<p>"Last year, more Georgetown students went to top 15 Law schools than from any other university save Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and Duke. So obviously, for students interested in Politics, Foreigh Service and Law, Georgetown is second to none."</p>
<p>This is exactly the reason I applied.</p>
<p>"Last year, more Georgetown students went to top 15 Law schools than from any other university save Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and Duke. So obviously, for students interested in Politics, Foreigh Service and Law, Georgetown is second to none."</p>
<p>lol, except for harvard, yale princeton, stanford, and duke?</p>
<p>acerockolla:</p>
<p>stanford, duke, princeton, yale, and harvard all are missing one thing Gtown has: DC.</p>
<p>It's all about tradeoffs ;)</p>
<p>Actually, Georgetown's president (Jack DeGioia) is not a Jesuit - he is the first "civilian" president in the school's history. He does not live in the Jes. Res., and he certainly does not give his money back to the school. </p>
<p>It's true that Georgetown has some very big financial problems, and that they pass their costs directly to students. I am currently taking the year off (I would be a junior in the College this year) to work and earn money because my financial aid package was greatly reduced this year, so I speak from experience.</p>
<p>Ok this thread is old but I feel like people are going to check it out b/c many of my friends did. The reason Georgetown isn’t ranked as high is also b/c % accepted is weighted most heavily in usnews&wr but Georgetown isn’t on the common app. Thus less people apply there as compared to the other top 20 schools - thus lowering their usnews&wr ranking. An adcom told me that their current acceptance rate of 18% would be 11% if they used the common app.</p>
<p>Compared to many peer institutions, Georgetown has a modest endowment. That affects the ratings. However, even the endowment numbers are deceiving because they do not consider debt. Many of the universities with billions in endowment also have billions in debt. Some other top universities even had to take out debt to pay operating expenses during the recession. Georgetown has taken more of a conservative “pay as you go” approach to building projects.</p>
<p>Just to re-emphasize - most of the above post is 6 or more years old.</p>
<p>There is no other place on planet earth that has the array of political big shots (former cabinet members, former heads of state, ambassadors and think tank policy wonks, former Senators etc.) actually teaching undergraduates than Georgetown. A peer raning of about 16th with a selectivity ranking of 12 in the US News rankings are indicative of tremendous excellence.</p>
<p>The endowment is lower than other peers but I would rather have class with an Albright or Tenet or Hagel or Uribe than what, look at money in a vault ( if the more heavily endowed institutions let you do that). Also, with a billion dollar endowment, it is not exaclty like the place is in receivership!</p>
<p>In fact Georgetown was ranked
17 in 1989
19 in 1991 and 1992
17 in 1993 and 1994</p>
<p>On relative par with Brown and Penn’s rankings.</p>
<p>source
[U.S</a>. News Rankings Through the Years](<a href=“http://web.archive.org/web/20070908142457/http://chronicle.com/stats/usnews/]U.S”>U.S. News Rankings Through the Years)</p>
<p>The US News methodology then changed and put a greater emphasis on $$$$$, this change hurt Georgetown in the US News rankings. FWIW, despite the rankings, Georgetown is probably stronger now than it was then.</p>
<p>I read that Georgetown actually was helped in the most recent US News rankings because they added a new category that included opinions of guidance counselors.</p>
<p>Too many ppl get caught up in the acceptance rate issue… trust me the same kids would get into Georgetown whether it’s 10% or 18%… I think the quality of education, Georgetown campus, the students, job placement (and etc.) should speak for itself…</p>
<p>I read that Georgetown actually was helped in the most recent US News rankings because they added a new category that included opinions of guidance counselors.</p>
<p>Absolutely true.</p>
<p>*Too many ppl get caught up in the acceptance rate issue… trust me the same kids would get into Georgetown whether it’s 10% or 18%… *</p>
<p>This is especially true because when you see the acceptance rates at some of these schools go down several points, as when they switch to the Common App, the vast majority of the applicants added to their pool are non-competitive.</p>