<p>hey, I’m trying to decide between colleges. All the colleges on my list are great academically, I’m only worried about how I’ll fit in at each one if I get in.</p>
<p>My question is how easy is it to fit in at schools like BC and Georgetown… Do you have to really take initiative to meet people since there is no Greek life to basically hand you friends? </p>
<p>Applying to BC and Georgetown Early Action seems to make the most sense, but I want to make sure I have the most fun possible in college. </p>
<p>Basically I’m asking… Are BC and Georgetown FUN and easy to fit into since I hear a lot about some people being mean, arrogant, rich, etc. THanks!</p>
<p>I have a child at Georgetown and a child at BC, so I can give you my view as a parent. Each child loves his/her school. While both have commented on the excess/wealth they see, both have found a great group of friends and are quite happy. They both attended public high school, but most of their college friends were educated in private high school settings. I guess we would be considered middle to upper middle class, but we are frugal New Englanders! Both are very involved in their schools and have found the academic programs at both institutions challenging and rewarding. The sports teams are great. BC has great football, basketball and hockey while Georgetown’s basketball greatness is returning. Both are beautiful schools, but very different: a beautiful urban school in Georgetown (if they can just get rid of that awful library!) and a truly glorious suburban setting for BC (and what’s not to like about nearby Boston?). If financial aid is an issue, then Georgetown gets the nod. The school has given us wonderful financial aid (even at our income bracket, due to multiple children in school at the same time), while BC is notoriously cheap in that regard. I feel truly blessed that two of my children are studying at such fine institutions. Visit both campuses and make your decision based on your own findings, not on what you have read on different postings. You will find snobby, entitled people wherever you go, but you will also find nice, enthusiastic, interesting people as well. Good luck in your search and…GO SOX!</p>
<p>Thanks Dogwood, your post was VERY helpful! (too bad you’re a Red Sox fan haha) I lucked out that you have a kid at each one of these colleges!</p>
<p>Anyway, I spent 10 days at Georgetown and thought the campus was beautiful and I’m going to visit BC in late August. They are awesome academic institutions and have great sports- I love everything about both of them. </p>
<p>I think I’ve just always had it in my head that I wanted to go to a school with Greek life, so I would basically find it easier to fit in, since I’ll have everyone in my frat. I’m just concerned about how easy it is to make friends simply by being in the same dorm as someone? </p>
<p>Anything else you can tell me about this would be very much appreciated! Thanks and good luck to your Sox for the next 5 games against the Yankees :)</p>
<p>At BC, most of my friends were people I met in my first dorm. Other friends you meet in classes (the school is small enough that you run into the same students in multiple classes in your major subject). There are a lot of clubs to join, and the people in those clubs bonded easily. The people I knew who were in the marching band seemed to have the most fun and were the most cohesive group I saw. I never heard anybody complain about not having frats.</p>
<p>I agree with TourGuide446. For my two children, their closest friends are the people they met the first week of school in their dorms. Both kids are also involved in a number of student activities and have met a ton of people that way. BC and Georgetown have a real commitment to community service and both kids have met a ton of people thru their experiences with that. There is just so much to do on both campuses that you will not feel cheated by not joining a frat. In fact, my BC kid mentioned hardly ever going into Boston because there were so many things to do on campus, that the need wasn’t there. Georgetown kid stayed pretty close to campus as well, but when the city is right outside your front door, it is a little different. And, if it makes you feel any better, both student bodies seem to have the work hard/play hard attitude. Again; smart, bright, ambitious students who still have the capacity to play. Sox will prevail:)</p>