<p>I've been recently accepted to all three and have visited all three schools. Each school offers something unique. I plan to double major in Political Science/Government and a language(Chinese/Spanish). I plan on attending law school after graduation. Financial aid is equal at all three schools. How should I decide? What sets them apart?</p>
<p>Georgetown if you want law school! Being close to the nation’s capitol will present you with so many internship opportunities compared to UNC and NW.</p>
<p>That’s tough. They’re all really strong… For international relations, Georgetown is best. I was a Chinese major at UNC, though, and we have one of the best programs in the country. Georgetown and UNC are on equal footing when it comes to prelaw… </p>
<p>For me it would come down to Gtown and UNC - Northwestern is too cold! Can you visit them? Georgetown has a really different feel than UNC. Your COL will be higher at Georgetown, but living in DC is wonderful and exciting. I really didn’t like Georgetown (the school) when I visited, it seemed very stuffy. But that was eight years ago.</p>
<p>Georgetown / Northwestern will give you a slight prestige bump in general, but this means nothing for law school. All three of these schools will put you in exactly the same position for getting into law school. </p>
<p>Given your course of study preferences, I wouldn’t really worry about academics. Basically, among schools of this caliber, an undergraduate spanish major is an undergraduate spanish major is an undergraduate spanish major. Likewise for poli sci. Maybe it varies a little more for Chinese, but I kind of doubt it. You’re just not going to be doing work of an advanced enough level in undergrad that the kinds of differences reflected in rankings of PhD programs will be relevant. </p>
<p>Internships in DC will mean zilch for law school admissions. But that doesn’t mean they couldn’t be great just for the experiences themselves. So, if interning on the Hill or for some government agency sounds like fun to you, maybe that should be a “pro” for Georgetown (of course, you could always do a similar internship in the summer coming from UNC/NU). </p>
<p>I probably would have picked NU over UNC if not for money. It seemed like it almost offered the best of both worlds in terms of setting: green, suburban campus (with its own beach on Lake Michigan for the few months when it’s actually warm!) combined with quick and easy access to a major city. At Georgetown you’re in the heart of a major city, at UNC you’re in a more suburban environment; but at NU, you can kind of have both.</p>
<p>NU/Georgetown are both likely more diverse than UNC as well. It’s also possible (though this is mainly a guess) that you’ll generally have smaller classes at Georgetown/NU than at UNC. </p>
<p>In UNC’s column, it offers the classic “college town” setting that Georgetown and NU do not; it’s also much more of a rah rah sports school than are the other two. So if either of those things sound appealing, maybe go with UNC. </p>
<p>Basically, I would try to visit each of the three and that will likely help you make up your mind based on “gut” feeling if nothing else. None of them is objectively a better choice than the others.</p>