UVA or Georgetown

[Anonymous]

This is such a ridiculous discussion.

Georgetown is way more selective than UVA: 16% vs 22%. And that's before taking into account the fact that all Common App colleges have artificially low acceptance rates, including UVA. Georgetown does not participate in the Common App.

But financially, instate UVA is OBVIOUSLY the better choice.
Academically, there is no question GU is more reputable.

Done.

End of discussion.

[Anonymous]

^^agree!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

This is such a ridiculous discussion.

Georgetown is way more selective than UVA: 16% vs 22%. And that's before taking into account the fact that all Common App colleges have artificially low acceptance rates, including UVA. Georgetown does not participate in the Common App.

But financially, instate UVA is OBVIOUSLY the better choice.
Academically, there is no question GU is more reputable.

Done.

End of discussion.

You have the intellectual capacity of a flea if you think acceptance rates mean that much. Tulane’s acceptance rate is lower than both - does that make Tulane the better school?

UVA and Georgetown have similar academic reputations, and UVA is cheaper. THAT’S the end of the discussion.

[Anonymous]

Whichever is a better feeder to Georgetown Med school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whichever is a better feeder to Georgetown Med school.

UVA’s med school is better.

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Anonymous wrote:Whichever is a better feeder to Georgetown Med school.

UVA’s med school is better.

Hell no. I am a Cardiologist.

[Anonymous]

UVA or Harvard? Anyone please?

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How do you feel about the potential impact of Youngkin’s ability to appoint members to the BoV, which governs the school? (Within the next few years, virtually all appointees will be by Youngkin, which could have a lot of implications for what/how things are taught at UVA.)

His BOV appointees will be there long after he’s gone. Republican BOV appointees are the ones who tried to push out UVA’s president ten years ago for not running the university like a business. The culture warrior folks Youngkin is appointing now will push their own agendas for years to come.

Say what? Dragas was Tim Kaine's contribution to the University.

[Anonymous]

Georgetown is internationally known, UVA is regionally preferred.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS really wants to go to Georgetown. People seem surprised that he would want to go to Georgetown over UVA since they are similarly ranked and UVA would cost 1/3 the tuition. In our circles, tons of students go to UVA but very few seem to pick Georgetown.

Is it because of cost?

G-town is nice and all but only if you got into UVA it's a no-brainer...

[Anonymous]

In no way, shape, or form is UVA's med school equal to or better, than GU.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Whichever is a better feeder to Georgetown Med school.

UVA’s med school is better.

According to US News UVA is ranks 20 places higher

[Anonymous]

Bah - US News. My $ and health will always be on GU vs. UVA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is internationally known, UVA is regionally preferred.

Hah! UVA has produced twice the number of Rhodes Scholars and has a lot of grad students there now. It's the greatest producer of Rhodes after the Ivies and the top public producer in the nation. Same with most of the other international scholarships and fellowships

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How do you feel about the potential impact of Youngkin’s ability to appoint members to the BoV, which governs the school? (Within the next few years, virtually all appointees will be by Youngkin, which could have a lot of implications for what/how things are taught at UVA.)

Nothing will change.

+1

All governors appoint their cronies. The faculty teach what they want.

Ask professors in Florida if that’s true. Or ask the professors who’ve left Wisconsin-Madison after they weakened tenure protections. Who runs a state has real implications for public universities—especially when the people who run the state are Republicans who relied on the culture war to win their elections.

We're not talking about Florida. We're not talking about Wisconsin either. We're talking about Virginia, where among other things governors are limited to one term. Yes, Youngkin is nuts but he's not the first Republican governor Virginia has ever had. UVA will outlive him, trust me.

His BOV appointees will be there long after he’s gone. Republican BOV appointees are the ones who tried to push out UVA’s president ten years ago for not running the university like a business. The culture warrior folks Youngkin is appointing now will push their own agendas for years to come.

Blah blah blah. I hate Youngkin as much as the next poster but you're overstating this. The school is and will be fine. And, yes, Republican BOV appointees "tried" to push out President Sullivan. "Try" is the operative word, isn't it?

Look, I hope UVA is OK; I care about public education and want it to thrive. But it’s a perilous time for it, especially in states with Republicans in power. We ignore that at our peril.

Please. Take it to politics. It's not even an issue on campus