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Post by Nevada Hoya on Sept 9, 2009 13:17:08 GMT -5
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SirSaxa
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Post by SirSaxa on Sept 9, 2009 19:56:45 GMT -5
I thought it was THE BEST place for college!
Georgetown -- the neighborhood = awesome
Being in DC to see Govt. in action -- and inaction too... very eye opening.
DC is a fascinating place. History galore.
Close to lots of other great places like Annapolis, Chesapeake Bay, etc.
Tons of Coeds in the city.
and.
Hoya Basketball.
There isn't any place in the country that can beat that for a college experience.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Sept 9, 2009 20:23:54 GMT -5
San Francisco is home to just two universities (USF and San Francisco State, and no, Berkeley and Palo Alto aren't SF) and isn't a college magnet anymore than New Orleans or Atlanta is. And Baltimore seventh? That's a stretch. Baltimore is no more a college destination than St. Louis or Minneapolis.
Ithaca is a great college town, although a step behind Bloomington, Lawrence, and Chapel Hill. Honorable mention to the state capitals/college towns of Madison, Austin, and Columbia.
One thing DC does trail the others is the cross-campus traffic--if you're at Boston College, chances are you've visited places like Harvard, BU, Northeastern, etc. This is not the case in DC. Outside of GW, how many Georgetown students have even set foot at Maryland or Howard, much less Mason, Catholic, etc.?
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Post by CAHoya07 on Sept 10, 2009 9:57:51 GMT -5
San Francisco is home to just two universities (USF and San Francisco State, and no, Berkeley and Palo Alto aren't SF) and isn't a college magnet anymore than New Orleans or Atlanta is. Yes, this surprised me too. The only way San Francisco ranks so high on the list is if the entire Bay Area is included (Berkeley, Palo Alto), but then that's just too spread out. San Francisco does have some good grad schools - UCSF for medicine, Hastings for law. I agree that with all the colleges in and immediately around DC, there's not much cross-campus traffic, for whatever reason. Then again, Georgetown students have the reputation for being somewhat insular. I think one of DC's biggest advantages, though, is internships. College students flock from around the country for summer and even semester internships. Students already in DC are pretty lucky to have this opportunity, especially if they are interested in government. |
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Post by PhillyHoya on Sept 10, 2009 10:57:28 GMT -5
One thing DC does trail the others is the cross-campus traffic--if you're at Boston College, chances are you've visited places like Harvard, BU, Northeastern, etc. This is not the case in DC. Outside of GW, how many Georgetown students have even set foot at Maryland or Howard, much less Mason, Catholic, etc.? That's not necessarily true, especially if you come from the east coast and have high school friends at most of the DC area schools. I spent time at AU, GW, Maryland and Mason during my time at Georgetown. |
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Sept 10, 2009 11:45:29 GMT -5
Since in my day, the college was male only, we often went to the women's schools (Trinity (no I did not meet Nancy Pelosi there), Dunbarton, etc.) for mixers. I suppose there is not that much need these days.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Sept 10, 2009 21:19:14 GMT -5
So Berkeley doesn't count for San Francisco, but Mason counts for DC? At least the Berkeley BART stop is actually within walking distance of campus.
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Post by thebin on Sept 11, 2009 14:56:51 GMT -5
San Francisco is home to just two universities (USF and San Francisco State, and no, Berkeley and Palo Alto aren't SF) and isn't a college magnet anymore than New Orleans or Atlanta is. And Baltimore seventh? That's a stretch. Baltimore is no more a college destination than St. Louis or Minneapolis. Ithaca is a great college town, although a step behind Bloomington, Lawrence, and Chapel Hill. Honorable mention to the state capitals/college towns of Madison, Austin, and Columbia. One thing DC does trail the others is the cross-campus traffic--if you're at Boston College, chances are you've visited places like Harvard, BU, Northeastern, etc. This is not the case in DC. Outside of GW, how many Georgetown students have even set foot at Maryland or Howard, much less Mason, Catholic, etc.? We went to GW bars (GG Flips?) several times frosh and soph year. We went over to that hole of an Irish bar near Catholic once or twice. We went to Terappin Station every spring. I once ended up in the ladies common bathroom at a frosh dorm at American because her roomate was home. Good times.....good times. |
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Post by TC on Sept 11, 2009 16:39:16 GMT -5
One thing DC does trail the others is the cross-campus traffic--if you're at Boston College, chances are you've visited places like Harvard, BU, Northeastern, etc. This is not the case in DC. Outside of GW, how many Georgetown students have even set foot at Maryland or Howard, much less Mason, Catholic, etc.? I think you'd be surprised. There are a lot of concerts at other schools. Best concert I ever saw was Nirvana at American. Never went to UMD - way too far away and it wasn't Metro-accessible. |
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Post by Elvado on Sept 12, 2009 13:20:47 GMT -5
Saw English Beat at Ritchie Coliseum in 1983. Great show.
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Post by kchoya on Sept 12, 2009 19:13:12 GMT -5
One thing DC does trail the others is the cross-campus traffic--if you're at Boston College, chances are you've visited places like Harvard, BU, Northeastern, etc. This is not the case in DC. Outside of GW, how many Georgetown students have even set foot at Maryland or Howard, much less Mason, Catholic, etc.? I think you'd be surprised. There are a lot of concerts at other schools. Best concert I ever saw was Nirvana at American. Never went to UMD - way too far away and it wasn't Metro-accessible. Went to the lacrosse final four out there when GU was playing (I think). There were UMd shuttles to/from the Metro. |
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Post by PhillyHoya on Sept 12, 2009 19:34:27 GMT -5
It's also less than a mile walk from the College Park metro station to campus. I made the trek up to the Wawa (RIP) there quite a few times.
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Post by jgalt on Sept 13, 2009 20:36:20 GMT -5
It's also less than a mile walk from the College Park metro station to campus. I made the trek up to the Wawa (RIP) there quite a few times. Yeah, as someone who makes the walk often to visit friends, it is about 10 to 15 minutes to route 1 and the center of college park (meaning all the bars), and there are shuttles. |
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Post by SFHoya99 on Sept 15, 2009 1:03:42 GMT -5
San Francisco is a great town, but it is not a college town. So it depends on how you are judging. There's a ton to do, but only USF is really in the center of things and there's not a big college scene anywhere. The town is pretty expensive and a lot of what makes it great is hard to take advantage of without friends with cars (Napa, Tahoe, etc).
So yeah, it's probably a great city to go to college in because it is a great city. But there's nothing especially great about going to college there versus being there at another age.
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