Where's that Georgetown booster now? I guess he feels defeated. Go Irish!

Anonymous wrote:For reference, St. Louis University’s per student endowment is only $10K less than Georgetown’s. Boston College’s per student endowment is 2x Georgetown’s, College of the Holy Cross’s is about 4x Georgetown’s, Notre Dame’s is 10x Georgetown’s. Santa Clara University’s is also higher.

Santa Clara has very generous wealthy donors from the SV area. The campus is beautiful!

Anonymous wrote:Their endowment is tiny. Its reputation and graduation rate keeps them afloat.

+1. The endowment is tiny compared to universities that GU likes to think of as its peers. It creates huge problems.

I worked in the administration a few years back. There were major budget issues that required difficult choices -- and often the choice made was to defer maintenance that, at least at the time, wasn't critical. Obviously, at some point, that maintenance becomes critical.

They have tried to raise more money and there was a big capital campaign ongoing when I was there, but for whatever reason they have never been able to raise anywhere near as much as their peers -- or at least what they like to think of as their peers.

For reference, St. Louis University’s per student endowment is only $10K less than Georgetown’s. Boston College’s per student endowment is 2x Georgetown’s, College of the Holy Cross’s is about 4x Georgetown’s, Notre Dame’s is 10x Georgetown’s. Santa Clara University’s is also higher.

My school had issues like this. I wish we had Instagram to post them all. It is a Top 10 school. Not Catholic.

Anonymous wrote:This is why I stay away from Catholic institutions. Usually underfunded.

I know! If only Notre Dame's alumni would step up, they could break into the Top 10 endowments list.

This is why I stay away from Catholic institutions. Usually underfunded.

How's UMD doing with its mold problem?

georgetown is so poor. alums don't like their experiences at all and never give back. it's a very transactional culture

Georgetown does have a tiny endowment per student for its prestige level so this makes sense

Anonymous wrote:I normally wouldn’t be critical, but that Instagram account spans more than a year. I’m worried about a friend’s child who goes there.

http://www.thehoya.com/students-raise-concern-mold-dorms/

That’s just one of many, unfortunately.

http://www.thehoya.com/?s=Mold

I normally wouldn’t be critical, but that Instagram account spans more than a year. I’m worried about a friend’s child who goes there.

http://www.thehoya.com/students-raise-concern-mold-dorms/

Erm, Google "mold issues dorms" then click on the News tab. There are some big name schools with some big problems related to mold in living areas.

Holy cow - thank you for sharing this. DS is looking at GU for sports. Yikes!

At a large state university, not in this area: Our friends' son dealt with minor flood after minor flood in his dorm room/on their hall/in the bathrooms all through his freshman year. The whole dorm seemed to have badly leaking bedroom windows and bathroom leaks and overflows. Peeling paint, buckling floor tiles, smell, etc. after the water was supposedly dry. Being a newbie he didn't think to ask to move dorms. His mom inquired (later in the year) and was told there was nowhere else to move.

He started getting sick (respiratory) around early November and stayed low-grade sick all year despite many doctor visits. His roommate apparently had what seemed like a perpetual cold too. It wasn't the only reason his grades suffered but definitely was a contributing factor; he never really "recovered." It really was awful but the school of course said there was no connection, things are being dealt with, blah blah. His parents withdrew him at the end of the school year (he wanted it) because they all felt it was handled so badly and they couldn't trust that the school gave a damn about facilities or student health.

So if I had a kid at Georgetown I'd stay on top of how their health is doing and be prepared to get very vocal with administration much earlier.