR more funny is when people ask my Michigan alum husband, "oh wait, did you go to Michigan or Michigan State?" Seeing the fury on his face is hilarious.

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Georgetown is on the normal side of the Potomac River.. You know .. The more educated, richer side with all the best stuff!

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Anonymous wrote:She's far more likely to meet a filthy rich spouse at GU. Just being honest.

If she doesn't get a bid into a top tier sorority at UVA she's basically a ghost. And hometown girls will even promise your daughter a bid, get her to rush, then ball her. It's freaking vicious in C'ville.

This is an absurd comment. You can avoid the greek scene at UVA by not participating. All the houses are off campus. My DD has never set foot in a sorority or fraternity. She has her own niche of friends from the 300+ clubs UVA has. She doesn't even know anyone who is "in" a "top tier sorority" (never heard that said about UVA before either). It is not Washington & Lee at UVA.

If you want your daughter to marry well, the best chance she'll have to meet a groomed boy at a public U is via Greek life.

As someone who is prepared to admit that she'd like her daughter to marry well. Why would this be true? I can't really think of a good reason why a boy from a rich family would be more likely to join a fraternity than not.

The rich who seek out UVA seek it out for Greek life. If you’re rich and not into Greek life you’d go to a private a college.

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Anonymous wrote:Which is the more sound option, and why? Is Georgetown's prestige and location worth 120K more (over four years)?

If you can swing it without much sacrifice, yes! Georgetown is well known abroad.

Here in the west coast, most can't tell the difference between Georgetown, George Mason, Georgia Tech...

That is ridiculous and untrue.

That said, is it worth the price difference?? Probably not, but of course it depends on your finances and if your kid can take advantage of what UVA offers. Many kids won't and will kind of get a little lost and coast at a school of that size.

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DC considered both and would have picked UVA over Georgetown. Price was not a factor because UVA was OOS for us. Ranking wise they seemed similar and for what DC wanted to study they were similar. Part of it was location - Georgetown is 15 minutes away which DC conspired a negative. DC chose another school.