<p>Dorm life, campus life, food, intermurals, academics, Christian life.</p>
<p>wow this thread has a very demanding feel to it</p>
<p>In just about every category, it’s 2 vs. 1. Two have immediate access to interesting cities. Two are unapologetic about being Catholic. Two have football teams that don’t lose to Marist. Two are Jesuit. Two have tons of Irish-American students. Two aren’t in the shadow of Ivies. Two have beautiful campuses. Two aren’t waging covert warfare to tailor their profile for acceptance into the Ivy League. Probably all 3 know how to spell “intramurals.” And all 3 get absolutely nuked on CC for daring to compete with the Old Guard of American academia.</p>
<p>^^hahahahahahahahahahahaha</p>
<p>Awesome vs awesome vs awesome.</p>
<p>Schmaltz…</p>
<p>LOL…so funny</p>
<p>*And all 3 get absolutely nuked on CC for daring to compete with the Old Guard of American academia. *</p>
<p>Actually all the schools in the US who are trying to better themselves get nuked by the old guard for daring not to permanently accept their low station in (academic) life.</p>
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<p>Hardly. If you want legitimate Catholic schools, look elsewhere, although ND is the closest. BC and Georgetown are borderline heretical in terms of how they view Church teaching.</p>
<p>Sorry about the intramural thing, this is on my iPod and it told me to type intermural</p>
<p>and which school is the one with the less than beautiful campus?</p>
<p>Georgetown.</p>
<p>Campuses: After visiting all three I would say that BC and Georgetown have very similar campuses. Notre Dame’s is much bigger and is out of their league aesthetically, but BC and Georgetown’s aren’t bad by any stretch of the imagination.</p>
<p>1) ND
2) BC
3) Georgetown</p>
<p>Food: Both BC and ND are well-known for having some of the best food country-wide (haven’t been exposed enough to Gtown’s to place judgement), but one difference is that most of BC’s dining options are a la carte (as opposed to buffet-style at ND) which means you get less bang for your buck.</p>
<p>1) ND
2) BC
3) Georgetown</p>
<p>**Christian Life: **Notre Dame has the most Catholics and is probably the most actively religious school of the three. Boston College is in the middle; I think that religion is important to BC, but I don’t think that it plays as big a role in everyday life as it does at ND. Georgetown is barely Catholic.</p>
<p>1) ND
2) BC
3) Georgetown</p>
<p>Dorm Life: Notre Dame has one of the most amazing dorm systems around the country. Dorms are all single-sex and become like fraternities and sororities because of the close ties that develop between members of one dorm. ND does have parietals, though, which is a big drawback for some people. Boston College has two campuses for freshman dorms. Some students get stuck on Newton campus, which is a short busride away, but most Newtonites end up loving their time on Newton because of the tight community that forms there. Upperclassmen have a lot of options (off-campus, dorms, suite-style living, apartment-style living), and there are some very nice new dorms on lower campus. Some students are only guaranteed 3 years of housing and have to move off campus junior year, but almost everyone comes back to campus senior year. The mods for seniors are party central. Georgetown students have good options as well. Freshman dorms are mediocre, but there is a lot of nice apartment-style living on campus, and if you’re lucky (and/or wealthy) you could get the opportunity to live in a townhouse in the surrounding Georgetown neighborhood.</p>
<p>1) ND
2) Georgetown
3) BC</p>
<p>Intramurals: All have very big intramural programs, so any of the three will be fine in that regard. Notre Dame has the one of the only full-pad tackle football intramural programs. </p>
<p>Looking at my rankings, I see that ND was first in each category, but I want to stress that in all of these categories, the rankings are very, very close (except christian life maybe). My advice is to visit all three and decide which one feels most comfortable to you.</p>
<p>campus beauty: ND, BC, Gtown
location: BC, Gtown, ND
academics: ND, Gtown, BC
politics: Gtown… ND, BC</p>
<p>Academics: All are outstanding across the board, and any differences in quality will depend on your prospective major. Honestly, they aren’t far enough apart to justify choosing based on academic strength. Pick the one you like most; they’re all incredible academically, so the most important thing is making sure you’ll be somewhere that you’re happy.</p>
<p>In terms of academics, name recognition, and prestige i think Georgetown is better than the other two by quite a bit </p>
<p>Dorms: Notre Dame is amazing, Georgetown is very good especially after freshman year (town houses off campus), and BC is good but not compared to these two </p>
<p>Location: This is tough to say because it depends what you like. If you like being in a city and are interested in internships DC is tough to beat. If you want to be in a very traditional college town BC is great for this. And if you just want an aesthetically pleasing environment you will find few better than ND</p>
<p>Might add Holy Cross to the list. HC has the highest alumni giving rate of those 4 schools, has very nice campus, rich athletic history, and strong academic tradition.</p>
<p>I’d agree that Holy Cross belongs in just about any discussion of the other 3 schools.</p>
<p>Georgetown is the most prestigious. BC also has the city advantage that Georgetown has. Notre Dame has good football. Holy Cross is in the dumpiest city in the U.S. but it has a pretty good rep.</p>
<p>South Bend is pretty rough as well.</p>
<p>“Notre Dame has good football.”</p>
<p>That’s right, after all ND beat BC last year, which snapped a six game losing streak against them…</p>
<p>How about Financial Aid comparisons for the three?</p>