GW or UW-Madison?

Cheapseats
Sat, 13 May 2006 16:20:05 +0000

There are whole lot of indians in the DC area, expecially in the richer parts to the north of DC in Maryland and the North west in Viriginia. I am indian and live here. I would think few than .5% of madison would be indian. I was in between UMD and Wisconsin and chose UMD because it is diverse, near DC which is HUGE for internships, and most of all it was cheaper and I did not have to wait to get into the business school as it is a 4 year program for those admitted as freshmen unlike UW which is 2 years.

Now Wisconsin is a great school and GWU has competition in the DC area. G-town UMD, GW and American are all right here and are all goo. UDC is here but I don’t think anyone thingks that is a good school. G-town gets the most reputation points around here then umd, then GW, and then American. GW got a 3.4 Peer assessment ranking by USNEWS, AMerican got a 2.9, UMD a 3.7 and G-town a 4.0 which is just about what people in the area think. Those internship opportunities will be competitive but then again there just are so many.

Now going deeper. HEre are the rankings by gourman provided by collegehelp in this thread http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=171420&page=6&pp=15 look at posts 70 and 71 and see that UWisc is MUCH, MUCH higher. Its peer assessment by USNEWS is a 4.2 ranking it 20th by that standard. Just because GW is called George Washington doesn’t mean it is going to be amazing at politics. Both UMD and G-town have ranked higher both in Gourman and by the NRC, but that ranking can’t be seen now, in PS. UMD if I remember was 27 G-town was 36 adn GW was like 48 or something but I could be wrong about the numbers but i am 99% sure of the order. UW was TOP 10 in that NRC ranking for political science. THere is competition and GW is not on top is all i am saying in this area. For international stuff it goes G-town, GW, UMD, American.

THis is the ranking for International Biz http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=163323&page=3&pp=15 post number 35.

UW is higher again. UW is a better school by far in my honest opinion. I have lived here forever and while GW was considered good i never thought of it as amazing. UW is not a political black hole though. It is the capital of a state and is stuck with students from one school, UW, though there are more of them. Madison is a great liberal american town. Smart people andgood opportunities. You are not going to get an international type of internship like you will in DC but it is better than GW.

If you are really into the internship stuff you can get one over the summer in DC from Wisconsin adn I really think Wisconsin would hold a strong name. At GW you wouldn’t have to move away during the summer but you can’t stay at the university either, can you? UW I think is a better school and is better regarded and can give you opportunites in Madison but not focused internationally but you can get that over the summer in DC anyways.

Both are good schools, congrats.