Notre dame vs bc vs gtown

SJUHawk
Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:33:55 +0000

Notre Dame - the best academically, the most catholic and most prefferred (50% yield)
Georgetown - very close academically to ND, more secular, good for poly Sci and international relations, etc. and pretty desireable (42% yield).
Boston College - a step down in academics and prestige, largest student body, intermediate in “catholicness,” less preferred by applicants (24% yield).


Notre Dame is the preeminent catholic college but its location turns off a lot of smart kids from the coasts. Georgetown is prestigeous too but has sold its soul to become so. BC is very good but is more like Villanova and Holy Cross in prestige than ND and Georgetown (i.e. few, if any choose BC over Georgetown).