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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where does it rank? Not HYPSM obviously but I'd put it with the next level (Columbia, Penn, Brown, Duke). The 12% acceptance rate seems generous but predictions are it will go into low single digits next year with the Common App.[/quote]

It’s in the same tier as Notre Dame, Boston College, and Holy Cross. Good Catholic schools with strong reputations among the non-Catholic community in the United States. Villanova would be a tier above all four schools given their basketball program and pipeline into the Vatican. [/quote]

This is…a ridiculous take.[/quote]

Exactly. Notre Dame is a tier above Georgetown. You’re comparing a school with an $18 billion endowment with one with less than $4 billion. [/quote]

Unless one is a football fan or has issues with Jesuits, there aren't too many who would choose ND over Georgetown if interested in liberal arts, interntional/domestic politics etc.[/quote]

Laughable comment.  The two schools are direct competitors for students and both schools are filled with kids who also got into the other.   [/quote]

As a non-Catholic, I'd say that when I hear Notre Dame, I think Catholic. When I hear Georgetown, I think of DC. 
My point being that ND is more closely-aligned with the Catholic church. I would bet that that there are few non-Catholics at ND while there are plenty of non-Catholics at Georgetown. I think this affects the perception of the schools - one being religious, the other not. [/quote]

Same here.  A lot of people - maybe most Americans - don't consider Georgetown to be a school that attracts Catholics.  It is Jesuit, the way that BC, LMU, Santa Clara and USF are Jesuit.  So, it doesn't turn off a lot of non-Catholics the way that ND might.  My DH went to Georgetown and his group of college friends includes a few Jewish folks, a couple of WASPs and one Catholic and the latter is not a practicing Catholic.[/quote]

Agree with this. When I think of ND, I think very niche Catholic.[/quote]

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