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Post by C86 on Jul 2, 2020 13:53:48 GMT -5
I take back my post of June 30 in which I assumed Georgetown had a plan they were waiting to unveil. They don’t. And I don’t see how they get a fully formed plan done by next week, with all these unknowns. What I glean from this is that they have 2000 beds on campus How they fill those beds is to be determined. Everybody else is virtual
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Post by C86 on Jun 30, 2020 17:13:54 GMT -5
Today would have been an excellent day for Georgetown to announce its plans. The new fiscal year starts tomorrow. There is a benefit to being able to say that the plans were announced in June rather than in July, the month before the fall semester starts. Plus, with the 4th coming up, Georgetown is losing valuable time that could be spent communicating with faculty, staff, students and families.
I have to believe the Administration has actually formulated its plan. I wonder if the holdup is getting it approved by higher powers like the board or the District government.
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Post by C86 on Jun 27, 2020 8:29:58 GMT -5
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Post by C86 on Jun 21, 2020 8:37:36 GMT -5
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Post by C86 on May 20, 2020 6:34:15 GMT -5
I think we can assume that every college wants to reopen in the fall. The financial consequences of remaining closed would be devastating. A huge unknown is whether the local governments will allow the colleges to open. Notre Dame can announce its plans because Indiana’s Covid response has been less restrictive than those of other states, and I assume Indiana reviewed ND’s plans and unofficially blessed them. But no one knows right now what the District (and Massachusetts, NY, California, Illinois, etc.) will do.
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Post by C86 on May 4, 2020 15:22:08 GMT -5
The universities have to do all they can to reopen because the economic consequences of staying closed are not sustainable. Substantial numbers of students (and their parents) are not going to pay full rate tuition for online courses. Students will defer, or go somewhere else, and take their tuition and room-and-board dollars with them. And universities are enormous economic engines. Three of the four largest private employers in the District are universities (GW, GU, and Howard). Their economic importance is even more pronounced in smaller cities or college towns.
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Post by C86 on Apr 13, 2020 17:52:37 GMT -5
Getting off the G2 at Healy Gates is one of the most picturesque ways to enter campus.. I’m glad the District saved it
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Post by C86 on Mar 25, 2020 12:10:16 GMT -5
"There are sports at Georgetown where nonexistent finishes are entirely acceptable."
Absolutely. And the tennis coach was able to exploit this attitude to get rich selling admissions slots.
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Post by C86 on Mar 25, 2020 9:12:30 GMT -5
I sent these recordings to my brothers. One was at the Columbia game. The other was at the Garden for LSU. Thanks.
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Post by C86 on Mar 21, 2020 12:08:28 GMT -5
"An 8,500 student, Jesuit college ended the year #3 in the nation."
Dayton is not Jesuit. The Jesuit school in Southern Ohio is Xavier.
The information coming out about the college coach bribery scandal makes me pessimistic that GU can land the talent necessary to compete.
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Post by C86 on Feb 21, 2020 11:09:10 GMT -5
On a Hilltop: 68 Under an El stop: 60
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Post by C86 on Feb 7, 2020 13:06:57 GMT -5
Rosemont Horizon 60 Capital Centre 66
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Post by C86 on Jan 15, 2020 17:06:36 GMT -5
I'm going to disagree about the common app. Administratively, the common app makes life easier for students, who can manage their applications from a single dashboard. It is also administratively easier for the high schools, which can use a single platform for submitting supporting materials. (My girls' HS graduating class is 800; the job of managing application materials for all of those kids is mind-boggling). Yes, the common app does facilitate more applications, but it is not likely to lead to a situation where someone will apply to Georgetown, George Washington, George Mason, and Georgia Tech, because the added burden is only $35 per school. The common app allows schools to customize the application by adding unique questions or essays (for example Tufts requires two extra essays, Wake Forest requires 3). I have to believe that Georgetown could devise a robust application through the common app platform. Other schools are able to do it.
I agree that the quality of Georgetown's applicants is exemplary. But, respectfully, it is a matter of quality AND quantity. As I think DFW said in on of these threads, it's not 1968 anymore. The number of college age young people is dropping. Georgetown needs to admit the very best students AND it needs to admit a certain number of them. That is a hard job, and it's going to get harder. That is why I raised the issue about communications. For better or for worse, college admissions has a marketing function. Potential applicants needs to be taught about the school, and also be persuaded that it is the place for them. Georgetown's admissions communications are subpar. My daughter received a brochure when she asked for one, and that was it; no follow up communication. That is roughly the same level of contact that I had with the school when I applied in 1981. But expectations have changed. Schools -- especially good schools -- are aggressively marketing themselves to prospective students. (The University of Chicago, of all places, has a brilliant set of materials it sends to prospective students.) The current admissions system may work for Georgetown now, but this thread is about Georgetown's future. I really think the school needs to recognize that they are targeting an increasingly small and increasingly sophisticated group of applicants, and they need to respond. Their competitors certainly are.
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Post by C86 on Jan 15, 2020 11:11:06 GMT -5
Can I take this slightly off topic. . . I believe that one thing GU urgently needs to do is revamp its admissions process. GU is not on the common app, unlike almost all of its peers. It requires three SAT subject matter tests, which very few schools require (although very recently they have announced that they will accept three AP scores in lieu of subject matter tests). I understand that the school wants to get a clear picture of the prospective students, but other schools seem to find quality applicants without putting up these hurdles. Moreover, the communication from the school is lousy. Georgetown has an incredible story to tell-- service-driven, internationally focused, in Washington, Catholic. George Washington spoke from Old North, for heaven's sake! Once a student expresses interest in GU, however, the school sends a brochure, and then communication ends. Other schools constantly reach out to prospective students to try to convince them to come (Vandy is a master at that). GU gives the impression that it's doing everybody a favor.
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Post by C86 on Dec 29, 2019 13:52:59 GMT -5
One thing that should not be overlooked is the current state of the physical plant. On a couple of recent visits it looked like maintenance is being deferred. The asphalt in the roadways was crumbling, the men's room in Pierce was out of order, and the steps to Healy between the cannons had gaps between the treads and the risers. And this is not just a grumpy old alum talking. My 17 yo daughter noticed it on her admission tour.
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Post by C86 on Dec 16, 2019 15:55:19 GMT -5
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Post by C86 on Dec 9, 2019 16:33:56 GMT -5
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Post by C86 on Nov 30, 2019 9:24:03 GMT -5
Thanks , Russky. I never would have figured that out on my own
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Post by C86 on Nov 29, 2019 18:04:18 GMT -5
Dr. Stephen Ray Mitchell (W’86, MBA’13), Alexandria, VA
I'm stumped. What does the W stand for?
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Post by C86 on Oct 22, 2019 15:04:04 GMT -5
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