Anonymous
Post 12/05/2018 18:03     Subject: Comparing top Catholic Universities
Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is only "catholic".

Notre Dame is the most Catholic of the group.
True Georgetown isn't all that Catholic but they do require two semesters of theology and two semesters of philosophy - which is not typical of non-Catholic schools. And it is influenced somewhat by the social justice emphasis of the Jesuits.
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2018 17:58     Subject: Comparing top Catholic Universities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is by far the best school on this list in every sense of the word, by every metric both objective and subjective. The others don’t come close. And my Georgetown grad Jewish son was not required to attend mass (nor was anyone else).


You only feel this way because you're Jewish. By most quantifiable measures ND is a better school.


Patently incorrect. Nice try. Georgetown and Notre Dame don't belong in the same sentence.
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2018 16:48     Subject: Re:Comparing top Catholic Universities
Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame has parietals. That is very different than most schools.


Providence and Fordham too.
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2018 16:43     Subject: Re:Comparing top Catholic Universities
Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame has parietals. That is very different than most schools.


This is a good thing in my opinion. One of the many reasons I hope DC is admitted.
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2018 16:23     Subject: Re:Comparing top Catholic Universities
Notre Dame has parietals. That is very different than most schools.
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2018 11:41     Subject: Comparing top Catholic Universities
Dayton, Marquette, St. Mary's College. . . there are so many good Catholic schools that are not on people's minds here in this DC bubble. . . .
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2018 11:39     Subject: Re:Comparing top Catholic Universities
Anonymous wrote:Wow, I have long-standing hate for ND (irrationally due to sports and a family member's admissions rejection) and can easily admit (on an anonymous board) that of course ND is the best Catholic school. But if you're not South Bend & football loving and lean a bit cultish, then I don't think its the right fit for a lot of people. Fortunately, BC, GT, Villanova and others are great schools.


Yes, I totally agree that all of those, plus Holy Cross, Santa Clara and some others are all great schools. And a student could get a great education at any of them. Unfortunately elitist GU booster decided to put down all other Catholic schools, without even a little bit of knowledge about them.
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2018 10:12     Subject: Re:Comparing top Catholic Universities
Wow, I have long-standing hate for ND (irrationally due to sports and a family member's admissions rejection) and can easily admit (on an anonymous board) that of course ND is the best Catholic school. But if you're not South Bend & football loving and lean a bit cultish, then I don't think its the right fit for a lot of people. Fortunately, BC, GT, Villanova and others are great schools.
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2018 01:55     Subject: Comparing top Catholic Universities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is by far the best school on this list in every sense of the word, by every metric both objective and subjective. The others don’t come close. And my Georgetown grad Jewish son was not required to attend mass (nor was anyone else).


You only feel this way because you're Jewish. By most quantifiable measures ND is a better school.

Yah. The vitriol that people have for Notre Dame because it dares be ...gasp...Catholic is so silly. But predictable.
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2018 00:37     Subject: Comparing top Catholic Universities
Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is by far the best school on this list in every sense of the word, by every metric both objective and subjective. The others don’t come close. And my Georgetown grad Jewish son was not required to attend mass (nor was anyone else).


You only feel this way because you're Jewish. By most quantifiable measures ND is a better school.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2018 22:34     Subject: Comparing top Catholic Universities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Nova currently has the best hoops team.

Does anything else matter?


At the present time, they're not even ranked.


of the 4
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2018 21:31     Subject: Comparing top Catholic Universities
Anonymous wrote:Endowment -
Notre Dame: $9.7 billion
Georgetown: $1.7 billion

Median starting salary -
Notre Dame: $63K
Georgetown: $58K

Freshman retention rate -
Notre Dame: 98%
Georgetown: 96%

Yield rate for the class of 2021 -
Notre Dame: 56%
Georgetown: 47%

Percent of students receiving financial aid -
Notre Dame: 48%
Georgetown: 37%


Shucks, I guess those metrics are out too!!!!


Thanks for setting the record straight!
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2018 20:59     Subject: Comparing top Catholic Universities
Endowment -
Notre Dame: $9.7 billion
Georgetown: $1.7 billion

Median starting salary -
Notre Dame: $63K
Georgetown: $58K

Freshman retention rate -
Notre Dame: 98%
Georgetown: 96%

Yield rate for the class of 2021 -
Notre Dame: 56%
Georgetown: 47%

Percent of students receiving financial aid -
Notre Dame: 48%
Georgetown: 37%


Shucks, I guess those metrics are out too!!!!
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2018 20:41     Subject: Comparing top Catholic Universities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Georgetown is by far the best school on this list in every sense of the word, by every metric both objective and subjective. The others don’t come close. And my Georgetown grad Jewish son was not required to attend mass (nor was anyone else).


How about naming ONE of these many metrics?


Ranking, prestige, 4 year graduation rate, job acceptance rate, diversity, percentage of kids going on to grad school, and location. Shall we continue?


Please cite sources.

According to USNWR:
UND and GT both have 90% 4-year graduation rates. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/highest-grad-rate

According to USNWR:
UND ranks higher than Georgetown.
Notre Dame #18 https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-notre-dame-1840
Georgetown #22 https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/georgetown-university-1445

According to Payscale:
UND ranked #32
GT ranked #39
https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/bachelors/page/2

As for "prestige," where do you have a metric? Never heard of that...seems to me that this is very subjective?

As for students going on to grad school, I am not sure where to find this metric, but I would wager to guess ND is probably very competitive.

I agree location for GT is more desirable, except for my kid, he wanted to get away from DC, so there's that.

I agree GT is more diverse...I don't need to even look it up.

Still, overall rankings for ND are consistently higher than GT.

Shall we continue?



I guess you could use this for prestige
https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Georgetown+University&with=University+of+Notre+Dame

Oh, wait, it says that 61% of students admitted to both choose ND. Guess we need to find another metric.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2018 20:39     Subject: Comparing top Catholic Universities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Nova currently has the best hoops team.

Does anything else matter?


At the present time, they're not even ranked.


Fake news. They're ranked 21st.