<p>so i was just accepted off the georgetown waitlist yesterday (my dream school, major is nursing).. problem is, i have until tomorrow afternoon to call them back and decide if i want to go or not (i called to get an extension on my decision) but after all this time of not hearing from them for months and months, i have gotten used to the idea of going to villanova</p>
<p>it's not exactly an issue of money right now (the difference is about $8,000 more to go to georgetown) but is it common for people to turn down georgetown? yeah, it's a great school and what not.. i already turned down boston college and i think many people resented me for it but am i horrible person if i don't know where to go?</p>
<p>No, you are not a horrible person. But given that you have to call them tomorrow, you should probably find out where you want to go rather quickly.</p>
<p>A friend of mine struggled between going to one of HYP and Williams. That friend felt at home at Williams, but wanted to want to go to Princeton because people were pushing my friend in that direction. That person ultimately went to Williams, and I'm sure will do very well there. Another turned down HYP in order to go to a smaller but respected LAC.</p>
<p>The purpose of this story is to go where you want to go, not where people tell you to go or CC tells you to go or where the USNews tells you to go. Go where you WANT to. If Georgetown seems appealing to you because of its academics, it's in DC, or whatever, go there. Same for Villanova. </p>
<p>If you honestly care about prestige, then obviously go for Georgetown. It's also your dream school. But that is subject to change. If you are excited about Villanova and feel like you SHOULD be excited about Georgetown but aren't, then I think you can tell where you should go.</p>
<p>Disclaimer- I probably would too. But I have mega legacy ties there (all one side of my family). That said, I'm not even sure if I'm applying there, so it's not as if I have a huge bias.</p>
<p>Maybe you are having trouble making the rapid change in outlook since you are under time pressure. But fear of change should not stop you from the long view. If Georgetown has been your dream school and you decline it now, I think you may regret your decision for a long time. Why was Georgetown your dream school? Have your priorities changed? If not, then you should probably accept the offer and follow your dream.</p>
<p>Georgetown without a doubt. Not all that comparable. If someone offered you a Lexus or a Toyota for free which would you take. The 8k per year amortized over a life time is meaningless. My child faced a perplexing choice between a couple of great schools, free rides and the like, and choose Williams. You have never seen a happier student. A good friend who went to Yale and then Harvard said something like in the way of advice whatever happens in life though the ups and downs they can't take away the experience of a great education.</p>
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Maybe you are having trouble making the rapid change in outlook since you are under time pressure. But fear of change should not stop you from the long view. If Georgetown has been your dream school and you decline it now, I think you may regret your decision for a long time.
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<p>Very very good point. I was also kind of in the same situation as the OP over a month ago; just found out I'd gotten into my first choice school, after not hearing from them at all in April, and without knowing that I was even on the waitlist -_- I remember thinking that if they'd asked me to make a decision in the very same minute that I'd received the news, I wouldn't have accepted the offer. I had already gotten pretty excited with the idea of attending this other school, that it was so so hard to suddenly have to switch gears.</p>
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Why was Georgetown your dream school? Have your priorities changed? If not, then you should probably accept the offer and follow your dream.
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<p>I think these are really good questions to ask yourself.</p>
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<p>So this is basically what I did in the end. I thought, there must be a reason why I got the offer. This school had been my first choice all along, and now that I'd been given the chance to attend, it would be pretty stupid to turn them down, right? And I'd regret not going to my first choice college so much more than not going to the school I'd already enrolled at. So yeah.</p>
<p>Deep down, even when I was finding it hard to let go (and I still do now, a little), I think I always knew I'd go for my first choice in the end. To the OP: follow your heart, and I wish you all the best. :)</p>