Has anyone else had it with Georgetown?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not unique to Georgetown. Sounds like your child should be applying to lower rated schools. Not sure what it has to do with Georgetown.

Georgetown is a dilapidated, boring, overrated dump, so get over yourself. And I am saying this as someone who went there.,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both GT and ND were safety schools back in the day. Has it really come to this??

A lot of the elite schools had acceptance rate of 30 40 50% back in the day

Welcome to the 21st century granny.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is not unique to Georgetown. Sounds like your child should be applying to lower rated schools. Not sure what it has to do with Georgetown.

Georgetown is a dilapidated, boring, overrated dump, so get over yourself. And I am saying this as someone who went there.,

Suuuuuuuure ya did!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If Georgetown is your thing….look at Notre Dame. Better education and your child would actually go away to college.

Unless you work at GU. Poor kid.

But everyone will think DC just didn’t get in to GT. Yes, we known ND has higher scores thresholds. Still doesn’t matter

What? Who picks Georgetown over ND?

If you are specifically interested in the foreign service field, otherwise
ND >> GT

LOL. Okay.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Both GT and ND were safety schools back in the day. Has it really come to this??

A lot of the elite schools had acceptance rate of 30 40 50% back in the day

Welcome to the 21st century granny.

You sound like a very angry, bitter person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course it's a great school, in a great location - yes. But it is not QUITE the amazing educational experience that their demanding standards would seem to indicate.
Mine would have loved to apply. But between the restrictive application policy (which is truly awful given the very difficult cycles these kids are facing) and their demands for all test scores - my kids have had it. Both have what it takes to succeed there. But my first and now my second are not willing to ruin what was left of HS to get there. Straight As in AP courses not enough for you? Opting for mental health over College Board nonsense by skipping a few AP exams? Please. My next one feels the same way. These two are great students - never had anything less than an A or A-, fantastic ECs that reflect their commitment to serving others for years, stellar LORs, tons of the R word - RIGOR. Not pointy for Ivies. But they are out - of the G-town rat race. And no - that's not a Georgetown troll talking - it's an honest frustration for their policies.

To answer your question, maybe not "had it with Georgetown" - but the GU bashers are positively obsessed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is not unique to Georgetown. Sounds like your child should be applying to lower rated schools. Not sure what it has to do with Georgetown.

Georgetown is a dilapidated, boring, overrated dump, so get over yourself. And I am saying this as someone who went there.,

Suuuuuuuure ya did!

Yes, I actually did, unfortunately for me. Hated every second of it. And that was a long time ago. It is worse now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not unique to Georgetown. Sounds like your child should be applying to lower rated schools. Not sure what it has to do with Georgetown.

Georgetown is a dilapidated, boring, overrated dump, so get over yourself. And I am saying this as someone who went there.,

Suuuuuuuure ya did!

Yes, I actually did, unfortunately for me. Hated every second of it. And that was a long time ago. It is worse now.

Do you attend now too?

[Anonymous]

We visited a few weeks ago, unofficially for my son who is in HS and we really liked it. I was aware of it when I was in HS in CT and some of our best and brightest students went there.

I think the hater must have had a uniquely horrible experience that is going to be the exception rather than the norm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is not unique to Georgetown. Sounds like your child should be applying to lower rated schools. Not sure what it has to do with Georgetown.

Georgetown is a dilapidated, boring, overrated dump, so get over yourself. And I am saying this as someone who went there.,

I went to Harvard and my kids are still young. I doubt my kids will go to Georgetown either. I just don’t get a mom getting so bothered by her child’s college application. Just don’t apply to Georgetown then.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both GT and ND were safety schools back in the day. Has it really come to this??

A lot of the elite schools had acceptance rate of 30 40 50% back in the day

Welcome to the 21st century granny.

You sound like a very angry, bitter person.

It's ok to get old.
It's just natural process.

[Anonymous]

Eh, we toured and found the campus to be dreadful and in serious disrepair. So little greenspace and dated facilities. No interest amongst any of my children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eh, we toured and found the campus to be dreadful and in serious disrepair. So little greenspace and dated facilities. No interest amongst any of my children.

How long ago was that? We were there last weekend and everything was pristine. We had also visited St. John's the week before and that was dilapidated, weeds growing out of walls etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Eh, we toured and found the campus to be dreadful and in serious disrepair. So little greenspace and dated facilities. No interest amongst any of my children.

How long ago was that? We were there last weekend and everything was pristine. We had also visited St. John's the week before and that was dilapidated, weeds growing out of walls etc.

I’m old enough to remember Georgetown the college and Georgetown the neighborhood seeming super elite (many posters are too young to remember when Dupont was considered almost cutting edge), and while I have no comment on the academics, Georgetown the college has let its campus become very run down looking. I was there multiple times this past year for sporting events and walked all over campus finding bathrooms and food.

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Anonymous wrote:This is not unique to Georgetown. Sounds like your child should be applying to lower rated schools. Not sure what it has to do with Georgetown.

Georgetown is a dilapidated, boring, overrated dump, so get over yourself. And I am saying this as someone who went there.,

I went to Harvard and my kids are still young. I doubt my kids will go to Georgetown either. I just don’t get a mom getting so bothered by her child’s college application. Just don’t apply to Georgetown then.

This.