<p>If I get accepted to Georgetown, should I bother applying to University of Rochester? How do the schools compare?</p>
<p>That depends on whether or not you want to go to Georgetown obviously…</p>
<p>There are quite a few differences. Georgetown is Catholic, Jesuit and has A LOT of required core courses. Great location.</p>
<p>U of R is secular and has NO CORE - they require a major and 2 “clusters” of your own choosing. Location - not DC.</p>
<p>For sciences- Rochester
Social Sciences- Georgetown…</p>
<p>Be ready to freeze your butt off if you go to URochester. Can’t get much farther north than that.</p>
<p>Two very flavors. What are your interests?</p>
<p>What deezmom said is largely true. UR is strong in sciences but it is also well known for economics, poli sci, business. Pretty campus, well contained.</p>
<p>Weather-wise, it is not as cold or as snowy as people expect. (I lived there for many years.) Winter is about 3-4 weeks longer than I’d like but it is fun to go sledding. Now if you think Marquette in Michigan. Now that is COLD, in my mind.</p>
<p>I’d go to georgetown, if anything based on location. The georgetown area of DC is very young and hip, it’s the place to be if you’re a young adult. </p>
<p>The rochester campus is very self-contained … but that’s because it’s in the middle of the ghetto on one side, a river on the other, and a cemetery on the other.</p>
<p>Actually, UR is across the river from the “ghetto”, if it can be called as such. The other sides are the cemetery, the hospital/med school, and the Genesee Valley Park. I suppose the other side of the cemetery is not the most posh area but certainly not a ghetto either.</p>
<p>bump…</p>
<p>Jesuit schools like Georgetown have outstanding academic reputations. Hard to beat. Well respected everywhere in the world.</p>
<p>Very true^, but some students (like my D) are turned off by the requirements. The Jesuits feel very strongly about the core (including philosophy, theology, …) and they’ve been at it for hundreds of years. Its just not for everyone.</p>
<p>if I wasn’t forced to take certain classes, I never would have discovered a subject I love. It was the best thing that happened to me in college. </p>
<p>It’s just my opinion, but I feel the undergraduate experience should be a place where you learn a little bit about everything (before concentrating on a major), rather than a place where you get to know everything about something.</p>
<p>I have no answers but I have a question: do you have to be a catholic to attend Georgetown? Do you have to take classes like theology? How much does religion affect student life?</p>
<p>Don’t confuse “theology” courses with “Sunday School” classes. Theology courses usually deal with a religious topic, but they often have a strong slant towards psychology, history, or philosophy.</p>
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I’ve heard the opposite from some people… They say that schools like cornell or hopkins offer better education</p>
<p>I think that a Jesuit education has a greater international prestige, but a lesser one here.</p>
<p>A georgetown degree is plenty prestigious here</p>
<p>Jesuits are not afraid to tackle the tough religious and philosophical questions and so help the development of the whole person rather than a strictly scientific or purely rational academic pursuit. I personally think this is invaluable for everyone to invest time in especially during your formative years. As another poster mentioned, the Jesuits have been involved in higher education for literally hundreds of years starting in Europe in the 1500s.</p>
<p>The Jesuits have been doing higher education since 1543, when the very first universities were started in Europe. They believe in developing the whole person not just rote memorization of facts or purely scientific inquiry but to also tackle challenging philosophical and religious issues. I think they are correct to do so.</p>
<p>Agreed. A Jesuit education is a wonderful thing. But so is an education at many other types of schools…public or private. They aren’t 'better than someone" they are just diffferent. It comes down to what kind of education YOU want. What you want to become. What kind of person you want to be. Some people embrace liberal arts in college because its the one time in their life they can focus on such topics and explore other ways of thinking, even if it has nothing directly to do with their major. i.e. an engineering major taking theology or philosophy or literature or history courses.</p>
<p>Some prefer to be focused solely on their interests and careers. Some prefer the unique large state school type of education, navigating a huge campus, a huge bureaucracy, many different types of people, and so forth.</p>
<p>For others its the unique geographical setting, whether that is iconic and urban or bucolic and rural. Some prefer a completely different setting from where they grew up and others prefer to stay close to home or continue in a culture they are comfortable. </p>
<p>You have to know yourself, in other words. Just make sure you know what you are “buying” and get the inside scoop BEFORE you commit. Transfering is always possible, but not the best move. Its better to make a good fit before you commit. </p>
<p>One size does not fit all. And you might also ask where you want to work when you graduate. Where do the graduates of that school typically end up and what are they doing? Do most go into business or government? Do they go to graduate or professional schools, and where?</p>
<p>I think Rochester is a fine school. I think Georgetown is a fine school. But they are very different.</p>
<p>Know thyself.</p>
<p>Why don’t you answer some of questions people are asking you?</p>
<p>that will help them give you answers.</p>
<p>which is better in the sciences/maths? Which will lead to a better job?</p>