<p>I'm trying to decide between four schools (having not visited any of them yet...lol). Most likely, I would like to go into business or econ with maybe a minor in IR, but I'm still pretty undecided.</p>
<p>Apart from Cornell, I am considering Georgetown SFS, Duke, and UChicago. I like SFS, but I think the strong polisci emphasis may be too narrow/limiting for me. I feel like Chicago is the best choice for Econ, but I fear that it's a little too academically competitive...Duke seems like a mediumbetter weather, a little more chill, but I'm not sold on it being the best school. And then there's Cornell, and to be honest I don't know too much about its programs so I need some advice. I also was offered a Meinig Family Scholarship, but I'm not really sure how prestigious it is, or what the benefits entail.</p>
<p>Since I'm pretty undecided right now, I would appreciate any advice on respective strengths/weaknesses of any of those options/what you would do with those options. Thanks!!</p>
<p>To me the outlier is Georgetown SFS. This program is phenomenal - the best of its kind - but given its relatively concentrated and intense scope, I agree with you that you’re better off going in committed to the program and to the career paths that it typically leads to. So if you think you might have aspirations to work for the State department - by all means Georgetown is your school.</p>
<p>But if you are truly undecided and open to the possibility that your interests might swing 180 degrees, I’d say that Cornell is your safest bet, simply because it’s the largest of the four and has the most number of studies available.</p>
<p>Of the many reasons why I ultimately chose Cornell, one of the big ones was being unsure on whether I was going to stick with my intended major (engineering (more like whether I would be able to survive engineering)), and I felt good going in knowing that if I changed my mind, there were like a billion other majors that I could consider at Cornell before feeling the pressure to transfer out (as it turned out, I stuck with engineering, and Cornell).</p>
<p>Anyway. I’m rambling. If I were in your shoes the first thing I would do is either decide on whether to choose Georgetown, or leave it off the table completely. And if you nix Georgetown, think about how committed you feel to econ (agree that Chicago would be incredible in that case), and also how many other opportunities you’d like to have in the case that you change your mind.</p>
<p>That’s it from me. Good luck to you, and I hope you have the chance to visit all four. Cornell and Georgetown have beautiful campuses, and from what I heard, so do Chicago and Duke!</p>