Northeastern University (full tuition) vs. Georgetown (w/ 20k grant)

WCASParent
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:08:37 +0000

Northeastern vs Georgetown-
All things being equal (which they apparently are not, the NEU Scholars Program aside), this would be an easy call.
If you are looking for the most intellectually stimulating undergrad experience, with the added bonus (and it can prove to be a big bonus in life) of much more cache on your resume, it is just not close - Georgetown. Seriously, these schools are not in the same stratosphere. It’s not like saying: Dartmouth or Brown? Or even Duke or WashU or Northwestern? Those are all debatable. This one’s not. Georgetown is in an entirely different league than Northeastern.
That being said, I think that the amount of debt one has after finishing college is a very important consideration - more so now than ever.
Finishing college with no debt is very appealing. Only you can judge.