<p>i no that schools like yale, harvard, and stanford have a lot of international prestige, as in they are known around the world and not only in the US, what r other schools with international prestige? is gtown one of them?</p>
<p>Yes, alot of people outside the states know about Gtown. And there have been several foreign heads of state who attened Gtown and many foreign politicians and ambassadors.</p>
<p>Absolutely. After all, former heads of states from European countries sometimes choose Gtown to teach at. Not to mention Albright, former US Secretary of State, and Tenet, former Director of the CIA.</p>
<p>Georgetown seems to carry very well in policy circles worldwide. However, it doesn't carry as well here in East Asia as I expected. But I bet that's mostly because of my largely rural experience in Japan.</p>
<p>It depends on who you are talking to. Harvard and Yale are so well known here in South Korea that there is a chain of stores and a clothing line dedicated entirely to those colleges. Most South Koreans would probably immediately tell you that the best schools in the universe are Harvard, Yale, Stanford, MIT and CalTech. Most, however, don't know about Columbia, Brown, Georgetown, Princeton or Duke. The University of Chicago might as well not exist. If you talk to someone who is well-educated, however, Georgetown is considered a very prestigious school. It is seen by South Koreans who know of it as the best school for international relations in the world. But tell anyone in South Korea that Bill Clinton attended Georgetown, and they will suddenly agree that Georgetown is an incredible school. He is incredibly popular in East Asia.</p>
<p>Many of the people in the Middle East to whom I mentioned Georgetown did not recognize the name, but immediately thought it must be special upon hearing of its location. In fact, Iraqis who have studied abroad generally refer to their college by its location, rather than its name. But there are some rather famous people in the Middle East who attended Georgetown: Turki al Saud, King Abdallah and General Casey are all SFS graduates. I wouldn't brag about my connection to them on a street in Yemen, however.</p>
<p>Most Americans aren't much different. With the exception of the schools mentioned above, most people are familiar with schools that have a good sports program. So OU is probably better known to the average football fan than Georgetown, and Georgetown is seen as a school of the same caliber as Kent State or Wake Forest by basketball fans.</p>
<p>It has been my experience, however, that American schools in general are viewed as prestigious internationally. I know a Korean mother who never stops bragging about her daughter's degree from the University of Wisconsin. To her, that is better than a degree from the top university in Korea: Seoul National University. And she's probably right.</p>
<p>HAHA wow ecsage, everything from the korean perspective is totally accurate! My korean relatives flew in today and I told them that I will be attending Georgetown... you should have seen their blank stares! Haha then my mom rushes in saying that Bill Clinton went there and then my relatives almost automatically scream "WOW Georgetown's a great school" :]</p>
<p>My motto has been, if it is good enough for royalty, it's good enough for me. And Georgetown has had its share of princes. I can think of at least 4.</p>
<p>According to Wikipedia, Georgetown also counts among its graduates the a former President of Panama, the President of the Phillipines, the King of Jordan (as already mentioned), the Current President of the European Commission/former PM of Portugal, and the former President of El Salvador.</p>
<p>Whew, I didn't even know about all those until I looked it up.</p>
<p>lol, thats hecka funny ecsage.</p>
<p>Wow I have to admit, I did NOT know Bill Clinton went to Georgetown...I thought he went to Yale and then Oxford...Mr. Clinton is the man!!!</p>
<p>Bieu, he went to Georgetown Undergrad. He actually lost the election for GUSA President while he was here. He did a lot of work on the Hill for Sen. Fulbright, and ended up getting a Rhodes Scholarship (hence Oxford). Then he went to Yale Law.</p>
<p>long story short, GU has plenty of international prestige</p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>Thankx Manderz</p>
<p>I live in Asia and Georgetown is known WIDELY here.</p>
<p>who has more int'l prestige: duke or georgetown sfs?</p>
<p>SFS....in Asia, that is.</p>
<p>I don't know for sure, but I would say SFS. Duke isn't known for any international subjects.</p>
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<p>Thought GUSA was the Yard back in those days?</p>
<p>Well many royal family members have come through Georgetown- many of the Jordanian royals in particular- including the current king. so Gtown seems to be it...</p>
<p>Internationally, I suppose Georgetown is the school with the more prestige. As I tried to illustrate above, however, that only means that more people know of Georgetown than Duke. In my experience, Georgetown is also better known than the University of Chicago, but that doesn't mean that one school is better than the other.</p>
<p>Duke's Law School is probably more prestigious than Georgetown's. Richard Nixon went there. But for international celebrity, Georgetown takes the cake. I believe that when Bill Clinton was at Georgetown Prince Turki al Saud, the former head of Saudi Intelligence, was attending as well. Georgetown makes the world seem smaller.</p>
<p>If you want a great education, both schools have their own strengths. But if you'd like to mention your alma mater to a group of Jordanian diplomats at an embassy party in Baghdad and watch everyone nod knowingly, you should go to Georgetown.</p>
<p>My thought process was this: I think that having unquestioned authority over a small country is cool. A number of people who have that authority attended Georgetown. Many others were at least Jesuit educated. I figured that I should go to the place where the odds are slightly in my favor.</p>