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How good is Georgetown?

Hello!

I was wondering if anybody could tell me how could Georgetown is? I heard they have a good rep for the social sciences.

Which British University is Georgetown most similar to? In respect to, prestige and public awareness.

Thanks!

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Reply 1

shady lane

School of Foreign Service is excellent. Everything else is I'd say slightly above average. I'd put it equivalent to KCL.

Reply 2

e-lover

When it comes to religious affiliations, Georgetown is Roman Catholic, how serious is this portrayed in American Universities?

Also, what are the fraternities for? Do students sleep there? or is it just a little student union?

Thanks!

Reply 3

WokSz

Georgetown is very good with subjects such as international relations.

Religious affiliations are important; however, freedom of religion is the dominant stance of many of the major Universities so don't worry about that.

Reply 4

IB-more

Georgetown is very prestigious. It's programs in social sciences, especially political science, are aimed at making viable public servants in domestic and foreign fields. I would say that they school is catholic in name, but there's a strong Protestant population and an active Jewish minority. I remember seeing the Imam's office too, so I get the feel that you're not excluded if you're not Catholic.

Georgetown is nice, but you have to be really into neo-gothic architecture and brick. DC is a nice city though, and the Georgetown neighborhood is gorgeous.

Reply 5

shady lane

^^
That's not really correct. The prestigious program is the BSFS - Bachelor's in Science in Foreign Service. Not the political science degree.

Reply 6

Champagne Breakfast

I'd go if you're into Politics or International Relations.

Reply 7

e-lover

Well you see ladies and gentleman, the reason I ask is because Warwick do a year in Georgetown where I study there. What they don't tell me if its the social science degree or the Foreign Service degree.

Btw, i'll be applying for the Politics with international relations.

Reply 8

shady lane

If you're just going abroad, you'll be fine; I imagine you'd get to take classes at SFS.

But in terms of religion--I'm not Catholic and felt a bit uncomfortable with the religious atmosphere. Other people don't seem to notice though, but do be aware of it I guess.

Reply 9

DrAtomic

well, georgetown is a jesuit school, but i think that you would only feel the religious affiliation if you looked for it - you're required to take a class in religion, but that's it. my sister's in the SFS and she really likes it. i think it's a fantastic program and it's very well regarded.

Reply 10

deep89

I spent a week ther during the summer - it has a great campus and is only a short bus ride away from the city centre (which is free 4 the students!). The impression I got is that its highly regarded 4 the scoial sciences nd medicine. Its supposedly one of the best outside the ivy league.

Reply 11

oregon

Whats the law school like?

Reply 12

arod

Edinburgh also has an exchange to Georgetown and for whatever reason it's the most expensive for accommodation of all of the uni exchanges offered. Even more than California, which I found surprising.
I just returned from visiting the uni, but for biology/biochem not social sci. The uni campus is very nice pretty much contained and small, and it's located in a really "yuppy" /"preppy" part of town. I wasn't looking really hard (not enough time), but I didn't see any clubs, pubs, etc. that seem to be part of student life in the UK. Drinking age is 21, maybe that has something to do with it. I'm not a party animal, but enjoy going out to hear new bands etc from time to time.
If you're into museums at all Washington has the most amazing Smithsonian museums - could spend hours wandering around there...
Also not much to do in the winter if you're a sports fan.. I love skiing, snowboarding etc. don't know where the nearest ones are but certainly not 1-2 hrs away that you could go for the day.
Weird thing is for the 3 days I was there all I heard were sirens all day long.. police, fire trucks, ambulances, helicopters and Bush wasn't even in Washington he's at the G8 summit. Cameras everywhere, and even walking into the hotel security will stop you and sometimes search your bags at random.

Reply 13

dismal_laundry

You could have been staying on or near a main road used as a fast through route by emergency vehicles- Connecticut/Wisconsin/Massachusetts Avenues, etc. Also, there are a lot of helicopters, generally- DC is a big military town- Andrews AFB, and also the Pentagon, of course- the world's largest office building.

Reply 14

jbruner17

Georgetown is very highly regarded in the financial field. Medicine and social sciences are its strong points. It's also extremely expensive, with tution plus expenses amounting to over 55k a year.

Reply 15

dismal_laundry

Not quite that much actually- 2007-2008 tuition and fees for undergraduates are around $35,500, and room and board is another $ 10,000 or so.

Reply 16

shady lane

jbruner17

Georgetown is very highly regarded in the financial field.

No it's not. It's business school isn't really a major target. You'd be better off at any Ivy or at Berkeley than at Georgetown for business.

Reply 17

stephanina

Georgetown has an extremely good reputation. It sort of goes like this:

Ivy League
Stanford
Public Ivies (Berkeley, Chapel Hill, etc)
Georgetown, etc.

You'd do very, very well to go there.

Reply 18

The Seasons End

I would say that Georgetown isn't that far down on the list, its definitely a top-tier school and the Princeton Review puts it on par with Amherst, which is basically a mini-Harvard.

And I would agree that basically Georgetown is PoliSci, Int Rel, and SFS, and to a lesser degree -which is saying something, only in respect to how great Georgetown is politically- Law (Average LSAT: 169 Average Undergrad GPA: 3.71) (Highest possible LSAT being a 180)

Reply 19

Aimless2007

Where do ppl get all this BS from?

Ivy League
Stanford
Public Ivies (Berkeley, Chapel Hill, etc)
Georgetown, etc.

So Cornell is bette than Stanford? Just for the record, Stanford is on a par with HPY.

Amherst, which is basically a mini-Harvard

Maybe Amherst kids would like to think so, but that's about it.

Georgetown is a well respected school. Maybe some departments aren't that great, but ppl still believe that they are. You won't have problems getting internships and full time offers coming from Gtown. It's for the US what UCL would be for the UK (I'm talking about prestige).