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<p>Ohio</a> State University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p>
<p>My apologies if you sincerely had a sudden interest in clearing up your ignorance. That link should help you out.</p>
<p>I agree with shad.....duke seems to come up everywhere.
And it is never even on topic.
always says "no....duke is better" or "no go to duke instead!"</p>
<p>tosu. A top 60 school academically, but number 2 in football. I'm impressed.</p>
<p>CCers seem to have a bias against WUSTL. Every time it is talked about, people bash it. And Duke definitely comes up ALL the time.</p>
<p>Then people don't know wth they are talking about, since WUSTL is an excellent school. So who cares what people who don't know what they're talking about, think about WUSTL? Their problem.</p>
<p>Everyone counts. Universities are in the business of increasing their visibility Pizzagirl. The uneducated should be informed, not ignored. It's not as simple as saying "Their problem, not ours".</p>
<p>back to the talk about Georgetown a while ago. I think that when it comes to Georgetown, few other schools match their international relations programs. And if you look at the people who went to georgetown, there are many princes and foreign leaders. SO i think it definitely is well known around the world.
Why is everyone saying that is not well known?
I haven't met hardly anyone who doesn't know about Georgetown and I live in Idaho. Hardly the hot spot for intellects. I think Georgetown has a good rep all over the place.</p>
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back to the talk about Georgetown a while ago. I think that when it comes to Georgetown, few other schools match their international relations programs. And if you look at the people who went to georgetown, there are many princes and foreign leaders. SO i think it definitely is well known around the world.
Why is everyone saying that is not well known?
I haven't met hardly anyone who doesn't know about Georgetown and I live in Idaho. Hardly the hot spot for intellects. I think Georgetown has a good rep all over the place.
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<p>Not here, because for whatever reason, they seem to refuse to accept Jews. I know of one Jewish kid who has gotten in, in the last three years or so (and he doesn't have a Jewish name). Many kids who get into top schools (Ivy and otherwise) get rejected from GTown, Jewish or otherwise. It's mind-boggling, really.</p>
<p>In my small Eastern Europe country people only know Harvard and Stanford(our president's son goes there...). Generally people believe that US education is crap. It's quite sad (but better for me - less competition)</p>
<p>I think in the US, georgetown is one of those colleges that is well reputed and prestigious.. however often overlooked for whatever reason. i could be wrong. I agree with Pizzagirl when she says WUSTL is an excellent school. People are going to be ignorant wherever you go.. its hard to do anything about it.</p>
<p>Georgetown and Notre Dame have incredible name visibility for whatever reason. Like 5 years ago, I thought Georgetown was as prestigious as Harvard.</p>
<p>Internationally, Georgetown might get an inflated reputation than it has domescially because it is the best school in the nation's capital. I'm not sure if the same can be said directly about NYU because it shares the same name as one of the most famous cities in the world. However, I guarantee if you walk up to a non doctor in Europe or Asia and say "I went to NYU" it'll seem more impressive than saying "I went to WashU." I would say NYU and WashU are about equal in terms of academics, but WashU might attract a slightly stronger undergraudate student body. However, that still doesn't affect how others perceive a school's strength.</p>
<p>Georgetown and Notre Dame don't have the same pull in the South. Actually hardly any schools do except HYPSMR.</p>
<p>What's the "R" in HYPSMR? Oh yeah, there's no way NYU and Wash U are equal in academics at the undergraduate level. Wash U is the better school hands down.</p>
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I guarantee if you walk up to a non doctor in Europe or Asia and say "I went to NYU" it'll seem more impressive than saying "I went to WashU." I would say NYU and WashU are about equal in terms of academics, but WashU might attract a slightly stronger undergraudate student body. However, that still doesn't affect how others perceive a school's strength.
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<p>actually, that's very true. NYU does sound alot more impressive than other closely ranked schools (UIUC for example) for weird reasons.</p>
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<p>Really? How, precisely, is it a university's responsibility to inform people who aren't particularly into college prestige / reputation in the first place about their prestige?</p>
<p>Going to a LAC example for a moment, but bear with me. Davidson College's an excellent LAC that relatively few people know about, outside the Southeast. Davidson could issue all the press releases they like about the quality of their programs and faculty and their selectivity and so forth, but guess what? The average Joe isn't likely to know or care -- until Davidson's basketball team did well this year. That's unfortunate, of course, that that's how average Joe thinks, but that's not a barrier Davidson can overcome, IMO. They can't <em>make</em> average Joe care about stuff he doesn't care about.</p>
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Not here, because for whatever reason, they seem to refuse to accept Jews. I know of one Jewish kid who has gotten in, in the last three years or so (and he doesn't have a Jewish name).
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<p>Well, I had the most Jewish maiden name one can imagine (think something as obvious as Rosenberg or Goldstein) and I got into Georgetown, no sweat :-). You can't conclude anything about Georgetown not admitting Jewish kids just because you know a few who didn't get in.</p>
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<p>The bigger question is why anyone cares what the non-doctor in Europe or Asia thinks. There is so much emphasis on "what will other people think of my choice"? It's asinine.</p>
<p>Well, I'm not talking about any random Joe who could care less about his future or academics. I'm talking about high-achieving high schoolers who are aiming for the top schools, but still don't have Davidson or WUSTL on their radar screens because they have never heard of them. It's not the student's fault if the college doesn't advertise their programs in a visible way. This ultimately reflects badly on the school because they will fail to enroll the top-notch kids they seek.</p>
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The desire for validation is a basic human need. People need confirmations about their choices, achievements and traits from other people. What's the point in graduating from Harvard with high honors if no one recognizes that achievment? You might as well have gone to Fresno State. It is the compliments and criticisms you receive from others that inspire you to keep succeeding or start working harder.</p>