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[quote=Anonymous]I work at one and graduated (undergrad and grad) from the other. Big questions for a kid considering both:

Do you want to be in a city or in a small town?

How important is campus beauty?

Does your kid want Greek life?

What’s your financial situation? (If you’re full-pay, it would be hard for me to justify Georgetown over UVA; if you’ll be getting financial aid, they’re both need-blind/meet-full-need, so the difference will be in the proportion of loans.)

How do you feel about Georgetown’s Jesuit/Catholic identity? (As a non-religious person who was raised Jewish, I find Georgetown’s ecumenical approach extraordinarily thoughtful and welcoming, and religious life is avoidable that’s your preference. But it is a Catholic university, which means issues like abortion are fraught. Also, the story about the president apologizing is apocryphal. Anyone who tells you Georgetown doesn’t “embrace Catholicism” has an ax to grind.)

How do you feel about the potential impact of Youngkin’s ability to appoint members to the BoV, which governs the school? (Within the next few years, virtually all appointees will be by Youngkin, which could have a lot of implications for what/how things are taught at UVA.)

I have kids applying to college soon, too, and these are all questions I’m thinking about; fwiw, although I like both schools a lot (and have legacy admissions advantages and financial benefits at both), I think it’s unlikely my kids will apply to either, given their personal preferences. But if cost were more of a factor, I’d happily nudge them toward either.[/quote]

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