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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GW is where rich people send their kids who didn't get into Ivies.  [/quote]

There is a big gap between the Ivies and GW with far more attractive schools than GW in the middle.  GW is basically for NY and NJ parents who'll pay a huge amount of money to avoid saying their kids go to SUNY-Binghamton, Hofstra, and Rutgers. [/quote]

Generally true, but not in DC.  I am a GW alum with two class of 2024s.  One got waitlisted but is going to a top SLAC, got into another top SLAC, etc.  Second kid going to a top 5 but got money from GW.  That being said I agree, if you are willing to move around, my higher stat kid got money from GW but more from Tulane, and a couple others.  At the end it wasn't enough money to make a difference (I am willing to pay).  I am a large donor to GW and did not go to bat for them because I knew they would end up at a higher ranked school (especially after Tulane EA).

But...lot of kids want to come to DC/stay in DC for the political atmosphere.  When I applied, you could have given me a free ride to Harvard and I wouldn't have gone. When I didn't get into Georgetown, I wanted GW.  The only school I thought of transferring to was Georgetown even though due to my activity in College I could have realistically transferred to Dartmouth, Emory, and a couple others.  But they weren't in DC.

You get Potomac Fever.

Georgetown is still hard so that makes GW and AU appealing.  My high stats kid who is going to a top 5 was WL at Gtown.  May be it was yield protection.  She would have probably taken Gtown LOL...close to home good for studying poli sci/government.    [/quote]

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