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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a hiring manager in public service — think governor’s cabinet office in the northeast, Georgetown applicants are way more polished and prepared than applicants we get from almost any other school.

Georgetown is a very effective “finishing school” for kids who want to work in public service. Pre-professional in a good way.

We had 20 H and Y kids recently apply for a role in our office and ended up giving it to a Georgetown kid.

Two out of the final round of 4 candidates were from Georgetown. [/quote]

Does that initial good impression carry over into job performance?

My son, now in college, was heavy into Model UN in high school. A few years ago his team went to a national-level event for high-schoolers (NAIMUN) run by Georgetown students. Yes, the Georgetown students were polished, according to my son, but also arrogant and unprofessional. Sessions started late, procedures weren't followed. Son's team knew that this event would have "crisis" programming (some Model UN conferences do crises, while some do not), but my son said it was handled more like HS theater club theatrics. He found the entire conference embarrassing to take part in (compared to our quaint midwestern procedurals). His team advisors did meet with staff onsite at the time to try to address issues and sent a writeup afterwards. Of course this conference was run by a student club and not the university itself, but it caused my son to lose any interest in applying to Georgetown. (To be fair though, his chances of getting in would've been marginal.)[/quote]

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