Thoughts on Georgetown

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Anonymous wrote:Not religious but woke. The campus is underwhelming indeed. So poorly maintained and the airplanes over your head non-stop. If it were not in D.C., it would not be so prestigious. There are way better schools and ND is definitely one of them.

Tell me you are white without telling me you are white. ND is probably the least racially diverse school among the T40 schools, plus 80% are Catholic.

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Anonymous wrote:Not religious but woke. The campus is underwhelming indeed. So poorly maintained and the airplanes over your head non-stop. If it were not in D.C., it would not be so prestigious. There are way better schools and ND is definitely one of them.

lol, no.

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well ND is need blind even for intl. so they better resourced and more financially diverse. id have to look up stats about other diversity

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Anonymous wrote:What do DC folks think of Georgetown these days? We were a bit underwhelmed. I mean, it’s an excellent school, but compared to similarly selective schools, you wonder why it’s so selective.

very religious

Not our impression at all. Plenty of non-Catholics attend.

Sure but if a college is REQUIRING my DS/DD to take "The Problem of God" (THEO-1000) or "Introduction to Biblical Literature" (THEO-1100), we're NOT going there.

As an optional course, sure do what you want to offer.

Yikes! Not spending $100,000 a year for my kid to have his limited time at a school subjected to these requirements.

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Anonymous wrote:What do DC folks think of Georgetown these days? We were a bit underwhelmed. I mean, it’s an excellent school, but compared to similarly selective schools, you wonder why it’s so selective.

very religious

Not our impression at all. Plenty of non-Catholics attend.

Sure but if a college is REQUIRING my DS/DD to take "The Problem of God" (THEO-1000) or "Introduction to Biblical Literature" (THEO-1100), we're NOT going there.

As an optional course, sure do what you want to offer.

Yikes! Not spending $100,000 a year for my kid to have his limited time at a school subjected to these requirements.

You realize that most schools have "requirements"? I am not a Georgetown alum or a Christian, but even I know that the Problem of God course is not about Jesuit beliefs or Christianity. It is a very famous, even iconic, course. Are you spending $100k for your kid to take core curriculum at other universities?

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Anonymous wrote:What do DC folks think of Georgetown these days? We were a bit underwhelmed. I mean, it’s an excellent school, but compared to similarly selective schools, you wonder why it’s so selective.

very religious

Not our impression at all. Plenty of non-Catholics attend.

Sure but if a college is REQUIRING my DS/DD to take "The Problem of God" (THEO-1000) or "Introduction to Biblical Literature" (THEO-1100), we're NOT going there.

As an optional course, sure do what you want to offer.

Yikes! Not spending $100,000 a year for my kid to have his limited time at a school subjected to these requirements.

You realize that most schools have "requirements"? I am not a Georgetown alum or a Christian, but even I know that the Problem of God course is not about Jesuit beliefs or Christianity. It is a very famous, even iconic, course. Are you spending $100k for your kid to take core curriculum at other universities?

Yes, I am and I prefer them to these 2 courses as they are more flexible and broader in scope, plus more units for foreign language. 4 years goes by quickly.

[Anonymous]

The new Capitol Campus building, just opened in August, is very nice — and huge.

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Anonymous wrote:What do DC folks think of Georgetown these days? We were a bit underwhelmed. I mean, it’s an excellent school, but compared to similarly selective schools, you wonder why it’s so selective.

very religious

Not our impression at all. Plenty of non-Catholics attend.

Sure but if a college is REQUIRING my DS/DD to take "The Problem of God" (THEO-1000) or "Introduction to Biblical Literature" (THEO-1100), we're NOT going there.

As an optional course, sure do what you want to offer.

That’s because you’re affirmatively anti-religion.

For a Catholic school to require two religion classes that clearly aren’t even Catholic focused is nothing.

What the hell do you expect a Catholic school to do?

Weirdo

LOL - religious nuts are the weirdos! You're just proving my original point - it's a very religious school. period.

I am on campus every day. It is certainly not vey religious.
All Catholic schools require some introduction theology classes. IMO the Jesuits, who perhaps you have heard of regarding higher education, do it best. Perhaps if you opened your mind, you would learn something. And I promise they will not try to convert you.

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Anonymous wrote:What do DC folks think of Georgetown these days? We were a bit underwhelmed. I mean, it’s an excellent school, but compared to similarly selective schools, you wonder why it’s so selective.

very religious

Not our impression at all. Plenty of non-Catholics attend.

Sure but if a college is REQUIRING my DS/DD to take "The Problem of God" (THEO-1000) or "Introduction to Biblical Literature" (THEO-1100), we're NOT going there.

As an optional course, sure do what you want to offer.

Yikes! Not spending $100,000 a year for my kid to have his limited time at a school subjected to these requirements.

You realize that most schools have "requirements"? I am not a Georgetown alum or a Christian, but even I know that the Problem of God course is not about Jesuit beliefs or Christianity. It is a very famous, even iconic, course. Are you spending $100k for your kid to take core curriculum at other universities?

Yes, I am and I prefer them to these 2 courses as they are more flexible and broader in scope, plus more units for foreign language. 4 years goes by quickly.

You are only required to take one of these 2 courses, not both.

[Anonymous]

ND has $18-20 billion endowment while Gtown has less than $4 billion. Enough said.

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Anonymous wrote:What do DC folks think of Georgetown these days? We were a bit underwhelmed. I mean, it’s an excellent school, but compared to similarly selective schools, you wonder why it’s so selective.

very religious

Not our impression at all. Plenty of non-Catholics attend.

Sure but if a college is REQUIRING my DS/DD to take "The Problem of God" (THEO-1000) or "Introduction to Biblical Literature" (THEO-1100), we're NOT going there.

As an optional course, sure do what you want to offer.

Yikes! Not spending $100,000 a year for my kid to have his limited time at a school subjected to these requirements.

You realize that most schools have "requirements"? I am not a Georgetown alum or a Christian, but even I know that the Problem of God course is not about Jesuit beliefs or Christianity. It is a very famous, even iconic, course. Are you spending $100k for your kid to take core curriculum at other universities?

People who want a career in politics, law, international affairs, international business, psychology, education, or the military should know more than a little about religion & the role it plays in people’s lives.

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Seen better days.

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Anonymous wrote:Not much of a campus.

Strongly disagree. It’s wonderful if you like cramped areas, unattractive buildings, and rats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ND has $18-20 billion endowment while Gtown has less than $4 billion. Enough said.

ND and Georgetown are the top two Catholic schools, and lots of kids apply to both, in part bc they are both Catholic and in part bc they both offer EA. But they are not actually very alike.

One is a city school, deeply embedded with the city, with an international/ cosmopolitan / outward focus. The other is a (mostly) isolated, very large campus, with a more inward focus and a super-tight community. Both have great academics (with strengths in different areas) but very different feels. I'd think that most students who visited both would have a strong preference for one over the other, based on individual preferences.

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I graduated from Gtown thirty years ago and loved it. As I tour schools with DC now, I am so appreciative of the fact that Gtown wasn't overly intellectual. Everyone I knew was there to DO something and was more into acting/being active/making things happen rather than studying, if that makes sense. I compare it to Columbia (where DC wants to go) and consider Columbia to be such a bore in comparison to Gtown. I never knew or heard about anyone researching with a professor and even now I think, who cares? The students were super smart, engaged and are now all very successful in their chosen fields (I had friends in SFS, the College and Bus). There isn't one friend from Gtown who is not successful. Esp as a student of color I did make an effort as a to go beyond the campus--at that time you could go as far as Dupont Circle and once you got to 14th and P, it was all downhill. I went over to Howard frequently, had an internship at the DNC, worked for a lobbying firm on Connecticut Ave, and generally had a great time. My DC isn't interested because it is in DC and their school is in the Gtown neighborhood.