Advice Please - College Choices

Sportkidmom
Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:34:59 +0000

My D is looking into speech pathology/therapy. Loyola has the undergrad program, Georgetown does not. Her other considerations were physical therapy or occupational therapy. The undergrad degree for those can be fulfilled at both schools with either a biology/human science major. All require either a masters or doctorate. If she does want to study speech at GT, it would require taking extra prerequisite courses before entering a grad program. I also believe clinical experience is recommended/required for all of them.
She loves both schools - the campus, area, coach, and team. My D’s apprehension with GT is the high level of academics (and the supposed heavy workload). It’s a very selective school, taking only the top 3%, so she would be in with some pretty strong students. She is a good student, take honors and some AP courses, and has decent enough SAT’s. But she feels she might be outclassed so to speak.
I just don’t know if it is worth it to push her to work so hard for the “Georgetown education”. In the end, both schools will hopefully get her the same end result.
Again, any input is welcomed.