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Conversely, exactly who's neighborhood is it OK to "revitalize" and/or "develop" in order to make room for more med school students? That's really not a population that's going to hunt around on craigslist -- their school is going to build them housing, displacing some local population.

Huh? Georgetown offers zero housing for its med students. GW offers a couple of options like HOVA and Columbia Plaza, but almost all GW med students do, in fact, hunt around on craigslist.

@andrew

GWU and GU seem content to remain small playgrounds for the rich at the undergraduate level, while having decent-but-limited programs at the graduate level.

None of our schools are on par with the Ivies or great research universities.

Over half of GU students receive financial aid, so it is not quite the "playground for the rich" that it may have been in the past. Certainly my experiences there have borne out a pretty wide range of SES among the student body, although the polos & pearls set remains noticeable.

As for research, for what it's worth, there are 108 RU/VH (Research University / Very High research activity level) universities as categorized by Carnegie (the former R1 classification). Georgetown and GW are both on that list.

@GWAlum

Don't put too much stock in these media-driven surveys and rankings. The George Washington University School of Medicine was the most competitive med school nationally in admissions last year.

Pretty good for a school that is only a couple of years removed from being put on accreditation probation! Sorry, couldn't resist a little ribbing ;)

@DAlpert

In addition to the NIH omission, you probably should have mentioned, at least in passing, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

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