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I would say neither are great college towns, but D.C. blows Atlanta out of the water
Well, you have a lot of colleges in both cities. DC has Georgetown, GWU, Howard, American, Catholic, and UMD. Atlanta has Georgia Tech, Emory, Georgia State, Morehouse, Spelman, Clark, Agnes Scott and Oglethorpe. UGA is about 45 mins to an hour away in Athens.
I don't see how one could survive in DC on a student budget. For what you pay to go to GW, you might as well go to NYU. Plus, a lot of stuff in DC seems to cater specifically to young professionals.
Well, you have a lot of colleges in both cities. DC has Georgetown, GWU, Howard, American, Catholic, and UMD. Atlanta has Georgia Tech, Emory, Georgia State, Morehouse, Spelman, Clark, Agnes Scott and Oglethorpe. UGA is about 45 mins to an hour away in Athens.
I don't see how one could survive in DC on a student budget. For what you pay to go to GW, you might as well go to NYU. Plus, a lot of stuff in DC seems to cater specifically to young professionals.
Don't forget UDC, Bowie State in PG county, Washington Adventist University, Johns Hopkins in Montgomery County, and George Mason in Arlington. Also in Baltimore you have Morgan State, Johns Hopkins, UMBC, Coppin State, and the University of Baltimore which are 25 minutes away from DC and most of those students party in DC.
I agree, nor does Atlanta overall, but the area around Emory and Ga Tech feel more collegy than anywhere in DC; well with the exception of Georgetown, a beautiful campus really
They both have fairly considerable college populations, the wierd thing is among major cities Boston is the only one that has more of college feel even though other cities have considerable college populations
I think many of you have no clue as to the makeup of this area. What about Emory, Tech, Oglethorpe, Mercer, Georgia State (very diverse), Kennesaw State, Agnes Scott, Georgia Perimeter, Clayton State, Southern Polytechnic State, etc.
You do realize that metro Atlanta - just like D.C., is not majority AA, right?
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For AA's: Atlanta. For everbody else: DC
LOL at this.
Howard has just as many students (and is just as prestigious) as the AUC (Morehouse, Spelman, Clark-Atlanta, ITC and Morris Brown) which operates like one University in weird kind of way.
DC has Georgetown, but Atlanta has the one-two combination of Georgia Tech and Emory.
Not sure if there is anything comparable to Georgia State (UDC?).
So don't act like post secondary is only good for African-Americans in Atlanta, and it is only good for "everybody else" in DC.
As for the thread topic:
Both cities are pretty equally matched when it comes to schools of all sorts as as well as top ranked and prestigious schools.
Also, as someone mention, both cities will have plenty options as far as entertainment for a college aged kid to enjoy.
The subways of both cities have stops directly on or near campus of all of the universities (not entirely sure about DC but it seems likely), which for a broke college student is awesome.
Honestly the only edge I could give Atlanta is that we do indeed have a much lower cost of living here in the city proper as opposed to the district. Most students can afford to go school and afford an apartment of their own (or other activities) with just a part time job. With a roommate (or four) that becomes even easier.
And before anyone calls me a homer, I actually seriously considered going to Howard and had been accepted there along with Morehouse. I ultimately decided on Morehouse because my parents house is only 3 train stops away from campus and a few other minor academic differences with the schools. The benefit of free food and clothes washing on demand was priceless though.
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