<p>Why do so many prep school matriculants go to Georgetown? It's disporportionate to other schools in the same tier.. and basically every NE prep has a horde of grads at Gtown... is it just because Gtown is preppy?.. or do they favor Prep grads? Or si there some odd statistic of many Gtwon grads sending their kids to preps (legacies)? .. what is it?</p>
<p>I'm not sure. I've noticed that too.</p>
<p>I will offer an off the cuff response. Boarding school kids are heavily screened before being admitted to the prep school. They are screened not only with respect to intellectual skill and motivation, but also regarding maturity, poise and communicative abilities. These traits, if further groomed, may have proven to do well in Georgetown and at Georgetown the school. Many schools tend to be majority self-selecting.</p>
<p>My above thought also applies to selective private day schools, but, oddly, not to parochial school students. And I admire parochial school students and their schools, it is just that they seek and emphasize different qualities.</p>
<p>....I'm sure Yale and UVA admire those traits as well. My point was: Georgetown has a ridiculous amount of prep grads</p>
<p>CHOATE
Georgetown University 44
Boston University 32
Cornell University 32
New York University 31
Yale University 31
Brown University 30
Harvard University 28
University of Pennsylvania 28
George Washington University 26
Middlebury College 26</p>
<p>georgetown is CATHOLIC... i'm sure they don't discriminate against parochial students.</p>
<p>ya...we have a ridiculous number of grads going to georgetown, georgetown ALWAYS top the list ... like 45 in the last 3 years which is ridiculous, considering the senior class size has been about 150, that's like 10% of the class going per year</p>
<p>..wouldn't that be 30%?</p>
<p>45/3=15, 15 is 10% of 150.</p>
<p>He said 45 in the last 3 years. That'd be 15 per year, which is 10% of 150.</p>
<p>oh last 3 years</p>
<p>Blairt: Yes, Georgetown is Jesuit; and no Georgetown, to my knowledge does not discriminate. They just find, year after year, better matches from the non-religiously affiliated prep schools.</p>
<p>I think it's about $$$$$. You can buy your way into Gtown more easily than at most colleges.</p>
<p>Much of this is likely due to the prevalence of study and travel abroad by prep schoolers vs> public and parochial school students. The Walsh School OF Foreign Service and Wash. D.C. attract world travelers.</p>
<p>That's quite a statement, SPSstudent. Any proof?</p>
<p>Georgetown is Jesuit in name only these days -- about as Jesuit as BU.
(OK, that's a slight over-statement).</p>
<p>SPSStudent: Do you actually know of anyone who "bought" their way into Georgetown ?</p>
<p>School Year Abroad, which was started by Andover and quickly joined by St. Paul"s School and Exeter, now joined by approx. 100 high schools sends kids to Georgetown more often than any other school.</p>
<p>SPSStudent: You are blessed with one of the best educations in the world. It does not reflect well when a person of your stature and privilege suggests impropriety without compelling reason and proof.</p>
<p>Georgetown does not enjoy the tremendous endowment of its peer institutions. This fact may suggest just the opposite of your accusation. Georgetown educates many for foreign service and nursing- neither of which are lucrative careers.</p>