<p>Georgetown is the 9th most prestigious university in the world? HAHAHA. Okay, seriously… let’s at least try to be serious. The truth is … only like 5-7 universities are consistently known by people around the world… the others are in very few people’s minds.</p>
<p>Disclosure; I have worked as a high level manager for two Fortune 200 companies on the east coast. I have recruited / hired from numerous schools. Here is my list compiled from my interactions with numerous hiring managers and recruits over the last several years. Please note, these are my observations, not what I actually know to be true. </p>
<p>Tier 1</p>
<p>Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Standord</p>
<p>Tier 2</p>
<p>CalTech, UPenn, Columbia, Northwestern, Dartmouth</p>
<p>Tier 3</p>
<p>Cornell, Duke, Brown, Georgetown, Berkeley</p>
<p>Also,</p>
<p>The three top LACs; Williams, Swarthmore, Amherst would fall between tiers 1 and 2.</p>
<p>Top schools like; UofC, WashU, Hopkins are great schools, just not as well known and prestigous in certain circles.</p>
<p>Berkeley is good, but I excluded state schools. Lay people believe that Georgetown is incredibly prestigious for some reason.</p>
<p>Maybe because something like a half dozen current Heads of State went there.</p>
<p>exactly :)</p>
<p>Correction to the list above: UChicago should replace Northwestern in the second tier, and Northwestern should then move to the third. I definitely think that Duke belongs in the second as well, but, as a Dukie, I’m obviously biased.</p>
<p>It’s only on CC that people think there is a difference between Chicago and Northwestern in terms of prestige. lol</p>
<p>I honestly wonder why does it matter how prestigious a school is; I mean which job interviewer is going to give you the job because you went to Yale/Harvard? Not many I think.</p>
<p>There ARE tangible benefits to graduating from HYPMS with a good degree. Many doors open.</p>
<p>Yes, that is true, but many people make it seems as if you can get a job just because you have so and so school on your degree. The doors open, but you still aren’t gauranteed anything.</p>
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<p>A degree from HYPMS or other prestigious institutions that may excel in a particular field may help tip the balance between two otherwise equal candidates.</p>
<p>Once again, that is true, but my arguement is that some people on this site make it seems as if just having the NAME will get you the job.</p>
<p>^Oh, the latter assertion is incorrect. Boost =/= job, as you have correctly noted.</p>
<p>Thank you, and congratulations on Harvard; It is such a great school, how is it there?</p>
<p>I don’t know if we’re still posting lists, but I’ll add my two cents:</p>
<p>Harvard
Oxford
Cambridge
Yale
Imperial College London
MIT
Stanford
McGill
Princeton
Brown
Penn
Swiss Federal Institute
University of Chicago
Columbia
University College London</p>
<p>^^I’ve yet to begin studying there, but I’ll have an answer for you in a few months. ;)</p>
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<p>I’m from eastern Europe and would indeed agree that Georgetown is prestigious. After all, Clinton went there and the school is a political science juggernaut…</p>
<p>^Well, Georgetown is prestigious in certain fields but not in others, which when compared to institutions with more prestige in all of their fields may lead some to believe that it is not on the same level as some of the generally accepted “prestigious” institutions.</p>
<p>“I’m from eastern Europe and would indeed agree that Georgetown is prestigious. After all, Clinton went there and the school is a political science juggernaut…”</p>
<p>It is?</p>
<p>[Rankings</a> - Political Science - Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-political-science-schools/rankings]Rankings”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-political-science-schools/rankings)</p>
<p>^ Last time I checked- you dont ned a PhD to run for political office. You would notice that Puneur did not say “in academia its a political juggernaut” since Clinton was not a PhD professor. </p>
<p>Also most graduate school rankings are based on size and research output- hence why all rich universities dominate top graduate departments. If you can fund the stipends of a large number of graduate slaves then you can produce large research output and voila everyone reads your research papers and consequently you have a high PA score giving even your subpar undergrads the chance to claim to be geniuses lol</p>