<p>So, I've been getting some good input without asking for it on the transfer forum and finally decided to cave and ask for more input.
Please don't call me crazy for considering turning down Yale for Georgetown, that's all I ask!</p>
<p>So, I was admitted to both Georgetown College and Yale College for a transfer for fall 2014. I have not visited Yale, and will be visiting both schools in the upcoming weeks. I'm a political science major (pol econ at Georgetown), and have spent a summer in DC already and will be spending this summer in DC as well- both interning on the Hill.</p>
<p>I absolutely fell in love with Georgetown and DC, and Georgetown is the school that made me want to transfer. I have friends at Georgetown, and it just feels comfortable to me already- not based on the school itself, more on the fact that I know that I will have a group of people when I get there immediately. As a poli sci major, the opportunities to intern around DC are a huge draw for me as well. Georgetown does not have the same reputation as Yale though, of course, and when it comes to political science the major at Yale is much more legitimate in my mind.</p>
<p>However, when I was applying, I decided to throw in an application for Yale (and several other schools) while I was at it. I never expected to get in, but it's been the school I've wanted to go to since I was a kid, mostly based on the student life aspects of it all (res colleges in particular) as well as the incredible doors having a Yale education will open for me, and the community at Yale. However...New Haven is not DC, and I don't know anyone at Yale, which intimidates me coming in as a junior transfer.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any more input? I don't have a credit eval from Georgetown yet, Yale I'm a few credits behind but planning on trying to make that up next summer. Financial aid/money is not a concern, I am very fortunate in that. I am incredibly lucky to have to make a decision between two fantastic schools, and while I'm hoping visiting will help make up my mind, I would appreciate any advice.</p>
<p>Anyone? Any input would be helpful.</p>
<p>Go with your heart. Don’t be swayed by prestige.</p>
<p>Go visit both of them. Sit in on classes. Chat with the professors that you would be working with. See what you think.</p>
<p>And yes, it is perfectly fine to turn Yale down if you decide to do that. Just because you got in, doesn’t mean you have to go there. Lots of people have turned it down over the years, and not just for places on the HYPSM list.</p>
<p>Thank you. I’m visiting both next weekend- classes are out for the year at both, so I won’t be able to sit in on classes but I will at least be able to get a better idea of both. I’ve been told my decision will probably end up being 10% hard facts and research and my brain, and 90% will be going with my gut/my heart. </p>
<p>Hopefully, visiting really will make my decision a lot easier.</p>
<p>Yale had 1,013 transfer applicants, they accepted only 31 students, and out of the 31 of them, 5 students turned down the offer. If you want to turn down the offer, please do it asap. I am pretty sure there is at least one waitlister who is praying everyday that he/she will get a phone call from Yale anyday now. Anyway, if I were you I would go with Yale. Your hesitation to go to Yale is not really good enough to turn it down. But the choice is yours. So, all the best! :)</p>
<p>I will of course turn down the offer as soon as I’ve made my decision- but I have a few more weeks before the response deadline so I’m planning on using as much time as I need to decide! I’m leaning towards Yale right now, so here’s hoping I’ll make my decision soon.</p>
<p>Don’t let your group of friends at Georgetown sway your decision. I don’t know your specific situation but the vast majority of people in college don’t stay close to friends they knew before they entered,unless you are in the same major/year/activities. You don’t want not knowing people at Yale to be the reason you turn it down. If you feel like you fit in better witht he general community/culture at Georgetown, that’s a different story.</p>
<p>The friends I have at Georgetown are friends that I met while interning in DC last summer, and we are in the same major/year/and interested in the same things, so it’s definitely a different situation than if they were high school friends- I have high school friends at Georgetown as well, but we’ve grown so far apart that it’s really not a factor to me. However, I still think that I should not make my decision based on people I know at Georgetown, because of course I’ll be able to make friends and meet people at Yale as well! </p>