<p>I know Georgetown is an outstanding school and I would love to go there because of its outstanding location and reputation and Jesuit tradition. But assuming I don't get in, what other schools come close to offering what you get with the whole Georgetown experience (academics, athletics, size, developing the whole person, etc, etc)</p>
<p>I've always lumped Georgetown with Northwestern and Tufts (although at Tufts you dont get the D-1 athletics)</p>
<p>BC could be an easier option -- Jesuit tradition, sports, etc. </p>
<p>But acdemically, I would compare it to Tufts, Northwestern, JHU.</p>
<p>Holy Cross (near Boston) is the top rated Catholic LAC in the country. Of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the US, Holy Cross is alone in being exclusively undergraduate. Professors conduct all classes and laboratories—there are no graduate teaching assistants. In its 2008 edition of The Best 361 Colleges, The Princeton Review awarded Holy Cross a 98/100 academic rating - the highest of any Catholic institution of higher education, including Georgetown University, University of Notre Dame, and Boston College.</p>
<p>I'm going to shamelessly promote Notre Dame here. It's not any easier to get into (and in fact may be harder, depending on your demographic and what the different schools are looking for), but if you're looking for the absolute best Catholic education in the country, you can't go wrong with GT or ND (although some would argue the Catholicity of GT... :) ) Also, if you're into undergraduate research, ND is pushing that like nobody's business. It's so easy to do ug research here.</p>
<p>Holy Cross also has some great Division 1 athletics. Holy Cross' men's basketball (which is currently 6-0 this season) has won at least 20 games in five of the last seven seasons, got to the NCAA tournament four times (2001, 2002, 2003, 2007) and NIT in 2005 (beating Notre Dame BTW). In the past 21 years, the HC women's team has sixteen 20-win seasons and has made 12 postseason appearances (11 NCAA Tournaments and one WNIT). Men's Division 1 hockey first earned an NCAA Tournament win with the 4-3 overtime victory over Minnesota in Grand Forks, N.D., on March 24, 2006, in one of the biggest NCAA hockey upsets ever.</p>
<p>While Georgetown has many fine curricula, its School of Foreign Service is the alma mater to three current Heads of State, our last US President, the Majority Whip of the US Senate, the Chief US envoy to the Middle East Peace talks, the US Solicitor General and the head of the European Commission. It's faculty includes a past Secretary of State and CIA Director (who is also an alumnus). Its student have credentials second to literally no institution in the world. Its legacy alumni include the past leaders of the AFL-CIO and the Catholic Archdiocese of New York. </p>
<p>This School is truly world class and preeminent in its field. Even the "beauty contest" magazine rating of Foreign Policy magaizine recognizes the school as number one at the graduate level and number four at the undergraduate level.</p>
<p>Georgetown is comfortably in place among the best universities in America when evaluated as a whole, but in the field of international affairs, it's reach, quality and influence are almost without peer anywhere.</p>
<p>lol you sound very confident.</p>
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<p>how is it ranked in humanities, social sciences, sciences, and engineering?</p>
<p>HC is only Catholic College in Prestigious Watson Fellowship program </p>
<p>The College of the Holy Cross is the sole Catholic and Jesuit representative of "47" LAC participating institutions in the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship program. The Watson Fellowship: The</a> Watson Fellowship : Our Colleges : List of Participating Institutions</p>
<p>Ok innocentbystande, we get that you're a fan of Holy Cross, but this is not a Georgetown vs. Holy Cross thread. Although Holy Cross may be an amazing Jesuit LAC, it's not comparable at all to the Georgetown experience. For one, the student body at Georgetown is over twice the size of Holy Cross'. Also, pretty importantly, is location. You really can't compare the nation's Capital with all its social and internship opportunities with the hellhole of Worcester (with horrible public transportation to Boston, and is an hour away).</p>
<p>You also can't beat the laundry list of really important and influential alumni that Georgetown has to offer...</p>
<p>That being said, I'd say BC is pretty comparable, especially since it has been getting more and more selective, and I know a ton of people who ended up choosing between BC and Georgetown as their two top choices (myself included).</p>
<p>There is a commuter train from Worcester's Union Station to Boston's South Station with 12 daily trains.</p>
<p>MBTA</a> Commuter Rail > Framingham / Worcester Lines Schedules and Maps</p>
<p>I am applying to Georgetown EA (it's my first choice), and some of the other schools I'm really interested in are:</p>
<p>Columbia University
Northwestern University
University of Pennsylvania
Emory University
Boston College</p>
<p>I think all of those schools are pretty similar to Georgetown in a lot of ways.</p>
<p>I attend G'town and I felt some of the statements were true. Seriously no University in this world is perfect and some people have high expectations of what they would find in college. Some people love college and don't want to leave while others can't wait for the whole college stuff to be over with.</p>
<p>I also attend Georgetown (though I am a first year), but everyone I know seem to love it... I mean there's bound to be a few people who are dissatisfied but don't let them leave a doubt in your mind...</p>
<p>Haha ND gets an A-. Ownd n00bz.</p>
<p>University of Virginia , academically speaking.</p>
<p>check harvard. This would give yiu a hint that most of the reviews are fake and some students probably do not attend the school they are talking about</p>
<p>Speaking of Harvard and Georgetown, the two undergraduate student bodies are almost exactly the same size, the two high-profile government / international affairs schools both bring in remarkable, world-renowned speakers and visitors, and the surrounding neighborhoods have similar vibes with each 2 miles from the downtown of a major city.</p>
<p>you sound like a college brochure</p>