<p>I am in a huge dilemma! I just returned from visiting both schools and love both of them; they each have their positives and their negatives:</p>
<p>GT-great city, awesome resources for part-time jobs, old traditions, lots of history</p>
<p>Duke-amazing campus, everyone is soo friendly and happy, felt at home when i visited, great weather, great facilities</p>
<p>About me: i'm interested in sciences, specifically physics, and I'm thinking about pre-med. Also, I'm into music and community service. I'm from a large public school in NY. Oh, and I can see myself at both schools! Negatives: GT-campus lacking in facilities, too compact for me; Duke-very rural, party-hardy</p>
<p>I was in the same situation... but I ended up choosing Gtown MSB over Duke because I wanted to do Finance and have a career on Wall Street... MSB just had an advantage over Duke in that sense, but I'm not too sure about pre-med/sciences...</p>
<p>It depends on what you're looking for. I'd say sciences overall are probably stronger at Duke, in terms of the doing a lot of research, getting a lot of money, having better facilities sort of way. </p>
<p>By the same token, the Georgetown science faculty, although small, is probably overqualified. Georgetown has the most family-friendly policies for tenure-track professors of any of its peer institutions, so Georgetown attracts many professors/researchers who might be in an Ivy League science program, but end up at Georgetown because they want to have kids and stay on the tenure track. </p>
<p>The smaller number of science majors and nearly non-competetive nature of the pre-med students can be a huge plus both for your own sanity and access to professors. And Georgetown pre-med students do extremely well in admissions to medical schools. I think the biggest downside is the currently sad status of the science facilities here, which is changing. Construction on the new science complex is starting next year.</p>