SR grad here (90s) went to Boston College.

Send you child to California if they need to get away from you but knowing many of the people in admissions and students at GU you need to get a reality check.

Georgetown University is a fantastic college option -- no need to cross it off your list because you grew up in DC. Roxbury Latin is within 10 miles of Harvard and over half the class goes there every year. Given how self-contained college campuses are, and how a school like Georgetown draws from all over the country, I think it would be silly to exclude it because you went to school nearby.

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes folks just get lucky and a good school just happens to be close by. Happened to my family too. My brother and I both went to schools "right up the street" from our childhood home, elementary schools and high schools but we lived on campus and made it seem like an away experience. He went to MIT and I went to Harvard. All these years later I still can't say I ever wished I ventured further just because my school choice was too close.

Yeah, right. Sounds like the two of you slackers just couldn't cut mommy's apron strings and needed to go home every weekend for someone to do your laundry.

Totally just kidding! NP here who is laughing hysterically at the bizarre turn this thread has made from OP's original question.

That was funny! Had to laugh out loud! I can't wait to tell DW who is from Philly about that horrible mistake she made going to Penn!

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes folks just get lucky and a good school just happens to be close by. Happened to my family too. My brother and I both went to schools "right up the street" from our childhood home, elementary schools and high schools but we lived on campus and made it seem like an away experience. He went to MIT and I went to Harvard. All these years later I still can't say I ever wished I ventured further just because my school choice was too close.

Yeah, right. Sounds like the two of you slackers just couldn't cut mommy's apron strings and needed to go home every weekend for someone to do your laundry.

Totally just kidding! NP here who is laughing hysterically at the bizarre turn this thread has made from OP's original question.

Anonymous wrote:I think that there must be a reason why a child would attend college "up the street" and act like they were going away. Maybe there are personal or emotional reasons. It could also be that the parents ("legacies") get some sort of a tuition break.
Whatever reason, it is unfortunate.

Sometimes folks just get lucky and a good school just happens to be close by. Happened to my family too. My brother and I both went to schools "right up the street" from our childhood home, elementary schools and high schools but we lived on campus and made it seem like an away experience. He went to MIT and I went to Harvard. All these years later I still can't say I ever wished I ventured further just because my school choice was too close.

Anonymous wrote:I think that there must be a reason why a child would attend college "up the street" and act like they were going away. Maybe there are personal or emotional reasons. It could also be that the parents ("legacies") get some sort of a tuition break.
Whatever reason, it is unfortunate.

Uh, maybe it is because Georgetown is a great school that has particularly strong programs in several areas including foreign service, government, and languages. Not everybody can get into Harvard or Princeton and attending Georgetown is hardly a sign of personal or emotional problems. Your Catholic conspiracy theory is complete bullshit. Isn't it time to lay off the late night hot toddies or troll some other thread?

I think that there must be a reason why a child would attend college "up the street" and act like they were going away. Maybe there are personal or emotional reasons. It could also be that the parents ("legacies") get some sort of a tuition break.
Whatever reason, it is unfortunate.

What does your pathetic circle of acquaintances have to do with anything?

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Anonymous wrote:I had a bunch of Visitation grads in my class at Georgetown.

They don't venture far away, do they?

You do know that Visitation is a Catholic school, right?

I do know that. And I know that there are Catholic colleges all over the country, if that is important. To simply walk from Visi right down the street to Georgetown is a bit of a cop-out, no different from any other kids staying home and going to Downtown U.

You really have an issue with the four girls a year who go to Georgetown from Visi? I say congrats to them for all their hard work and beating out the other 15,000 or so other applicants many of whom are Catholic who got denied.

I call BS. It's a cop out. And they did not beat out 15,000 other applicants. You obviously don't know GU cluture. I agree that it is unfair to the kids. BTW, I have yet to meet one person who went this route who is well rounded. And I have met a few.

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Anonymous wrote:I had a bunch of Visitation grads in my class at Georgetown.

They don't venture far away, do they?

You do know that Visitation is a Catholic school, right?

I do know that. And I know that there are Catholic colleges all over the country, if that is important. To simply walk from Visi right down the street to Georgetown is a bit of a cop-out, no different from any other kids staying home and going to Downtown U.

You really have an issue with the four girls a year who go to Georgetown from Visi? I say congrats to them for all their hard work and beating out the other 15,000 or so other applicants many of whom are Catholic who got denied.

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Anonymous wrote:I had a bunch of Visitation grads in my class at Georgetown.

They don't venture far away, do they?

You do know that Visitation is a Catholic school, right?

I do know that. And I know that there are Catholic colleges all over the country, if that is important. To simply walk from Visi right down the street to Georgetown is a bit of a cop-out, no different from any other kids staying home and going to Downtown U.

Anonymous wrote:Bwhahaaahaaaaaa means "the ugly anti-Catholic poster has reared her ugly head again. Time to shut this thread down while there is still time.

I am the poster and I am catholic.

Bwhahaaahaaaaaa means "the ugly anti-Catholic poster has reared her ugly head again. Time to shut this thread down while there is still time.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it is unfair, to the child, to sent them from visi or prep to Georgetown. Especially if their parents went to GU. There are so many schools out there. Every child deserves to establish their own identity and there is no way this can be done in these situations.
But, this is another conversation.

Bwahhahhahaaa. You have got to be kidding. "To sent them?" Really? These kids work hard and make their own choices. Nobody is sending them anywhere. If they earned an offer at GU and they want to go, who are the parents to tell them no? And many, many, legacies are turned down at GU.

I'm sorry to say this poster really misunderstands what Catholic schools are about and how they work.

I went to 14 years of catholic school and I understand how they work. However, it does not mean it's right. I would say I come from a long line of people who are phobic of non catholic schools. The parents I know who send their kids from visi and prep to GU, their kids don't earn a damn thing. It is given to them. And every bump along the way is taken care of for them. Yup, the parents send them there. These parents and kids have never had an original thought.
I know the system very well. BTW, what does bwahhahhahaaa mean?