<p>Hey guys, tell me a little about these schools. Obviously Vanderbilt is a better school, but how is UGW? Is it just as competitive?</p>
<p>They're close enough that selectivity isn't grounds for making a decision between the two, imo. It depends on what you're looking for.</p>
<p>Welcome to the board, btw.</p>
<p>ic, well thanks for the welcome. I am looking for a good mathematics school, i guess. But i just want to know if ugw is as good of school as vandy. the rankings certainly dosnt show it</p>
<p>Niether of them are really science-math schools. What state do you live in?</p>
<p>current- CT
perminant- NJ</p>
<p>im more into education actually. secondary education</p>
<p>vandy is in nashville, and gw in d.c. how wabout the cities?</p>
<p>Peabody College would be great for you. :)</p>
<p>Hi
I lived in Nashville almost ten years. Great town with many opportunities and pleasures in it. Nashville suffers only from not being on a coast...it is a very vibrant city with a progressive arts scene, historic black universities, and many California types running the music industry. It is also homey and friendly and the campus is only a few blocks from the center of downtown. To say nothing about all the Jobs, internships etc coming from being in a capital city. You could not do much better than Peabody for education degrees. Peabody is top tier in education and Human Organizational studies. Vanderbilt has wonderful science facilities and a superior Hospital and Medical center. Check out their Research magazines online...very impressive. My husband and I lived there for grad school years. The grad schools have long been diverse and superior. The undergrad school is becoming rapidly more selective and more intentional about attracting a broader group of kids. Vanderbilt is working hard to build up its engineering program and my son recently did an overnight with E students. He found them to be terrifically friendly and bright people. His hosts had turned down very prestigious schools for Vandy. Vanderbilt Undergrad is in good hands these days with William Shain IMHO (I must have heard 8 Admin Directors speak in the last year as a parent and he was our number one for projecting Vandy's strengths with intelligence and warmth..some of our other schools have had speakers that veered toward haughty about their fine schools when it was not necessary) and he is serious about geographic/cultural/racial diversity, which was reflected in the students my son was introduced to during classes and in the dorms. I live in Virginia now and know a little about GW, which I am sure has its great points. I have to say that if you want a more personal experience with a cohesive campus and all full professors who are there all the time...Vanderbilt is my recommendation for you.</p>
<p>GWU has some very good political science and econ/business programs, but outside of those departments Vanderbilt is a better school. And Vanderbilt has solid programs in those listed areas, too.</p>
<p>Hey CCBill! I might be biased, but I absolutely LOVE GWU. It is such a vibrant campus, and has a really pretty, distinct community. The students there are so down-to-earth and involved in the campus activites/community service/internships GW is hard to resist. I applied ED I because I liked it so much, and was accepted there early this week. I must say that I am not exactly an expert on its math programs, partly because I am a future International Affairs/Economics Major. However, both Vanderbilt and GW are fine universities, and it sounds like you could be happy at either one. I know that GWU doesn't have a great ranking, but it still has a solid reputation, and its selectivity has gotten MUCH harder over the past few years. It's definetely a university on the rise, and I strongly recommend it. Go Colonials! Heehee...</p>
<p>And if you are stuck in a bind, then just apply RD and give yourself more time to make a decision.</p>
<p>One of the factors that hurts GW's ranking with USNWR is the percentage of faculty who are part time. Since they use so many government-related people as faculty, it seems to me that is a strength, rather than a weakness. But the ratio hurts GW a lot.</p>