<p>Georgetown:
Vibrant social life and local atmosphere, Catholic affiliation, incredible dorms, great city location, good academics, a bad varsity tennis team that I may be able to play on</p>
<p>Notre Dame:
Awe-inspiring campus, best food imaginable, Catholic affiliation, excellent premed and business programs for undergraduates, lots of school spirit and interhall sports, close-knit community of South Bend</p>
<p>I'm making a decision in the next two hours, so comments asap would be nice.</p>
<p>Washington, DC is a very expensive town! Son has friends at both Georgetown and George Washington U. Very costly! But, the glitz and glamour of a big city is atrractive.</p>
<p>I am very familiar with and like both schools. It depends on field of study and what college experience is good for you:</p>
<p>If you want to study:
International Relations - Georgetown
Government - Georgetown
Business - Notre DameLiberal Arts or Humanities - Notre Dame
premed or prelaw - either will
music - Notre Dame
Engineering or Architecture - Notre Dame
all other majors - either school</p>
<p>College experience:
More secular community - Georgetown
More Catholic community - Notre Dame
Conservative environment - Notre DameTight campus community - Notre Dame
dispersed urban community - Georgetown
basketball sports spirit - slight edge to Georgetown
football sports spirit - huge edge for notre dame
general sports. Spirit - notre dame
four seasons - notre dame
warmer weather - Georgetown
all others - either will do</p>
<p>After college:
General alumni network. notre dame
contacts in national politics or foreign service - Georgetown</p>
<p>I am very familiar with and like both schools. It depends on field of study and what college experience is good for you:</p>
<p>If you want to study:
International Relations - Georgetown
Government - Georgetown
Business - Notre Dame
Liberal Arts or Humanities - Notre Dame
premed or prelaw - either will
music - Notre Dame
Engineering or Architecture - Notre Dame
all other majors - either school</p>
<p>College experience:
More secular community - Georgetown
More Catholic community - Notre Dame
Conservative environment - Notre DameLiberal environment - Georgetown
Tight campus community - Notre Dame
dispersed urban community - Georgetown
basketball sports spirit - slight edge to Georgetown
football sports spirit - huge edge for notre dame
general sports. Spirit - notre dame
four seasons - notre dame
warmer weather - Georgetown
good campus food - Notre Dame
good restaurants outside campus - Georgetown
all others - either will do</p>
<p>After college:
General alumni network -notre dame
contacts in national politics or foreign service - Georgetown</p>
<p>wow that was a very informative list/description. It's so hard choosing between these two, since I genuinely really like both of them. I think it's going to be Notre Dame.</p>
<p>georgetown has a city though and i'm from los angeles, so i would rather go to school with city people than midwesterners. notre dame has nicer facilities but georgetown has more attractive girls</p>
<p>Many ND students will take issue with your conclusion and College *******'s conclusion about ND girls. :-) Those are "fighting words." I think both schools have physically attractive girls. You also need to factor in "inner beauty" and the girls from St. Mary's next door to ND (ND's "sister" school). Your "attractiveness" equation will shift significantly, which surprised me when I went through that exercise. Midwesterners are very nice and warm people. Rudeness and insensitivity are not virtues in the midwest. Washington DC is not Los Angeles...there are cities, and there are cities. Washington DC is a political city, which is great if you like that. But it's not New York, LA, San Francisco or Chicago. However, it is a great city for those who thrive on national and international politics. It is not a cosmopolitan city like those mentioned above. There is a large group of "citified" california/west coast and east coast students at ND. There are more international students in Georgetown because DC attracts international people, usually in the diplomatic, legal or political circles. There are more dorm and tailgate parties at Notre Dame. There are more great bars in DC, but very strict about age limit, so you can't enjoy them until you're 21. Restaurants are terrific near Georgetown, just be prepared to pay Los Angeles prices.
If physically attractive girls are very important to you, go to Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, or UCLA instead of Georgetown or Notre Dame. I hope you're a good looking guy, because you will have serious competition in Vanderbilt, Texas A&M and UCLA. The "hunks" are there, too.</p>
<p>Between Georgetown and Notre Dame, it's tough! You have to know yourself and know what you want out of your college experience. If you're premed...Georgetown has a medical school, Notre Dame does not. On the other hand, I read in a thread under Notre Dame that Notre Dame has one of the highest medical school admissions of their premed students.<br>
Georgetown has all the attractions of DC (museums, Congress, Supreme Court). ND has one of the highest endowments and is currently building a new science research center.
For many students, it may come to this:
More Catholic and more conservative school - Notre Dame
More secular and more liberal school - Georgetown
Very close campus community - Notre Dame
Urban school in a good city - Georgetown
The other factors seem to balance out.
It looks like you only have a few hours left to decide. If you're a praying person, now is the time to do it. Good luck! Fortunately, you have two good choices...there are no wrong answers.</p>
<p>the funny thing is, i soon realized georgetown did not really compare with nd academically and then began to stress out over nd versus northwestern. whatever, though. i made a choice.</p>
<p>georgetown's science programs and facilities (especially facilities) are quite poor compared to other top schools. notre dame not only provides an amazing level of attention to undergraduates (from what i've heard from a pre-med student who now attends michigan med school) and has excellent professors but also just finished constructing the jordan hall of science only a couple years ago, giving ND one of the most premier science facilities in the nation.</p>