Is Boston College as prestigious as Emory or Georgetown?

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OP, if you want to look at outcomes, consider by field and location. But, there are enough differences among the three that it seems likely your D would have a preference based on factors more likely to distinguish each from the others.

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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.

There are plenty of things about Emory that ARE just as good as Stanford. Both are great schools with lots of bright students.

[Anonymous]

BC is as prestigious as BU.

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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.

There are rankings and there is social prestige....not the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Prestige is relative. I went to BC and would say in the NE it would go GU > BC > Emory.

Purely anecdotal, but I was completely unaware of Emory before finally meeting the one and only person I've ever met who went there.

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Anonymous wrote:Prestige aside - I wouldn’t think the same kid that liked BC would like Georgetown would like Emory.

BC and Georgetown while both Catholic are pretty different.

So maybe instead of looking for prestige, figure out where your kid would be happiest.

I can see this. There is definitely some overlap in applicants, but GU is significantly more diverse and liberal than BC. I can't really see Emory appealing to applicants of either GU/BC.

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Anonymous wrote:BC is as prestigious as BU.

BU isn't prestigious, just exorbitantly overpriced.

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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.

Tufts? Nothing like the other three schools mentioned.

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

Definitely not accurate.

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Anonymous wrote:BC is as prestigious as BU.

BU isn't prestigious, just exorbitantly overpriced.

BU is the exact opposite of prestigious. Northeastern has eclipsed it as the large private uni for dummies in Boston.

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Anonymous wrote:BC is as prestigious as BU.

BU isn't prestigious, just exorbitantly overpriced.

BU is the exact opposite of prestigious. Northeastern has eclipsed it as the large private uni for dummies in Boston.

I normally get upset about mean-spirited posts, but this one made me laugh out loud. Kind of agree. Would not be thrilled with my kids going to BU or northeastern. (Esp Northeastern)

I'd definitely encourage them to apply to Georgetown, Emory, and BC.
I think of those three, Georgetown is the most prestigious. I think it is just below HYPS/MIT/Caltech and somewhere around Penn, Dartmouth.
Next I would say Emory, which I think is better than Vanderbilt and worse than Duke. Maybe on par with UNC or Michigan, leading that pack.
I'd say BC is at the bottom, but in my mind it is a good school and I would be happy with my kid going there. My DD id not a senior yet, but out of the three would probably only apply to BC because she likes cold weather.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

There are rankings and there is social prestige....not the same thing.

Social prestige is based on ranking as it is included in it.
Anyone who thinks BC is more prestigious than Emory is just delusional.

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Anonymous wrote:BC is as prestigious as BU.

BU isn't prestigious, just exorbitantly overpriced.

BU is the exact opposite of prestigious. Northeastern has eclipsed it as the large private uni for dummies in Boston.

I normally get upset about mean-spirited posts, but this one made me laugh out loud. Kind of agree. Would not be thrilled with my kids going to BU or northeastern. (Esp Northeastern)

I'd definitely encourage them to apply to Georgetown, Emory, and BC.
I think of those three, Georgetown is the most prestigious. I think it is just below HYPS/MIT/Caltech and somewhere around Penn, Dartmouth.
Next I would say Emory, which I think is better than Vanderbilt and worse than Duke. Maybe on par with UNC or Michigan, leading that pack.
I'd say BC is at the bottom, but in my mind it is a good school and I would be happy with my kid going there. My DD id not a senior yet, but out of the three would probably only apply to BC because she likes cold weather.

I still wouldn't put Mich or UNC on that level, or any public school other than UCB. But regardless the OP wants to know if BC is Emory lite and it is. If you get into Emory, BC is a safety. If you get into BC , Emory is still a Reach. The idea of BC being more socially prestigious is preposterous. BC have never been a top 30 school, it would be different if it was like Emory and Georgetown whom beat each other in the rankings every now and then. The debate makes more sense in that case.(Although Emory seems to win more often).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

There are rankings and there is social prestige....not the same thing.

Social prestige is based on ranking as it is included in it.
Anyone who thinks BC is more prestigious than Emory is just delusional.

Emory isn't prestigious in any regard though.

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Anonymous wrote:Prestige is relative. I went to BC and would say in the NE it would go GU > BC > Emory.

Purely anecdotal, but I was completely unaware of Emory before finally meeting the one and only person I've ever met who went there.

Wouldn't that make you biased if you went to BC. The real question is could you get into Emory or GU?