Georgetown McDonough vs CMU Tepper

College Search & Selection
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I am very lucky to be accepted into these two wonderful universities. Currently, I am in the general college for Georgetown planning to study economics but I have already sent a request to transfer to the business school (which seems highly likely when contacting my regional officer). My question is, what school should I attend? Both are the same cost

Georgetown
Pros
-Location
-International focus
-Internship opportunities
-Good basketball team and decent social life
-Feeder for Investment banking in New York
-note: I enjoy politics but do not plan to pursue a career in it
Cons
-Not as highly ranked as CMU
-Lack of qualitative skills
-Preppy/very privileged white population

CMU
Pros
-Quantitative Focus
-Really strong in the sciences if I wanted to minor or double major
-Very good at Sales and Trading/Consulting jobs
-Extremely well-rounded school
Cons
-Smaller class size
-Pittsburgh not as exciting as DC?
-Social life is dead?

Overall, this is a tough decision. My heart initially lined with Georgetown after getting accepted earlier however CMU is really compelling and making me question my upcoming choice.

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Hmmm
“ Twenty-two percent of students admitted to Georgetown’s Class of 2023 are Asian-American, 12 percent are Latinx, 11 percent are black and 1 percent are Native American. Eight percent of admitted students are international.”

CMU doesn’t give Asian-American % but says Latino, African American and native Americans total 15%. So at a glance on those numbers it is CMU that is noticeably “whiter”. (CMU does have more internationals, at 17%, i didn’t dig enough to find out where those are mostly from.)

In my opinion at this kind of level, the difference in rankings is hardly a decisive factor. That leaves you deciding how important the quants/stem angle is to you, vs (it seems to me from your lists) the better quality of student life in DC. I don’t see above from your post exactly what it is that makes CMU “really compelling” to you - is it the quants, prestige, what?

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@laniloc12, what did you decide? My DD has georgetown acceptance. We are deciding whether to apply Regular Admission to CMU Tepper.

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