Anonymous wrote:Went to GWU in the 80s when it was the top ranked school of the 3, Georgetown was in 2nd place and AU 3rd. Georgetown and GWU have since flipped. Yes they all attract students interest in poly sci or IR as top majors with business also in play for undergrad.

Not to be mean, but GWU was not considered the top school in the 80's AT ALL. But then again, who cares, we all know that if you have the resources to go to any of these schools then it's what you do with your college experience and your life that matters.

Tracy Flick went to Georgetown in 1999. She was a star student from a midwestern high school.

Anonymous wrote:I didn't go to any of these schools but I've always thought of Georgetown as a legitimately top tier school that you need to be exceptional to get into, AU as a good school for kids who want to change the world, and GWU as a school for middling full-pay rich kids who want to go to school in a city.

OK, AU.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't go to any of these schools but I've always thought of Georgetown as a legitimately top tier school that you need to be exceptional to get into, AU as a good school for kids who want to change the world, and GWU as a school for middling full-pay rich kids who want to go to school in a city.

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I don’t think of people outside of the DMV area think of Georgetown University as being especially prestigious. It seems to be about at the level of Temple or Rutgers, but with more rats in the dorms, overall.

Oh be quiet. Bill Clinton went there in the 1960s from Arkansas and became a Rhodes Scholar. It’s been an elite school forever.

That’s one anecdote.

Twenty four other Georgetown University graduates have won Rhodes Scholarships since President Clinton, including three in 1996 alone when the school was allegedly playing catch up with GW.

GW has had two in its entire existence.

Anonymous wrote:I lived in Midwest, Deep South, and Mountain states before moving to DMV. Georgetown is considered a way better school than either Temple or Rutgers in all four areas I have lived in. Not sure about other areas.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't go to any of these schools but I've always thought of Georgetown as a legitimately top tier school that you need to be exceptional to get into, AU as a good school for kids who want to change the world, and GWU as a school for middling full-pay rich kids who want to go to school in a city.

This is accurate.

I don’t think of people outside of the DMV area think of Georgetown University as being especially prestigious. It seems to be about at the level of Temple or Rutgers, but with more rats in the dorms, overall.

I can’t picture most good students outside of the mid-Atlantic states who were planning to major in anything outside of the social sciences jumping to apply to either Temple or Georgetown.

I know Georgetown must be great at anything adjacent to poli sci and assume that the Jesuit influence might help with Classics and philosophy. But it’s hard to imagine rushing to go there for STEM.

I think that the people who trash Columbia and UChicago in a kneejerk way are annoying. Certainly, I’m being a little mean to Georgetown here. I’m sure that it’s a great school and that many students who go there for physics or math are happy. I just think that the people acting as if it’s at the same level of prestige as Dartmouth, or far ahead of Tufts or Emory in terms of prestige, are being a little annoying themselves.

AU definitely has a suburb feel. My DD ruled it out quickly and said it felt like she could be in any Nova or MD suburb. Did not have a DC feel to her at all.

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Anonymous wrote:The DC piece is central to the GW experience. Not necessarily true for the other two, which offer more traditional cloistered college experiences. I can’t imagine a student not having a strong preference for either GW or AU over the other.

AU grad...DC is very central to the experience. I would assume the same from GT. AU students are far from cloistered

AU students can benefit from being in DC, for sure--many do and many chose the school for that access. But its defined campus in AU Park has a very different vibe (a much more "traditional cloistered college" vibe) than the GW "campus" that bleeds into the IMF, World Bank, State Department, etc. AU students (like Georgetown students) can ignore DC if they so choose; GW students can't, they're living it. The AU vibe will appeal more to some students and the GW vibe will appeal more to others. There's nothing wrong with either preference.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't go to any of these schools but I've always thought of Georgetown as a legitimately top tier school that you need to be exceptional to get into, AU as a good school for kids who want to change the world, and GWU as a school for middling full-pay rich kids who want to go to school in a city.

This is accurate.

I don’t think of people outside of the DMV area think of Georgetown University as being especially prestigious. It seems to be about at the level of Temple or Rutgers, but with more rats in the dorms, overall.

Oh be quiet. Bill Clinton went there in the 1960s from Arkansas and became a Rhodes Scholar. It’s been an elite school forever.

That’s one anecdote.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't go to any of these schools but I've always thought of Georgetown as a legitimately top tier school that you need to be exceptional to get into, AU as a good school for kids who want to change the world, and GWU as a school for middling full-pay rich kids who want to go to school in a city.

This is accurate.

I don’t think of people outside of the DMV area think of Georgetown University as being especially prestigious. It seems to be about at the level of Temple or Rutgers, but with more rats in the dorms, overall.

Oh be quiet. Bill Clinton went there in the 1960s from Arkansas and became a Rhodes Scholar. It’s been an elite school forever.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't go to any of these schools but I've always thought of Georgetown as a legitimately top tier school that you need to be exceptional to get into, AU as a good school for kids who want to change the world, and GWU as a school for middling full-pay rich kids who want to go to school in a city.

This is accurate.

I don’t think of people outside of the DMV area think of Georgetown University as being especially prestigious. It seems to be about at the level of Temple or Rutgers, but with more rats in the dorms, overall.

You need to look at the list of Georgetown alumni. Georgetown is so prestigious that future royalty such as the current King of Jordan, King of Spain, and crown prince of Greece were sent there to study.

A little weak compared to GWU’s 16 current or former heads of state.

Teaching schools are better for undergrads.

Anonymous wrote:AU is a teaching school with zero research component compared to the other two.

Anonymous wrote:For IR, GW is probably the best academically. Georgetown still holds on to its old timey prestige. American is probably the most down to earth school.

For other majors, don't bother with any of them.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't go to any of these schools but I've always thought of Georgetown as a legitimately top tier school that you need to be exceptional to get into, AU as a good school for kids who want to change the world, and GWU as a school for middling full-pay rich kids who want to go to school in a city.

This is accurate.

I don’t think of people outside of the DMV area think of Georgetown University as being especially prestigious. It seems to be about at the level of Temple or Rutgers, but with more rats in the dorms, overall.

You need to look at the list of Georgetown alumni. Georgetown is so prestigious that future royalty such as the current King of Jordan, King of Spain, and crown prince of Greece were sent there to study.

AU is a teaching school with zero research component compared to the other two.

Anonymous wrote:For IR, GW is probably the best academically. Georgetown still holds on to its old timey prestige. American is probably the most down to earth school.

For other majors, don't bother with any of them.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't go to any of these schools but I've always thought of Georgetown as a legitimately top tier school that you need to be exceptional to get into, AU as a good school for kids who want to change the world, and GWU as a school for middling full-pay rich kids who want to go to school in a city.

This is accurate.

I don’t think of people outside of the DMV area think of Georgetown University as being especially prestigious. It seems to be about at the level of Temple or Rutgers, but with more rats in the dorms, overall.

Yeah, lots of people outside DMV pick Temple over GU.

LOL. Thank you for making me spit out my coffee.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't go to any of these schools but I've always thought of Georgetown as a legitimately top tier school that you need to be exceptional to get into, AU as a good school for kids who want to change the world, and GWU as a school for middling full-pay rich kids who want to go to school in a city.

This is accurate.

I don’t think of people outside of the DMV area think of Georgetown University as being especially prestigious. It seems to be about at the level of Temple or Rutgers, but with more rats in the dorms, overall.

In your mind.