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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GW gets a world rating in the top 100 colleges in North America...[/quote]

[b]Not surprised.[/b] GW is an excellent school. My son chose it over Brown, NYU and a host of other great schools and never once regretted it. He got a fabulous job and several internships while in school, world class professors. Cannot comment on UNC, don't know much and JHU I think for premed is unrivaled (besides the Ivies)[/quote]

Not surprised that GW makes a "world rating" as a "top 100" college in N. America? Top 100 is meaningless. There are maybe 10-20 truly elite schools in the country and then another 20 great ones. Top 100? What's that, like winning 27th place in a contest? I don't believe anyone that says they chose GW over [insert much better school here] unless [much better school] gave 0 money and you couldn't afford it, and GW gave a full ride. I assume GW would give a full ride to someone that could also get into Brown.

The GW boosters on this thread are hilarious! Elite school. LOL.[/quote]

I am here to say I am a GW alum and wouldn't trade my experience for anything. I went onto Duke Law school so clearly my start at GW got me somewhere. And I think considering its been a top 50 school for years (its on probation this year) that yes, its considered to be a darn good school. I had a wonderful time, amazing professors, got the internship of a lifetime at the state dept. It was fabulous! [b]So unless you have been and had a bad experience of some kind....please refrain from making blanket statements that have no merit.[/b] I personally of several instances where kids chose GW over schools that were possibly ranked higher including my own brother who chose GW over Vanderbilt. It's what you make of it and highly personal in terms of what is deemed a "great school".[/quote]

Well, that's cute and all, but blanket statements about the comparative quality of schools are pretty much what every ranking in the country (and world) is about. [b]No, of course I don't have any personal experience with GW -- my only experience is knowing what it's ranked and who generally attends. I think that's enough to form an opinion. And OP wasn't asking about people's personal experiences -- she was asking "what comes to mind when...." [/b]Well, what comes to mind when someone tells me they went to Johns Hopkins v. what comes to mind when someone tells me they went to GW is very different, and is informed by the likelihood that someone that went to Johns Hopkins -- by virtue of better grades and SAT scores -- is smarter. It's great that you loved your school. Most people that go to American and Catholic and SUNY Buffalo and Rutgers love their schools, too. Doesn't make them top notch. Sorry.[/quote]

Exactly!  OP wasn't asking for an informed opinion, just "what comes to mind" which can included parroting what US news tells you to think[/[b]quote]

I'm perfectly happy to rely on USNWR[/b] to tell me how schools rank comparatively, particularly when it generally is borne out by real-life experience. For example, Harvard kids? Generally smarter than GW kids. That means I'm more likely to hire a Harvard kid than a GW kid. I'm sorry if USNWR doesn't give your alma mater enough points for being totally awesome.[/quote]

USNWR says nothing about the quality of the teaching or what students learn! [/quote]

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