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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Definitely true in DC, even if the state options in MD and VA are better than in NJ and NY (apart from Cornell).  Relatively few kids in this area are as star-struck as you seem to be by the "political atmosphere" in DC.  Many find it exceedingly boring and can't wait to get away to an area with stronger schools, better college towns, or more culture. [/quote]

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