Anonymous wrote:Bad basketball, dorm rats, city is mismanaged & deteriorating, fed gov can’t get anything done, cramped ugly campus….yup, it’s the whole package

The fact is, you need to be intellectual, hard-working, grounded, and gritty to enjoy Georgetown. If you need cushy, fancy dorms and a great basketball team, it's true, it may not be the place for you.

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Anonymous wrote:At Georgetown, you get the Jesuit tradition and commitment to service but are not going to be forced to live in single-sex dorms or worry about regularly getting preached to if you are not interested. You take a year of philosophy and a year of theology or religious studies.

You take two years of Theology and two years of Philosophy along with a Ignatius seminar Freshmen year at Georgetown. ND is two philosophy and two theology classes as well. Almost all Catholic institutions require at least two Phil and two Theo. Exceptions being DePaul and Holy Cross where it’s only one of each

Interesting. DS, heading to BC in August, recently looked at core course requirements, and he said this is not the case at all. But you seem to know everything.

I do not know everything, but I guess I do know one reason why your DS is heading to BC instead of Georgetown: reading comprehension.
https://bulletin.georgetown.edu/georgetown-core/
"Philosophy – 2 Courses
Georgetown, with its commitment to the Jesuit tradition, believes that modern men and women should consider reflectively their relationship to the world, their fellow humans, and God. All students take a year of Philosophy and a year of Theology and Religious Studies."
Theology and Religious Studies – 2 courses
Through the Core, the Theology and Religious Studies Department is committed to fostering in students a critically appreciative awareness of the religious dimension of human existence, and to assisting students in reflecting upon their own experience and understanding in that enlarged context. The first course provides this foundation while the second course allows students to develop their critical awareness by applying it to a particular area of interest in religion or theology."

Bad basketball, dorm rats, city is mismanaged & deteriorating, fed gov can’t get anything done, cramped ugly campus….yup, it’s the whole package

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Anonymous wrote:Regardless of ranking, what is GT known for? Not much of a STEM school. For undergraduate, what are they known for?

Business and finance are big. I think you might misunderstand what STEM means too. Georgetown isn't an engineering school but does well with pre-med and math [b]and now has a decent CS program. CS and pre-med are really the core of STEM investment recently at Georgetown. It isn't trying to stand out in EE or anything like that.

I just interviewed a kid with a CS degree from GT and he was absolutely top notch. I’ve interviewed numerous kids from Stanford, MIT and CMU that couldn’t hold a candle to him. Whatever they’re doing to their CS program seems to be working.

Because you used the phrase "top notch" to describe the student, I would tend to believe you are a parent or alumni and not an actual interviewer of CS graduates.

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Anonymous wrote:At Georgetown, you get the Jesuit tradition and commitment to service but are not going to be forced to live in single-sex dorms or worry about regularly getting preached to if you are not interested. You take a year of philosophy and a year of theology or religious studies.

You take two years of Theology and two years of Philosophy along with a Ignatius seminar Freshmen year at Georgetown. ND is two philosophy and two theology classes as well. Almost all Catholic institutions require at least two Phil and two Theo. Exceptions being DePaul and Holy Cross where it’s only one of each

Interesting. DS, heading to BC in August, recently looked at core course requirements, and he said this is not the case at all. But you seem to know everything.

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Anonymous wrote:At Georgetown, you get the Jesuit tradition and commitment to service but are not going to be forced to live in single-sex dorms or worry about regularly getting preached to if you are not interested. You take a year of philosophy and a year of theology or religious studies.

You take two years of Theology and two years of Philosophy along with a Ignatius seminar Freshmen year at Georgetown. ND is two philosophy and two theology classes as well. Almost all Catholic institutions require at least two Phil and two Theo. Exceptions being DePaul and Holy Cross where it’s only one of each

I think you're confusing years with semesters. You are required to take two phil and two theol courses, one semester each. That's not two years. Of course, you can take as many courses in those areas you want, as long as you have time to fulfill the other requirements. It is not two years of each. Please.

+1. The misinformation on this board (by those who were rejected, of course!) is breathtaking, if not hilarious.

Anonymous wrote:Damn Georgetown rejected trolls are out in for again.

+1. BINGO.

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Anonymous wrote:At Georgetown, you get the Jesuit tradition and commitment to service but are not going to be forced to live in single-sex dorms or worry about regularly getting preached to if you are not interested. You take a year of philosophy and a year of theology or religious studies.

You take two years of Theology and two years of Philosophy along with a Ignatius seminar Freshmen year at Georgetown. ND is two philosophy and two theology classes as well. Almost all Catholic institutions require at least two Phil and two Theo. Exceptions being DePaul and Holy Cross where it’s only one of each

I think you're confusing years with semesters. You are required to take two phil and two theol courses, one semester each. That's not two years. Of course, you can take as many courses in those areas you want, as long as you have time to fulfill the other requirements. It is not two years of each. Please.

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Anonymous wrote:Regardless of ranking, what is GT known for? Not much of a STEM school. For undergraduate, what are they known for?

Business and finance are big. I think you might misunderstand what STEM means too. Georgetown isn't an engineering school but does well with pre-med and math [b]and now has a decent CS program. CS and pre-med are really the core of STEM investment recently at Georgetown. It isn't trying to stand out in EE or anything like that.

I just interviewed a kid with a CS degree from GT and he was absolutely top notch. I’ve interviewed numerous kids from Stanford, MIT and CMU that couldn’t hold a candle to him. Whatever they’re doing to their CS program seems to be working.

As long as USNWR ranks on woke criteria Georgetown is good to go.

Damn Georgetown rejected trolls are out in for again.

Anonymous wrote:Every single SFS grad I have ever met has been top notch, frankly more impressive than most Ivy grads, especially the Ivy legacy grads. SFS students are strong in multiple disciplines and often speak multiple languages. I think Georgetown overall will move into the mid teens in rankings which is where it should be. They just need a couple self made billionaire types to donate to boost the endowment.

SFS undergrad is rated higher than all Ivies. That program- Georgetown is #1

Anonymous wrote:At Georgetown, you get the Jesuit tradition and commitment to service but are not going to be forced to live in single-sex dorms or worry about regularly getting preached to if you are not interested. You take a year of philosophy and a year of theology or religious studies.

You take two years of Theology and two years of Philosophy along with a Ignatius seminar Freshmen year at Georgetown. ND is two philosophy and two theology classes as well. Almost all Catholic institutions require at least two Phil and two Theo. Exceptions being DePaul and Holy Cross where it’s only one of each

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Anonymous wrote: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.

I always thought it was a fine school but never a top-tier destination. Mostly for rich kids who couldn't get into an Ivy.

My kid chose SFS over other options includung Ivy, so your hypothesis is a fail.

+1

OP is terrible at trolling.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s so strange how much DCUM hates Georgetown

I don’t think it’s strange. Just spend some time around a GU graduate. You will understand.

Really? One of the smartest, sharpest, kindest folks I ever worked with in DC is an SFS grad. And humble enough to never play the prestige card.

DP here. I tend to agree. Don't play along with OP's generalizations and general absurdities, it is nonsense. And trolling.