If you’ve often found yourself thinking about Georgetown long after dozing off for the night, you’re not alone.

The university is a “dream” school in the eyes of both prospective college students and parents, according to a survey released recently by the Princeton Review.

Georgetown placed ninth among schools chosen in a survey of college applicants and tenth in a survey of parents of college applicants. New York University was first in the student survey and Stanford University led the parent survey.

The survey was based on over 4,500 responses from college applicants and 1,200 from parents to questions such as “What ‘dream college’ would you most like to attend (or see your child attend) if acceptance or cost weren’t issues?” Georgetown finished ninth in the 2004 survey, in which responses from parents and students were combined.

It is the third consecutive year that NYU has topped the student responses in the survey. Each of the top 10 student choices is an urban school. Following NYU in the student survey were Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Columbia, Yale, the University of California at Los Angeles and Brown. The University of Pennsylvania ranked tenth.

Eric Flanagan (SFS ’10) said that Georgetown’s urban environment played a significant role in his decision to attend Georgetown last year.

“Although Georgetown was not my dream school, Washington, D.C., was a major factor in my choosing to attend Georgetown. Urban environments offer a fast-paced life, which is exciting,” Flanagan said.

Mike Maliakel (COL ’10) echoed Flanagan’s comments on the city and said that Georgetown was, in fact, his dream school.

“I am a culture and arts guy and the city is a mecca for these things,” he said.

Although Georgetown was not his “dream school,” Ian Bucon (SFS ’10) said that he chose the school largely for the School of Foreign Service. Bucon said that Georgetown’s location is a “great asset,” but was not the primary factor behind his choice.

Following Stanford in the parent survey were Princeton, Harvard, Brown, Notre Dame, Boston College, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern and Yale.

The survey also said that 51 percent of parents and students combined said that getting financial aid would be “extremely necessary” to help pay for college, and 65 percent reported high levels of stress over the college application process.