Anonymous wrote:Would like To hear from All especially the uva boosters

What reason would you have to give up a guaranteed business school admit at McDonough in Georgetown for uva ?

Money.
UVA in state is 48k, GTown is 92k. That is a large difference to many. If money is not an issue then McDonough at Georgetown is the much better choice over trying to get into McIntire

Anonymous wrote:If parent works at GU the child has no choice. Nepotism and free tuition is automatic entry. I know things.

Don't be bitter.
You clearly don't know things and don't have your facts straight.
GU admission is not guaranteed nor is tuition free for employees' kids.

If parent works at GU the child has no choice. Nepotism and free tuition is automatic entry. I know things.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do so many people on this forum not understand that money is an issue for the vast majority of families?

The vast majority? No. You must have your kids in public high school.

Yeah, that’s the vast majority, stooge.

We are in state VA so there's that, and I too am really concerned with what I've read about the GU dorms. My kid has health issues too so that's not a minor concern.

It strikes me that the feel of these two schools is very different. What does the kid want?

May be off topic in this thread, but I wonder if Duke, Vanderbilt, Emory, etc. may have a similarly large distribution of students from northern states.

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Anonymous wrote:Many, many NOVA families pick UVA over Georgetown, and many more who figure they’re likely to get into both don’t even bother applying to Georgetown because they know they won’t go there. It makes zero sense financially, academically, or socially for any Virginia resident whose kid can get into UVA to go to Georgetown. It is not a popular school south of the Potomac.

Intersting statement. I hav a family member at Georgetown and almost all of their cloesest friends are from North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia.

I was talking specifically about Virginia, where it makes a little sense to go to Georgetown over UVA.

But, since you brought it up, College Factual reports that in a recent entering class at Georgetown there were only 21 students from NC and 26 from Georgia, as compared to 211 from New York, 159 from California and 139 from New Jersey. Virginia is only the sixth most represented state on the Georgetown campus, despite being just across the river. The school is heavily northeastern - more students from Massachusetts than Virginia and just as many from Pennsylvania. Your relative and his friends are clearly in the minority.

Lot to say about 2 above average at best schools with little wow factor.

Anonymous wrote:Would like To hear from All especially the uva boosters

What reason would you have to give up a guaranteed business school admit at McDonough in Georgetown for uva ?

Can I ask why are you deciding now? Did you recently get off a waitlist?

Anonymous wrote:UVA has an architecture program, a teacher's college, a nursing college, an engineering school and a few others I'm probably forgetting. I don't think Georgetown offers those.

GU nursing is a great program.

Anonymous wrote:Many, many NOVA families pick UVA over Georgetown, and many more who figure they’re likely to get into both don’t even bother applying to Georgetown because they know they won’t go there. It makes zero sense financially, academically, or socially for any Virginia resident whose kid can get into UVA to go to Georgetown. It is not a popular school south of the Potomac.

Intersting statement. I hav a family member at Georgetown and almost all of their cloesest friends are from North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia.

UVA has an architecture program, a teacher's college, a nursing college, an engineering school and a few others I'm probably forgetting. I don't think Georgetown offers those.

Isn’t UVA in-state $50k? That’s not much cheaper than Georgetown.

Anonymous wrote:How hard is it to get into McIntire once you're at UVA? I don't know that, and that would determine my answer (assuming $ isn't a factor).

Around 50 percent acceptance rate , and remember this is not like high school acceptance rate , it’s from the top kids