Columbia vs Georgetown SFS

College Search & Selection
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<p>I have aspirations for a career in politics or public policy. </p>

<p>The appeal of G'Town SFS:
- Great internships
- Political focus
- Intensive foreign language program (Arabic especially)</p>

<p>The appeal of Columbia
- NYC
- Stronger school overall</p>

<p>Opinions? Which would lead to a better chance at Law school. I understand that Columbia's Core is considered very intense and can ruin a GPA.</p>

<p>BQ: Which city is better for college students? DC seems cleaner and less claustrophobic, while NYC seems hectic, but more exciting.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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Pretty much all that matters for law school admissions is GPA and LSAT score, so going to the better ranked school won’t help. If you want to do something with politics, you can’t go wrong with Gtown. </p>

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That would really just be a matter of opinion. What do you mean by “exciting”? Because NYC is bigger, but DC has plenty to do as well, plus it’s right by MD and VA so you can go into either state and have plenty more to do. But I’m slightly biased; I’d rather go to school in DC than NYC. But I know people who’d much rather go to school in NYC, so like I said, opinion.</p>

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<p>Just no… You need to look at the T14 law school admits to see how incestuous the admit process is. Where you earned your undergraduate GPA matters a lot to graduate schools.</p>

<p>Washington DC vs New York. Your choice really.</p>

<p>Columbia is obviously the better and more prestigious school overall. If this was my choice, I would choose Columbia (assuming I’m dead set on law school).</p>

<p>If you want to go into government, Georgetown SFS is pretty much unmatched. Have you seen the alumni list: [List</a> of Georgetown University alumni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Georgetown_University_alumni]List”>List of Georgetown University alumni - Wikipedia)</p>

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I’ve heard many lawyers say that it doesn’t really matter where you go to school so long as you get a high GPA. Maybe to regular grad schools it matters, but not law school.</p>