Georgetown or Stanford???

i don't know specifics about georgetown, but you can't beat stanford's weather and location in my opinion. they're also obviously a very good academic school in addition to their excellent sports. and there's the wildcard: a jamba juice in the middle of campus.

you shouldn't have to make a decision that soon if you're an entering hs senior; your apps aren't due until november at the earliest. even athletes don't have to decide in august. go visit them both, looking at the running situation and the academic situation (i.e. sit in on some classes in your anticipated field) and see what your feelings are after that.

stanford, hands down, in every aspect, better choice than gtown

I'm calling the BS on this post. He either does not have a clue or is lying because a decision is not needed this early.

I go to Georgetown, and I dont have a single complaint. I absolutely love it. Drop me an email if you want to know anything about the campus, etc.

Nothing but good things to say about Georgetown. Program has a proud tradition, is in a great city, and they've proven in the past few years that elite mid-d athletes can succeed in their environment. More importantly, the degree will take you anywhere you want to go.

In my case, the degree took me about 3 blocks off campus, but thats a seperate story.

Both are fabulous schools. Both have have fabulous track programs. Stanford has a better location, and better quality of life atmosphere. But Gtown has the city thing going.

Stanford is ranked higher than Gtown in US News & World Report. Track aside, Stanford is considered a better school. Considering that they both have quality programs, and Gtown's isn't enough to upend how much higher Stanford is in the magazine rankings, Stanford is the better school.

But, who knows, you might get rejected, and GTown wouldn't be a bad fall back.

That was exact choice I had to make after I got admitted. Georgetown was my favorite school on the East Coast, better and more down to earth than Harvard or MIT or I'm-a-PRINCE-ton. I ended up choosing Stanford for the entire experience.

It was well worth it. good luck.

yeah bro im bein recruited by both and others and i dont need to make my decision untill like april. ever heard of offical visits man??? maybe ill see ya on one.

stanford is Early Action (non-binding) so you might as well apply early.

For what it is worth, the only reason that G-town is ranked so low (if you consider their ranking low) is because it is funded by the Catholic Church. In other words, their endowment isnt much compared to the Havard/MIT/Princeton's of the world. Take this out of the equation (seriously do the math for yourself) and G-town factors out as one of the top 7 schools in the United States. Of course, money may mean more resources etc. The bottom line is that if you ask any big name employer, they rank G-town on par with every other school in ranked in the top 10.

Both Stanford and G-town are great schools. You will receive equal social and academic experiences at both. Pick your school based upon where you fit in best and you wont go wrong.

Richard Hill

GU '01

What a joke Georgetown is. They do not even have a track. They have to travel to a local high school. I'm sure the coaches haven't shared that with you though. They try to avoid the question when you ask "where's the track?"

Sorry...that excuse only works when you dont have a world champs qualifier, a sub 29 10k runner and one of the best middle distance programs in the nation. Track or no track, Gtown is doing something right.

stanford had 2 world champ qualifiers and a sub 28 10ker

njl2 wrote:

stanford had 2 world champ qualifiers and a sub 28 10ker

The point of his post wasn't to say that G-Town's program produces more success stories, it was to shut up the idiot who seemed to think that G-Town was a terrible school by itself, based largely on the "having no track" thing.

In other words, his response had nothing to do with Stanford, so don't bother bringing that "stanford had 2 world champ qualifiers . . . " stuff into the conversation, it's non sequiter.

Richard Hill ('01 Hoya Alumni) wrote:

Both Stanford and G-town are great schools. You will receive equal social and academic experiences at both.

Sorry guy, but georgetown's academic experience is not at the same level as stanford, you really cannot argue that.

Richard Hill ('01 Hoya Alumni) wrote:

For what it is worth, the only reason that G-town is ranked so low (if you consider their ranking low) is because it is funded by the Catholic Church. In other words, their endowment isnt much compared to the Havard/MIT/Princeton's of the world. Take this out of the equation (seriously do the math for yourself) and G-town factors out as one of the top 7 schools in the United States. Of course, money may mean more resources etc. The bottom line is that if you ask any big name employer, they rank G-town on par with every other school in ranked in the top 10.

Both Stanford and G-town are great schools. You will receive equal social and academic experiences at both. Pick your school based upon where you fit in best and you wont go wrong.

Richard Hill

GU '01

I agree with most of your post, but G-Town is not one of the top 7 schools academically in the country. It's a great school, but counting national schools as wells as the top liberal arts schools - there are many better. G-Town is a safety school for the kids going to Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Williams, etc. Of course, you can still get a great education there.

I toured G-Town and there were tons of gorgeous girls walking around. My friend went there though and said he never saw any hot girls and wondered where they all disappeared to. I don't think you'll have this problem at Stanford.

If Julie Henner had gotten the Stanford job, I would have said Stanford. If she had stayed at Georgetown, I would have said Georgetown. Now I don't know.

too many Catholics at G'TOWN and CLINTON went there.

DC800 wrote:

a seperate story.

Maybe that's why.