More Prestigious: Cornell or Georgetown?

<p>I second warblersrule86. The number of "renowned" academic fields (languages, IR, and maybe couple others that I don't know about) at Georgetown is pretty limited. I am sure Cornell has more ranked departments even in social sciences. Cornell is definitely more well-regarded in academic circle. But in the political circle, I'd guess G-Town has more connection.</p>

<p>cornell, but both are really wonderful schools</p>

<p>If you want to live in DC, Georgetown is more prestigeous. If you want to live in New York, stick with Cornell. If you are going to live in Asian, go to Cornell (they only really care about good Engineering and Med schools when looking at prestige). If you are going to a country that is majority Catholic, go to Georgetown. If you aren't sure, go to the one you like more, or that will cost less.</p>

<p>Henry Kissinger Nobel Peace Prize taught at Georgetown from 1976 to 1981.</p>

<p>Being affiliated means more than being a part-time lecturer. Like I said, faculty, researcher or graduate. Even if you count Kissinger, that's 1 compared to the about 40 Cornell has had, not counting part-timers.</p>

<p>400 years old? No college in the country is 400 years old. Georgetown is 218 years old.</p>

<p>Depends on which date you use. The current form is 218 years old, but GTown's history extends back to 1634.</p>

<p>Fifteen US Senators for Georgetown versus one and a half (Charles Robb briefly attended and Ed Muskie) for Cornell if wikipedia is right. I suggest that people who determine whether you live or die are every bit as important as scientific researchers.</p>

<p>Georgetown all the way. It ain't called the Jesuit Harvard for nothing.</p>

<p>The "Jesuit Ivy" is the title of a commencement speech delivered at and, subsequently, a nickname given to Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.</p>

<p>courtesy of wikipedia.org</p>

<p>and secondly even if it was called that, which it isnt...thats cause its solely the best catholic school in the country and nothing more</p>

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I suggest that people who determine whether you live or die are every bit as important as scientific researchers.

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<p>I don't know my life depends on Senators and I don't even know the names of most of them. I often heard how corrupted many of them were and many didn't even seem that intelligent yet they have such power to determine my fate? Now I am worried....</p>

<p>Fifteen US Senators for Georgetown versus one and a half (Charles Robb briefly attended and Ed Muskie) for Cornell if wikipedia is right. I suggest that people who determine whether you live or die are every bit as important as scientific researchers.</p>

<p>Hmm, I didn't realize that people whose sole job is to vote in an assembly of 100 men have direct control over my life. In fact, I didn't realize Senators have more legal power than the President. I personally suggest you look to the electric bulb besides you, the computer you're typing on, the TV you're watching, the phone you're using, and tell me, which senator, exactly, has as much impact on your life as the scientists who created the basics of all technology? I guarantee you, the top 50 US Senators in history cannot hold a candle to the importance of Thomas Edison or Isaac Newton. There's no doubt in my mind that nobel prize winners are far, far more important than senators. Senators may have some momentary influence, maybe even lasting ones if they become major leaders, but the legacy of Nobel prize winners will linger on for centuries. Besides, if you like legislators so much, note that Cornell has produced more house representatives than Georgetown, despite being the much younger school.</p>

<p>Every war in our history has been approved by the Senate (including both recent Mideast wars). And yes US Presidents, of which Georgetown has 2 (Clinton and Johnson) do have co-equal power as the Second Branch of goverment to the first branch (the Congress) in our three branch system. And people do die in wars-it is life and death.</p>

<p>I think you pose an interesting argument-Scientists versus politicians. There is a good way to settle the argument. In 2000, Time Magzine picked its man of the 20th century-Albert Einstein over Franklin Roosevelt. Time made a great error and the reason is that Einstein's work would have gone on and been built upon even if totalitarianism had succeeded. But this is the important difference and where my argument wins-If Franklin Roosevelt had not succeeded, the world with genocide and no freedom would not have been worth living in, despite television, the pc or the ipod ior any other invention you can name. And FDR was critcally aided by many great Senators like Taft, Vandenburg, and Truman.</p>

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I don't know my life depends on Senators and I don't even know the names of most of them. I often heard how corrupted many of them were and many didn't even seem that intelligent yet they have such power to determine my fate? Now I am worried....

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<p>This is what of the stupidest arguments I have ever read. Nobel invented dynamite, so should we reject the prize's apparent honor?</p>

<p>Also, having Nobel-prize winners affiliated with a school doesn't mean much, except that you have Nobel-prize winners affiliated with a school. Amartya Sen teaches at Harvard, but I can identify at least ten other professors who have conducted superior research and teach far better than he does, professors at other schools.</p>

<p>The larger point I am attempting to emphasize is that having Nobel-prize winning staff has <em>nothing</em> to do with the school's academics or prestige: what matters when you attend school is learning. At the end of the day, the professor who taught a subject more effectively will win over the Nobel Prize winner who suffers from Asperger's syndrome. The reason is that undergraduates do not primarily attend college to conduct the sort of research that having a Nobel-prize winning professor necessitates. Yes, if you are a graduate student in economics, having Professor Sen on staff would be a <em>huge</em> asset. When it comes to earning the undergraduate degree, learning the basics of a subject is what is required: professors who are unable to communicate and effectively teach such basics are doing a great disservice to the university to which they are associated.</p>

<p>I am not going to pander to this discussion on which school is more prestigious; what I will say, however, is that almost every single argument provided in this thread (for both Georgetown and Cornell) has been absolute garbage. A lot of you need a lesson in logic and reasoning, and I believe both schools offer a basic introductory course. I am sorry, but there is no Nobel prize in philosophy, so you will be unable to avail yourselves of whatever benefits that would have conferred to you via your professor.</p>

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Time made a great error and the reason is that Einstein's work would have gone on and been built upon even if totalitarianism had succeeded.

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<p>Uhhh... Einstein was Jewish during one of the worst times in the history of humanity that it was to be Jewish. A dead man cannot reject the ether and develop special relativity.</p>

<p>Both are incredible schools and I'm sure both can suit your interests. The question is where will you be happier? Does D.C. factor into your decision or would you prefer a more rural setting? What about the student body? Do you prefer the preppier politically polarized D.C. crowd or the more down to earth large university mixed bag of Cornell?</p>

<p>I know you're new, but please don't revive dead threads. There will be plenty of "vs" threads as it is.</p>

<p>I'd say Cornell is far more prestigious. Everybody's heard of it. I doubt everybody knows of Georgetown. Personally, I just think of it as that school in DC.</p>

<p>That's not strictly true. Students and youths are less likely to have heard of georgetown but in the job market it is easily as known or even more so than cornell. Hands down if you want an international job or job in international relations or politics Georgetown is a huge boost over cornell.</p>

<p>got rejected from georgetown got into cornell. If you want to do something like law, international affairs, politics or business (like me) than go to georgetown. I also wanted to go to georgetown b/c its in a city while cornell is in the middle of nowhere ( farms).</p>