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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I lived in Midwest, Deep South, and Mountain states before moving to DMV. Georgetown is considered a way better school than either Temple or Rutgers in all four areas I have lived in. Not sure about other areas.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't go to any of these schools but I've always thought of Georgetown as a legitimately top tier school that you need to be exceptional to get into, AU as a good school for kids who want to change the world, and GWU as a school for middling full-pay rich kids who want to go to school in a city.[/quote]

This is accurate.[/quote]

I don’t think of people outside of the DMV area think of Georgetown University as being especially prestigious. It seems to be about at the level of Temple or Rutgers, but with more rats in the dorms, overall. 
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I can’t picture most good students outside of the mid-Atlantic states who were planning to major in anything outside of the social sciences jumping to apply to either Temple or Georgetown.

I know Georgetown must be great at anything adjacent to poli sci and assume that the Jesuit influence might help with Classics and philosophy. But it’s hard to imagine rushing to go there for STEM.

I think that the people who trash Columbia and UChicago in a kneejerk way are annoying. Certainly, I’m being a little mean to Georgetown here. I’m sure that it’s a great school and that many students who go there for physics or math are happy. I just think that the people acting as if it’s at the same level of prestige as Dartmouth, or far ahead of Tufts or Emory in terms of prestige, are being a little annoying themselves. [/quote]

You are correct about STEM not being particularly strong or important at Georgetown. I know a couple of science professors at Georgetown and they always complain that Georgetown  neglects STEM and that it is impossible to do good research as postdocs and graduate students are not interested in Georgetown [/quote]

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