Do you guys really want to go to G-Town or are you settling for G-Town?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>A lot of people on this board seem to be excited about Gtown only because they're pretty sure they can get in. Not many people on this board saying that Gtown is their # 1 choice like on the other boards for top universities. I'll say that after my interview, I had Gtown as my number one choice, but after interviews with Dartmouth and UChicago, Gtown slid down my list. </p>

<p>In addition to this, I am concerned about Gtown's declining rankings due to its lack of financial resources. What do you guys say about this?</p>

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<p>I applied to the SFS for obvious reasons. GU is by far my number one choice the only problem is i doubt i will get in. i was deferred EA</p>

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<p>Georgetown is actually my only available option :(</p>

<p>Its the only school where you can get a degree through an Arabic immerision program...ONLY ONE!!!</p>

<p>I don't know what I'm going to do if I don't get accepted</p>

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<p>Sure I want to go to Georgetown, or else I would not have applied. But it is hard to make a definite decision when I haven't heard from all my universities yet.</p>

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<p>I don't know how you "settle" for Georgetown. I'm sure Harvard has had more presidents and Yale more obscure lawyers but Georgetown's record as a top undergraduate and internationally respected program speaks for itself.</p>

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<p>Does anyone know about the quality of Georgetown's Computer Science program?</p>

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<p>Georgetown's my #1. Once I got in EA I didn't apply anywhere else.</p>

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<p>This is a damn good question, wow.
I don't really think I have an answer. Georgetown was my #1 until the track offers started rolling in. As far as prestige goes, Georgetown is the "most prestigious" school I applied to. . .I didn't apply to any Ivy League schools or anything else that CC lists as "Top Universities" (less Chapel Hill), but after the offers I've been getting from Wake Forest and Davidson for track, I highly doubt I would go to Georgetown if accepted unless they want to give me more than the other schools (which they won't. . .they did, however, give my ex-girlfriend a full ride for track). I know I can't afford 45K a year or whatever it is now, so the chances of me going there are slim to none.
My plan right now is to go to Davidson or Wake Forest undergrad and go to Georgetown for grad school.
I guess I sort of avoided your question.</p>

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<p>Comp sci at gtown seems pretty good. It's obviously not as good as MIT or Cornell, but it's definitely a good department. I'm taking Comp Sci I right now, and it's definitely rigorous. We're learning C++, and the professor's pretty good. You basically create various programs to do certain things(our first project was to create a program that lists all of the planets, allows the user to select a planet, enter their weight and age, and convert it to the valid numbers on those planets, then display those numbers). You can learn cryptography, other languages, etc. So it's a pretty decent department.</p>

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<p>JasonHoya: Thanks for the insight; if you don't mind answering, how does the job outlook for CS graduates from GU look like?</p>

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<p>I would by no means "settle" for Georgetown, but it is not my number 1. Georgetown is right below Brown and Dartmouth on my list (so #3), but I would still be very happy to attend. :D</p>

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<p>hmm, I'm not really sure on job outlook for CS(i'm a psychology major, premed, but I'm interested in CS too(and i work for UIS(University Information Services))). I do know that one girl on my floor is a CS major but pre-law, so I'm guessing that a lot of people do that. Some might be CS but want to go into business, so that's another view. However, I'm not really sure about actual job outlook.</p>

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<p>If I didn't want to really go to Georgetown, I wouldn't have applied! I definitely would love to go and I wouldn't feel like I was settling at all.</p>

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<p>Georgetown SFS is my #1 school but there r a lot of close 2nds- princetonton, brown, & columbia.... ur right thou , the way g-town is going financially, it's gonna be a tough choice to make</p>

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<p>yale and georgetown keep changing places for number one on my list. today it is yale</p>

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<p>In all honesty, if I could just choose any school in the entire country to attend, Georgetown would absolutely be my #1 choice over any Ivy. For anyone interested in international affairs (like me), SFS simply cannot be beat.</p>

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<p>Hoya Saxa! Need I say more?</p>

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<p>i got deferred from georgetown early, which nearly gave me a heart attack, because it had been my first choice since i was like...12.</p>

<p>but after getting into a joint degree program at UPENN and a likely letter from wellesley, i'm just plain bitter at georgetown (the only person they accepted from my school in the last like 10 years was a huge legacy) and it's moved a lot farther down my list. also, my interests have changed since then. in retrospect, i'm glad i didn't get in early, because i probably wouldn't have tried as hard on other apps/the second half of the first semester.</p>

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<p>I know 2 kids who got in EA (from different schools) who have turned around and applied to a bunch of other places (Ivy and not)...so they have "choices." I am not sure I get the idea of that, but so be it...I can only surmise they are Ivy fishing or trophy hunting or both....financial aid is not an issue for either.</p>