Anonymous wrote:Georgetown’s biggest problem is that every other school subsidizes it’s med school, which is a hot mess and consistently runs a huge deficit.

That said: it is a great place for undergrads.

Georgetown produces excellent doctors.

I am fairly certain medical institutions across the country are a hot mess right now. There is a huge nursing shortage and Covid really messed up a lot of hospitals.

Anonymous wrote:Jesuit school. Their philosophy was “God takes care of his own.”

After a while they figured out that rich alums take care of their own more than the church does.

BC and Holy Cross are Jesuit.

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Anonymous wrote:Definitely Georgetown.

1) 40% smaller; more personalized attention
2) More opportunities in DC
3) Georgetown is a recognizable "brand" worldwide; UVA not as well known, particularly outside the region.

(3) is kinda funny. Not only does UVA get 50,000 application a year, but 35k of those are from OOS. Also, on another recent thread, someone posted Exeter’s and Andover’s college matriculations for the past three years. After the Ivies, UVA was one of the most common.

I am from NY and went to school in Boston. I didn’t know about UVA until I moved to DC a decade ago. I knew one girl from Yale who went to UVA undergrad. I didn’t know it from any other state school like Rutgers or UF. I worked in NYC for a decade and never met anyone from UVA.

I would pick Georgetown over UVA if money was not a factor.

Georgetown’s biggest problem is that every other school subsidizes it’s med school, which is a hot mess and consistently runs a huge deficit.

That said: it is a great place for undergrads.

Jesuit school. Their philosophy was “God takes care of his own.”

After a while they figured out that rich alums take care of their own more than the church does.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is Georgetown so endowment poor?

Primarily because they didn’t start seriously fundraising until the 1990s. It has ramped up significantly in the last decade+, but they are still playing catch up with peer institutions.

Sounds like poor planning. Is it true they have a serious deferred maintenance problem now too?

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Anonymous wrote:Definitely Georgetown.

1) 40% smaller; more personalized attention
2) More opportunities in DC
3) Georgetown is a recognizable "brand" worldwide; UVA not as well known, particularly outside the region.

(3) is kinda funny. Not only does UVA get 50,000 application a year, but 35k of those are from OOS. Also, on another recent thread, someone posted Exeter’s and Andover’s college matriculations for the past three years. After the Ivies, UVA was one of the most common.

UVA is the top public feeder to the Rhodes in the US, far outstripping Georgetown.

Anonymous wrote:Why is Georgetown so endowment poor?

Primarily because they didn’t start seriously fundraising until the 1990s. It has ramped up significantly in the last decade+, but they are still playing catch up with peer institutions.

Why is Georgetown so endowment poor?

Anonymous wrote:Definitely Georgetown.

1) 40% smaller; more personalized attention
2) More opportunities in DC
3) Georgetown is a recognizable "brand" worldwide; UVA not as well known, particularly outside the region.

(3) is kinda funny. Not only does UVA get 50,000 application a year, but 35k of those are from OOS. Also, on another recent thread, someone posted Exeter’s and Andover’s college matriculations for the past three years. After the Ivies, UVA was one of the most common.

Definitely Georgetown.

1) 40% smaller; more personalized attention
2) More opportunities in DC
3) Georgetown is a recognizable "brand" worldwide; UVA not as well known, particularly outside the region.

Anonymous wrote:SFS or College at Gtown?

I highly recommend SFS. Many classmates who graduated from SFS went on to successful careers in foreign service, government, law, and business.

As a person not from the DC area, I would pick Georgetown if money a non issue.

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Anonymous wrote:In terms of quality of education, support for undergrads, post-graduate opportunities, any reason to encourage DC to choose one rather than the other? DC is on the fence. OOS so money not an issue either way.

OOS UVA is $10k less than Georgetown full pay. It’s also less expensive to live at UVA

That difference is not an issue for OP

Are you the forum police?

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Anonymous wrote:In terms of quality of education, support for undergrads, post-graduate opportunities, any reason to encourage DC to choose one rather than the other? DC is on the fence. OOS so money not an issue either way.

OOS UVA is $10k less than Georgetown full pay. It’s also less expensive to live at UVA

That difference is not an issue for OP