I don't understand why there are Georgetown hater on this board.

Georgetown is one of the rare universities not to play the rankings game. They don't even want the Common App, and as a result, go down in the rankings because their applicant numbers aren't artificially boosted. They ask for 4 essays, require ALL SAT or ACT scores (only college in the US to require this with MIT), and encourage submission of AP scores. They only want genuinely interested students to apply, clearly.

They don't deserve to be dumped on.

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Anonymous wrote:You all are crazy. Tops in SFS. A top 10 undergraduate B School. Wall Street and Consulting pipeline. A top law school and medical school. Get over yourselves.

Agree on SFS and Business school, but we are talking about undergrad, so leave law school and medical school out.

Wrong. A university is the whole package. You cannot leave out anything. Its desirability as an undergrad institution is also related to its general image, which depends on location, alumni, graduate schools, sports (sadly), connection to influential people (very important for Georgetown) and many other considerations, including its association with the Catholic Church - for education, always a sign of stability.

It's been a Catholic school for 200 plus years. I'm not sure why you think that factor should suppress its rating in the next 10.

Go SFS!

Anonymous wrote:It shouldn’t be really.

That's your opinion, which isn't saying much.

Anonymous wrote:You all are crazy. Tops in SFS. A top 10 undergraduate B School. Wall Street and Consulting pipeline. A top law school and medical school. Get over yourselves.

Agree on SFS and Business school, but we are talking about undergrad, so leave law school and medical school out.

You all are crazy. Tops in SFS. A top 10 undergraduate B School. Wall Street and Consulting pipeline. A top law school and medical school. Get over yourselves.

It shouldn’t be really.

It's ranked as a T30.

I’m a bit more optimistic. in addition to its academic strength, Georgetown has a great location (charming neighborhood, high opportunity city), and more of a true campus than many area schools. I’d choose it over GW or American in a heartbeat. It is a national and even international brand. They just fired their basketball coach, and if the team starts performing again, it’s popularity will soar. I know that sounds superficial, but I think it’s true.

Is Georgetown considered a T30 these days? Serious question.

TBH I think NYU and USC surpass Georgetown in ten years as they have so many more resources, bigger endowments. Georgetown will always have SFS and it’s proximity to DC and there is an old guard that cannot fathom a school like UC Santa Barbara or U Florida being in the same conversation as Georgetown, so the prestige will linger for one more generation. But I think the next Generation of college kids are going to look for other things in a college and if Georgetown doesn’t invest heavily in STEM it is going to be left in the dust.

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Georgetown has a stellar reputation in foreign affairs. It's School of Foreign Affairs is probably the best in the nation. I did note that it had a B- grade for financial health in Forbes, although you could argue the criteria are perhaps not the ones you'd choose to gauge long-term financial health.

However I think it will be many generations before Georgetown declines, if it ever does.

Given it’s Catholic affiliation and small(ish) endowment? It seems like other schools around it have more momentum.