First of all, my boyfriend and I are more mature than the normal high school couple. We have been together since my freshman year. He is going to attend Tennessee Tech, a college close to home. It’s been my dream ever since I was an 8th grader to attend Georgetown, but now, that dream is faded because of my love for him. I could also attend UT honors, which is not far away from Tennessee Tech. I love the UT Honors program. I plan to go into medicine, and he plans to become an engineer for Y-12. Thanks!
If your love is strong, it will last through the separation. And your boyfriend will want you to fulfill your dreams, and you will want the same for him.
If your love does not last, would you want to have given up your dream school?
Attend the best college for you.
Visit your boyfriend on breaks. Communicate daily by Skype and other social media methods. If your love is going to last anyway, it will last!
While I do think we could handle a ldr, I just don’t want to go for months without seeing him. I think it would be terrible. 
Did you get accepted to Georgetown? If not see if you get accepted 1st before you worry about this.
I wouldn’t give up a “dream” school for a boyfriend. What if something happens and you are no longer together (I know that seems inconceivable now, but it happens)? You don’t want to forever regret not going to your first choice school. Is your boyfriend supportive of your going out of state?
I’m applying for 2018, but I’m a VERY planned person! 
@sensation723
With communications today, you can ‘see’ him every day on Skype or other media. If you visit him one weekend and he visits you one weekend, see each other at home for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and spring breaks, there will rarely be a 4 month stretch.
But it is up to you. UT is a good school too.
I do love Georgetown, but I’d be perfectly happy at UT honors, so I’m just really confused. He wants me to choose whichever college I like the best, but I just think life would be a lot better near him. Also, at UT, I would have an easier time of making it to the top of the class, which is what I like. @Emsmom1
Are you retaking the ACT? I see from another thread that it’s a 31.
@twoinanddone That’s a good point. Maybe we could do a little test drive of that first!
@suzy100 I recently scored a 34!
I tell everyone I know (including my kids) to NEVER move anywhere solely for a love interest.
Do not plan your life around someone else at this stage of your life. It would be unwise. On so many levels. You’re a smart girl. You know this or you would not have posted.
apply both places and see where you get in. between now and april is a long time. All through last year my D and her BF keep thinking of how to keep near each other applying to schools that were close (engineering and poly sci) . For them, in the end, D is going to dream school and BF is going to the best school for him. If they are meant to be, after 4 years. they will get together again. For now ENJOY the relationship, APPLY to both schools, and dont worry about a decision until APRIL. You have not gotten into Georgetown yet.
I don’t believe in dream schools, and I also don’t believe a college decision should be made based on a teenage relationship. I would apply to both with an open mind - you don’t need to make a decision for months. In the meantime, I would think hard about what Georgetown offers that UT does not (what is it that makes Georgetown your dream school?) and vice versa (what would you be giving up to be nearer your BF at UT?). Also consider the relative finances, particularly if you are planning on professional school.
Just keep in mind that no matter how mature the two of you are, most high school relationships end. Consider how you would feel about your college decision if you and your boyfriend were to break up during your college years.
I am a realist about these things. The likelihood of you staying together forever is small, being honest. Let’s say you do not apply to Gtown and go to your local college so you can be near him. What happens if you break up? Or what if you begin to resent that you stayed local to be near him? Are you depriving yourself of the chance of a top-notch education, and to meet new people and have new experiences by staying local? You may both be mature, but you still have plenty of growing to do. It would be a shame to possibly limit your opportunities because of your relationship.
I had a long-distance, overseas boyfriend for five years. We wanted to make it work, and it did, until it didn’t anymore. If your relationship is strong enough, it will last.
It is probably a lot easier to transfer from Gtown to UT than the other way around.
This is an intensely personal question. Nobody knows you better than you.
Life is full of mistakes. None of us knows which decision if any will be a mistake, but only you know how you feel. Don’t be afraid to take risks and make mistakes in the name of your happiness. I think that love is a perfectly good reason to take a risk despite all of the conventional wisdom and statistics that says it isn’t. There would be many fewer good movies if people didn’t take risks for love. Whatever mistake you make, you will recover from it to go on and make new ones. What ever you decide, I can say for sure that fear of making mistakes can impede your overall success in achieving your goals.
My crystal ball is in the shop so I can’t say for sure that if you stay close to each other, that your love will last for ever. I can’t say for sure that if you go to Georgetown that you will be miserable being apart. The future is uncertain and you can only make your best forecast as to which decision will make you happier. Make it and live with it.
Just to add all issues for your consideration - What if you go to school near him and do stay together, at least for a while? Will you regret not going to Georgetown and resent giving that up for him? Are you the kind of person who keeps score or holds grudges?