Hi all - I’m a rising senior who’s very interested in both Georgetown and Tufts, but I can’t decide which school I want to ED to. Basically I was wondering if someone could compare them in terms of:
-research opportunities for premed students
-social/party scenes/ greek life
-location (DC vs Boston)
Like clockwork, someone asks a question like this and it needs to be pointed out that Georgetown does NOT have early decision (ED). They have a variant on early action (EA), in which your early admission is not binding on the applicant but Georgetown does not allow you to apply early decision to any other school if you apply EA to them. Georgetown EA results, historically, have mirrored regular decision so most seem to believe that there is no advantage to applying early admission other than perhaps hearing sooner.
Your choice is Georgetown EA then Tufts RD, or Tufts ED and then if not admitted apply Georgetown RD.
Or, if you apply to Georgetown EA and are deferred, they will put you in the RD pool and you could apply to Tufts EDII.