<p>Reputation of basketball team eclipses that of the academics…</p>
<p>Hm, should we trust ■■■■■nyc…? Nah, don’t think so.</p>
<p>The Undergraduate Business program has just been ranked 10th by Business Week. This is a huge jump for the school. The Georgetown McDonough School of Business had the greatest advances in student satisfaction and recruiter evaluations. The school also ranked in the top 10 in the areas of academic quality, median starting salary of seniors, and schools that send the most undergraduates to top MBA programs.</p>
<p>[Undergraduate</a> Program Climbs to 10th in Businessweek Ranking - McDonough School of Business](<a href=“http://msb.georgetown.edu/story/1242668676363.html]Undergraduate”>http://msb.georgetown.edu/story/1242668676363.html)</p>
<p>As to the program being rigorous, I can tell you that the students in the other colleges at GU will tell you how easy the business school is (because they don’t study business and athletes generally study business). This is really frustrating to the students in the Business school who work extremely hard to meet difficult academic standards. There’s also grade deflation to deal with so only a handful of students get those coveted A’s and they don’t come easy. I hold an MBA, and I am extremely impressed with the program. My d who thought it would be a piece of cake, was quite surprised at the rigor of the courses.</p>
<p>For those obsessed with USNEWS&WR:
My interviewer told me that Gtown also loses some “points” (you can look at how many by viewing the methodology of rank calculations on usnews&wr website) by not using the common app. For example, more people are likely to place the ivies + elite others on the drop down menu of the common app w/out giving much thought. But it takes a little more determination to go on Gtown’s website and fill out a separate app. Not saying this affects it by a lot. But my interviewer said that at the Gtown alumni conference the President said that the 18% acceptance rate would be around 14% if Gtown used the common app - thus that switch might enable them to bump into the top 20 (or at least tie). I believe the reason for not currently switching is the same that one gave for MIT (“MIT doesn’t use the common app b/c we’re not common”)…maybe Gtown feels the same way…</p>
<p>^I think not using the common application just to be different is not all that plausible. It is possible for Gtown to simply include a school-specific supplement to the application, like many other schools, and that would solve the problem of “being like the rest”. I honestly do not think the common app. is that different from that of Gtown if you consider how many additional things students can be/are being asked on the supplements.</p>
<p>I got into Georgetown MBS for an undergrad degree but as an international, I was offered $0 financial aid so could not attend. But I would like to emphasize that the international recognition is extremely good of Georgetown; people tend to know the university, or at least the fact that Georgetown is a very prestigious part of DC. According to my own experience, more people have heard of Georgetown abroad than of Brown, Dartmouth, or even Cornell…</p>
<p>Wow that’s so cool about the international reputation. </p>
<p>And yes, I agree about the supplements and such, I simply think they could report that more people apply (b/c if you look at usnews&wr it includes apps that were never completed, so not completing a supplement but adding Gtown to the drop down menu would still up a university’s app count). But I actually agree with you more than my interviewer - so whatev Gtown is a good school, #21 out of 3,000+ American colleges…not bad…top 1% (and we know anyone on CC would take that as their HS rank lol).</p>
<p>I think that the Georgteown app asked a question that all colleges should ask and all students should consider when they are applying: What are your career goals and how would attending help you achieve those goals?..not a direct quote there.<br>
The application process can be one of reflection and goal-setting for the student.</p>
<p>Georgetown has great rep with the people that count - and it is internationally known.</p>
<p>A lot of children of ambassadors go, from what an alumnus has told me. And children of ambassadors have a tendency for becoming heads of state.</p>
<p>Internationally, I think the reputation is fantastic. Just look at the individuals who have led their respective countries throughout the world: </p>
<p>In Central America alone, Georgetown has produced:
Ricardo Espinosa, former President of Panama
Laura Chinchilla Miranda, current President of Costa Rica
Alfredo Cristiani, former President of El Salvador</p>
<p>Rather than continue listing like this, other countries who have had Georgetown alums as Heads of State/government include Jordan, the Philippines, Spain, Ecuador, Lithuania, Lebanon, Columbia, and Bosnia. Producing this many prominent figures absolutely helps raise international awareness of/as well as adds to the name recognition of Georgetown University throughout the world.</p>
<p>And don’t forget near misses and first ladies like John Staunton, founder of the Candain Conservative Party in the 1990s and Valerie Yuschenko ( know it is spelled wrong) of the Ukraine in each of these categories.</p>
<p>^ This is so true, on a side note, People mag just published that Bradley Cooper went to Gtown. lol. :D</p>
<p>Any thoughts about Georgetown´s Public Policy Institute and experience from this school from international students?</p>
<p>Has anyone heard about the program in Development Management and Policy from GT in Argentina?</p>