<p>So I was fortunate enough to be admitted to Georgetown, as well as Boston College, from which I received a "Presidential Scholarship"in other words, a full tuition scholarship.</p>
<p>My current dilemma is that my heart says Georgetown (it was the only school I visited where I got that "gut feeling"), but BC would be the most rational choice. It's not that I didn't like BC when I visited, I just didn't get the same sense of belonging to a school as I did at Georgetown. I've since been battling between what my emotions are telling me vs. what I know would be the financially sound choice both immediately and down the road.</p>
<p>The major perks of the BC scholarship are:
- Full tuition for 4 years
- All-expenses-paid travel experiences to Italy and Nicaragua freshman and sophomore years, as well as being able to design your own study abroad experience the summer of sophomore year
- Placement in a professional internship the summer of junior year</p>
<p>I plan on majoring in the natural sciences, following a premed track, but I may be open to other majors as well. Financially speaking, if I were to go to BC, my parents would be able to pay for about half of medical school. Post-Georgetown, I would be on my own to pursue loan options. </p>
<p>I know that to many of you this will probably seem like a no brainer, but seeing as this is the Georgetown group, full of people who understand what it means to fall in love with Georgetown, I figured hearing your opinions may help.</p>
<p>I’m a junior who is planning on applying to both. I’ve seen both and I feel the same way about Georgetown. BC is offering you a pretty sweet deal, but it sounds like if you don’t go to GTown you’re gonna regret it big time. You don’t wanna look back on this in a couple of years and be ****ed at yourself. Talk to your parents about it though. They are the ones paying. If they say GTown is ok, then go for it!</p>
<p>I would strongly, strongly recommend BC because of the scholarship and perks. I am not a huge believer in the “gut feeling” – by mid fall reality sets in and the factors that lead to that feeling in your heart may not be as relevant to you. Although no one likes to think like this, you could always start at BC and then transfer if you don’t like it.</p>
<p>If money is an issue, go to Boston College. Then you will graduate from medical school without a lot of debt. Georgetown is an amazing experience, but it is a very expensive school in an expensive area. Make sure you are comfortable with the finances before turning down a full scholarship to a wonderful school. Good luck and congratulations.</p>
<p>Congratulations - both great schools. I have visited both - the scholar option must have been quite competitive - tuition paid $.
So what did you decide? Sounds like you will do well where ever you go. Best of luck.</p>
<p>Bumping this as I am interested to see what Brookside decided? BC PSP (tuition paid) or Georgetown. The financial perks and benefits to BC PSP seem hard to pass up and as I read it only 15 are offered this annually - not need based - WOW. Care to share your stats?
Congrats and thanks!</p>
<p>That’s a silly comment. Georgetown is a fine med school and DC is a great town to spend a few years studying in, even studying something as rigorous as medicine. </p>
<p>How do I know G-town is a fine med school, well, 1. I’ve spent the last 25 years with a lovely lady who graduated from it (and she has done swimmingly well-we both lived in DC during her med school years). </p>
<p>And, 2. All med schools are good med schools, unlike every other academic pursuit, medical education is exceedingly uniform and the standards are set nationally–accreditation sets the standards. That, of course, is why often public medical schools are the hardest to get into: the prospective medical student actually has the luxury to focus on cost/ debt/ and finance above all else in school selection. Location is a worthy second option in selecting a med school. Results are the same regardless of where you end up. And it’s been that way for a long, long time.</p>
<p>Back to the original question, just to reiterate what has already been said, both great schools of a similar vibe in/ near wonderful cities. Bottom line, of course, is that Presidential scholarship, you can’t say no to that, you just can’t.</p>