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

bbbblaahhh
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:01:41 +0000

I didn’t anticipate such fervency.

Do you think the workload for two college students in different schools but in the same major is comparable? I mean, if I’m going into the same major at NEU and GT, would I receive comparable workloads?

Just a question. It’s rather simplified and silly, but I’d like to think that my NEU workload would be less… I suppose I really don’t have much faith in the supposition that two different colleges provide me with two vastly different educations in the first place, so I would tend to be attracted towards the one with the least amount of incurred debt (and work), thereby maximizing the benefits.

I just can’t envision people at Georgetown being vastly different from those at Northeastern. I would imagine the only thing that really differs is how hard they try - I know that’s what mostly differentiates the “top” students in my high school from the “average” students. Not that I resent that - it just makes it more difficult for me to stand out to potential employers, I would imagine. But given the much larger population of Northeastern, I imagine I could find any kind of person.

I’m very autodidactic, and I’ve never liked the idea of college very much in the first place, so that makes this decision more difficult. But that’s a completely different topic and now I’m rambling.

Please refute what I say, you in ardent support of higher education… and you in support of what Georgetown allows you to do.