what do you mean “heavily factor in real estate”?
– BC has a stronger conservative/catholic tradition than Georgetown, which is pretty liberal despite being Jesuit
– Georgetown is known for having a wealthier student body than BC
– BC Hockey, Georgetown basketball (not the greatest but there’s a lot of history and tradition in their program)
– Suburban vibe at BC vs more of an urban vibe at Georgetown
– Georgetown has a competitive nature (getting into clubs etc.) BC not so much (but this can be a pro or a con because some people thrive in a competitive environment.
– OF COURSE, it doesn’t really need to be said that Georgetown is more highly ranked and prestigious than BC.
@MYOS1634 He is asking if Georgetown counts home equity as aggressively as BC does in financial aid calculations.
Oh, ok. No, they don’t.
Georgetown is a little better overall, in my opinion. If they are even for fit and cost, or if you aren’t sure, I would choose Georgetown.
However, BC is a good school, and if you strongly prefer Boston and/or the (full) D1 sports scene… or if there is a sizable difference in cost… then BC would make sense.
For some context: Georgetown’s undergraduate peers include (IMO) Notre Dame, Washington U, Rice, Emory, Vanderbilt, and maybe CMU.
I have BC’s peers as Wake Forest, Lehigh, Tulane, U of Rochester, NYU, BU, Case, Brandeis… maybe Tufts and USC. Some have those last two in a different group.
BC is a 20 minutes by car to downtown, less than 40 minutos in metro (trolley, very slowly} B green line, but normally people from BC don’t go to downtown, not need to do it, you can find every things to do near campus, at 20 minutes by metro or less than 10 minutes by car o BC bus.
I think Georgetown have more international prestigious, But Boston is a great city for youngers, students everywhere.
Both are amazing options, congrats.
Have you run net price calcs for both? I did once and for us BC was unaffordable whereas Georgetown was almost as generous as an Ivy.
@momcinco I ran the NPC for BC and it was nowhere near the actual aid they offered for me so I’m a little bit cautious
Oh ok but do you mean more or less generous?
Also - if your family owns a business or farm, or your parents are divorced, or there are large expenses - those factors might have an effect.
@wisteria 100, BC being located somewhere near Springfield is no less amazing than the top American colleges suddenly being HYPSG, and BC apparently fighting it out with Bunker Hill Community College to be the 50th best college in Beantown. Most of this thread is fake news except for warblersrule’s post #15.
Great choices. Congratulations. We have the same choices but admitted students day(s) pushed it clearly to Boston College. Facilities. The vibe of the kids and smiles. Commitment to core and core renewal was excellent. My D is a premed and total STEM focus. Having a commitment to liberal arts for all as part of the educational process is important to her. No wrong choices here for you. USNWR has Gtown at 20 and BC 30. Forbes and elsewhere are similar. BCs business school is even better. PreMed counseling center is better at BC in our opinion as well. Know folks who went through both. Follow your heart and your head will be fine
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During the snowstorm last month- it was pretty crazy 
@privatebanker Were you in the standing room only Core Renewal presentation this past Sunday? We split with one son each and also attended freshman experience, psychology, residential life and I went with science son to the chemistry section, Entertaining, knowledgeable professor and a current senior highlighted the support for medical school application process. The hike to the dorm tour was a challenge but the students handled it.
Half of BC’s campus is within city limits. Half hour to downtown on trolley. 15 minute walk to Cleveland Circle.
Georgetown is a 5 minute walk to great stuff but a half hour subway to the mall. Anyone saying that DC has more opportunities than Boston is confused.
No bad choice here.
I asked my D this question as we visited both recently and she likes both. She picked G’town, but said BC felt like it had stronger community aspects. Since BC is getting not a lot of love on this thread, I’ll agree with @privatebanker that faculties and campus at BC is better and it seems friendlier and less stressful.
In terms of financial opportunities.
Boston is a top ten global financial center, DC is top 50.
Both have access to NYC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Financial_Centres_Index
The dorm was a hike. But probably good to help stay in shape! Biology professor from MIT was excellent. They just bought her a 300k microscope for research. Liked that they really encourage undergrad research. Good luck at Georgetown @wisteria100. She’ll love it!
@3sonsmom Yes we were in the SRO core lecture. Thought the two profs from different disciplines co-teaching the class was very novel. Also the small class staying together for two semesters with reflections discussion at night over dinner was interesting too. What did you think?
Agree with other posters that Georgetown has the stronger academic reputation and better alumni network.