<p>Pretty self-explanatory. Any insight into this and the success of G-town students, in comparison to their Ivy-League counterparts, would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>LOL comparison to Ivy-league. That's sooooooo lame/shallow/meaningless/ignorant.</p>
<p>But actually I just noticed you aren't asking to compare Gtown itself to the Ivy Leagues so I take that back. You're asking to compare Gtown grads to Ivy grads in terms of success. Valid question. I'd say it depends on how hard you work in college and it also depends on what Ivy you're talking about. Look on collegeboard.com for stats on what %age of Gtown grads get admitted to law/med school, and compare to the stats for Ivy league schools. (if you do a college search, as opposed to a site search, on their webpage, you get college profiles)</p>
<p>In his defense, how is a comparison to Ivy League institutions at all lame/shallow/ignorant/etc? Even in the original context that you took it to mean?</p>
<p>Georgetown attracts students from the same pool of applicants that the ivies do, and certainly surpasses some - Cornell and Dartmouth, for example. So I disagree completely, at your insinuation that it is a meaningless comparison</p>
<p>As to the main question, I suppose it is based largely on the individual. Those students who attend high-level institutions such as the ivies or georgetown tend to not only be intelligent, but motivated and inventive as well. They have a greater tendency to seek success. And so, I don't think there is any difference at all.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.studentsreview.com%5B/url%5D">www.studentsreview.com</a></p>
<p>there arent a ton of people that use this, but it can give you a general idea of avg income from grads and where they work...</p>
<p>(The following message is deliberately and extremely biased due to the absurdity of the question)</p>
<p>Is the sky blue?</p>
<p>LMAO... Ivys got nothing on us, thats why many of us turned them down. Especially if you're doing social studies/humanities. Georgetown kicks a**! Hoya Saxa</p>
<p>georgetown and harvard share many of the same applicants</p>
<p>Terrible school. Just horrible. Trust me, you don't want to apply to Georgetown.</p>
<p><em>is hoping to land himself a spot</em></p>
<p>Just FYI to everyone, if you actually read my post I CHANGED MY MIND</p>
<p>I will reiterate what I stated in an earlier post </p>
<p>I was accepted to Georgetown and Cornell. I understand that Cornell is seen as the lowest of the Ivies, but I must say that I believe that Georgetown is the better school overall; and compares well to other Ivy league universities. It has a pride that is not often seen at other schools, and its basketball program creates a competitive pride that I enjoy immensely. Having been in the military for a term of service, and going back in once I finish Graduate school, I have to say that Georgetown is the perfect place for me. I am truly a Hoya-4-Life!!!</p>
<p>as someone who was just accepted as a transfer to harvard, believe me, i've had second, third, forth.... nine hundred and 27th thoughts about turning down georgetown and am still having them. georgetown is an awsome school and right now, i wish i was going there. have so much fun to everyone who goes-- it's international, sophisticated and slick and.... gah.... i'm going to go kvetch about it some more...</p>
<p>Georgetown has a record of spectacular success in alumni achievement. Some highlights:</p>
<p>1) Either an immediate past (USA), current (European Commission, Jordan, Philippines) or future (Spain) Head of State for four of the one hundred most populous and three of the thirty most populous nations in the world is Georgetown School of Foreign Service alumnus.</p>
<p>2) Two of the fifteen most powerful women in the world as rated by Forbes magazine (Patiricia Russso and Gloria Arroyo) are Georgetown alumnae.</p>
<p>3) The commander of multinational force in Iraq, and the Supreme Commander of NATO are Georgetown SFS graduates.</p>
<p>4) Three current US Senators including the minority Whip are Georgetown alumni. Over 21 members of Congress hold Georgetown degrees. </p>
<p>5) Both the Solicitor General of the United States and A Supreme Court Justice recieved their undergraduate degrees at Georgetown.</p>
<p>6) The President of MIT is a Georgetown graduate.</p>
<p>7) The Commissioner of the NFL is Georgetown graduate.</p>
<p>8) Two sitting governors in New Hampshire and Indiana are Georgetown Law graduates.</p>
<p>9) The past President of the AFL-CIO and Cardinal O'Connor of New York were Georgetown grads.</p>
<p>10) Numerous NBA stars like Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo are Georgetown alumni.</p>
<p>11) US President Bill Clinton is Georgetown SFS'68.</p>
<p>12) The college Presidents of the BIg-10 University of Illinois and Big-12 Texas A&M are Georgetown alumni.</p>
<p>13) Two CIA Directors, one of which served for over seven years are Georgetown graduates.</p>
<p>14) Cultural icons such as William Peter Blatty, James H. Webb and John Guare are Georgetown grads.</p>
<p>15) Journalists such as Dan Henninger of the Wall Street Journal, Kate Snow of Good Morning America, Jamie Gangel of Today and Maria Shriver all hold Georgetown degrees.</p>
<p>This record stands for itself and compares directly with any university in the world today.</p>
<p>It really depends on the department. Overall rankings are pretty stupid if you ask me, all that matters is how good the school is for your intended major. If you want write novels, would you go to MIT over Columbia just bebause MIT is ranked higher? Cornell’s better than Georgetown, and every other Ivy for that matter, if you want to be an engineer. For political science etc. you should probably choose Georgetown. If you’re going to get caught up in rankings at least look at the rankings for what you plan on studying.</p>
<p>Depends on the Ivy, overall Georgetown is definitely on par/better than Brown and Cornell (both schools I looked at and turned down)… but again depends on the area of study…</p>
<p>^I would agree with you, if I agreed that a 17 or 18 year-old were capable of discerning the correct academic course while still in high school. One’s “intended” major is only that: the discipline one would choose at that point. As an “intended” biology/pre-med major who majored in philosophy and went to law school, I caution you to hedge your bets…</p>
<p>Agreed, but you’re not going to go wrong with Georgetown or any of the Ivies… hedging your bet is going to a top school with a great brand name and solid academics in all majors and concentrations…</p>
<p>what is your major?? Like ubuntu mentioned…if a top school is ranked like 354 in a major of your liking but it is a top school because of the amount of research and recognition it has received cumulatively in the past in other areas, then it is a dummy mistake to choose that school.
Georgetown is pretty nice school for international relations…now that’s a solid reason why you should attend it and then some other reasons that would add to your faithfulness to the school. :)</p>
<p>If you’re going to Georgetown, you should somehow take advantage of its awesome international component.</p>
<p>Not sure why post #12 revived a 4-year-old thread posing what is a fairly silly question. The Ivy League designation -as sensible people realize - is not magic, nor do the Ivy League schools have a monopoly on quality.
GU is, of course, a top quality school, and as many have noted, how it compares to other institutions is a question of what a given applicant is looking for in terms of academics, geography, size and social atmosphere, among other things.</p>
<p>ha really, this thread is indeed 4 years old… i was about to comment on this, but i guess the writer of this thread would be by now a senior, so i guess he does not need my opinion on georgetown :D</p>
<p>Good catch, did not even notice that at all… lmao…</p>