The girl who has everything

[theyellowhobbit]

Once upon a time, there was a girl in my class who had everything- she was smart, pretty, thin, popular, athletic, etc.

I just looked her up on facebook, and she's going to Georgetown.

**Edit. Yes, I know, Georgetown is also a prestigous university, and prestige isn't everything. It's more like an "I beat her" for the one time in my life. Even if I only beat her by a tiny tiny bit. She beat me at everything else. Everything. She probably didn't even see it as a competition, she just had everything. She probably still does. Then again, for all I know she could be mierable at school. I doubt it.**

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/stone_/]

The only thing Ivy-league means is that you are paying more money for the same education as everybody else.

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

well except that Georgetown costs about the same as UPenn. All private universities in the US do. In fact, I think BU is more expensive than any of the Ivy leagues, as is NYU.

[http://users.livejournal.com/stone_/]

orly?

[nuqotw.livejournal.com]

Georgetown and Penn are both schools where the quality of one's education is a function of one's effort, not the quality of the institution.

[miou-vicioso.livejournal.com]

Are there really such big differences between private universities and colleges in the US? [I assume that this is true to the private-state relation]
Do you get better jobs when your CV contains Ivy-league unies? o_o
[For example in Gilmore Girls there was this huge fuss over unies, too. Is it really that important? What are the determining factors and qualities in this case?] There was this scholarship to Brown from my highschool, but noone getting it used it to study, but to work and buy a flat or a car upon returning...
[To make a fake excuse for my uneducatedness, here you have only minor differences]

[estherchaya.livejournal.com]

Depending on the program, Georgetown is just as competetive to get into as any of the Ivys. I got into some Ivys, but not into Georgetown. I didn't go to any of them, though.

[masteraleph.livejournal.com]

Or even moreso, depending on what you're doing. Gtown Foreign Service School (including the undergrad section) is probably the best in the country in that area. I wouldn't really say that Georgetown is bad in any way; it's a phenominal school for areas like foreign and diplomatic service, and other stuff too.

As for miou_vicioso's question- not particularly, especially if you're looking at working at a financial firm or something like that. Grad school, on the other hand, does matter greatly.

[estherchaya.livejournal.com]

Precisely.

People tend to forget that Ivys are not the only good schools out there. In fact, in a lot of cases, they're not the best schools for certain programs. Ivys are definitely good schools, but they are certainly not the only prestigious schools.

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

i have no clue what program she's in. Maybe she is in a better program. Though you can't really compare say polysci at one place and archaeology at another. I'm sure she's doing something that is very very hard.