<p>I have been accepted to the University of Scranton and Loyola University Maryland. I have visited both campus' many times. I really like Loyola a lot. Plus it has very good academics. I am receiving my scholarship package in mid-February. To be honest, i dont think i'll get much if any at all. I got $7500 per year at Scranton. I like Scranton a lot but the city itself is not the most exciting. At Loyola i have all of Baltimore to explore. I truly want to go to Loyola to be honest. However, my girlfriend is going to a college nearby Scranton (Marywood) and it would really be nice to be near her all throughout college. We have been together for awhile now. I mean i wouldnt mind going to Scranton at all because it has good academics and ill be near my gf. Loyola is the school that i reallyy want to go to. But then ill be far away from her. I know that college is more important than relationships. If i go to Loyola then we are still going to stay with each other. It will just be hard. I am really in a tricky situation here. Can anybody compare Loyola to Scranton for me? I would greatly appreciate it. I just wanna know which one is a better school so i can make my decision. Thank you so much!</p>
<p>As a parent, I’m going to tell you something that you aren’t going to want to hear. You should never, ever choose a college because friends or a girlfriend are going there (or near there.) </p>
<p>If you do, you are not only closing yourself off to opportunities that might be better for you, but you are also putting her in the very awkward position of feeling “obligated” to you because you chose a school based on where she will be. </p>
<p>People do stay together through college- both my husband’s brothers married their high school sweethearts. If it is meant to be, it will happen. If you like Loyola the best, and you can afford it, then that’s where you should go.</p>
<p>Just a mom’s opinion, and the same thing I will tell my sons.</p>
<p>Outstanding wisdom … too often wasted on the starry eyed puppy lovers. As noted, news too many don’t wanna hear or adhere to. :(</p>
<p>I totally understand what you guys are saying. I am not going to choose my college based on my girlfriend. She just makes it…difficult lol. I just want to know which school is better, Loyola University Maryland or University of Scranton?? Thanks a lot</p>
<p>Is she in or out of your decision? Remember, YOU are the one “just saying?”</p>
<p>Snickers or Milky Way? Which is “better?” </p>
<p>There’s your answer.</p>
<p>I would say that based on admissions stats, that Loyola MD is somewhat more selective. However, you would get an excellent education at either school. If the scholarship is important to your family finances, that should be factored in to the decision. I agree with the above posters though – don’t base your college choice on your girlfriend – if it is meant to last, it will regardless of what colleges you both attend.</p>
<p>xEM1N3Mx… You have two great Jesuit schools from which to choose. I dated a beautiful young lady form Marywood throughout my four years of college. I attended college some 130 miles away and needed to work my way through school. We did get to see each other for dances and ocassional weekends, as well as breaks and summers.
The long distance relationship worked out very well for us. Now thirty years later, our oldest DS is a sophomore at Loyola Maryland!
This is just one perspective. If it were meant to be, you will make it work.
Good luck with your decision.</p>