<p>Also posted this in USC thread - curious as to opinions - thanks</p>
<p>I think USC is easier to get into, Have a friend whos daughter got into USC with a 33 ACT, but she only took 1 AP class her entire high school years. Skated thru school with decent grades, but absolutely no effort to do harder classes. That would not have gotten her into Georgetown.</p>
<p>If you are from southern california or want to work in LA, USC will always be your best bet because of the army of alumni connections in the area. Anywhere else it’s a toss up. They are very, very different schools socially though both have a similar approach to undergraduate business. I would personally take a look at what you want out of the community and decide that way.</p>
<p>Thanks - how would you characterize the differences?</p>
<p>i assume MSB is significantly better represented than Marshall in wall street.
I think Marshall as a business school is technically “ranked” higher, but Gtown certainly has more name recognition than USC</p>
<p>Quality is similar. Agree with hec2008 that USC grads will fare better with Trojan connections on the West coast, Georgetown on the East coast (including Wall Street). Obviously, these are very different schools in very different locations. There’s a big diffenence in campus culture - much of it based on location (LA vs. DC) and religion (Jesuit-Catholic vs. football).</p>
<p>USC has a very dominating greek scene, which can go either way depending on what you are looking for. From what my friends at SC say, I feel like Georgetown has a much more inclusive social scene (more house parties, parties thrown by organizations and teams), but if you want to rush Georgetown doesn’t have any real fraternities. It’s just preference really.</p>
<p>I would go with MSB. I graduated Georgetown and went directly into a Wall St training program at a firm that shall remain unnamed. Out of the 35 students in my class, 5 were Georgetown Alum. The firm does very extensive recruiting at Georgetown as the alumni network is so strong.</p>
<p>Georgetown does have fraternities, but it’s not the typical social fraternity scene.</p>
<p>so basically…location and frats. those are the only differences?</p>
<p>(i may have to make this choice as well…if i get into MSB RD)</p>