<p>what would you choose???</p>
<p>georgetown SFS , dartmouth, duke </p>
<p>I really really really can't decide!!
at first it was dartmouth vs duke, but after I got accepted to Gtown people keep on telling me what a great school it is. what do you think??
would a diploma from Gtown be better than one from Dartmouth or Duke??</p>
<p>man, its all about fit. all three are great schools. which one do you prefer? do you wanna be in a city, or in a more suburban area? can't go wrong with any of those schools.</p>
<p>Durham (where Duke is) is really a boring place - it's nothing compared to DC. I can't speak for Dartmouth, though.</p>
<p>I just got back from visiting Duke, Gtown, and a slew of other places (but not dartmouth...) and, haha i have to laugh, duke and gtown were both my top choices, so i TRULY understand your ambivalence. but, ambivalence is a fact of life, so let me share my experiences to help ease the pain and guide you in a well-informed decision. (i hope this is well-informed, at least...)</p>
<p>ok so i went to duke first, was on a bus on the way from the chapel to East campus, and was sitting next to a sophomore girl who was a history major. i started a convo w/ her, and soon found out that - la tee dah! - her two choices at the end were gtown and duke! she decided at the last minute (literally, the night before she said) to be a blue devil. why? i asked. she said she liked the more "homey" environment and atmosphere better. i had the same sentiment... duke was more southern in a warm, cuddly sort of way. durham is kinda lame, but chapel hill is still a happenin' place for havin' fun. for me, however, i location was pretty key. i needed a place bustling with activity. yes, the people at duke were certainly the nicest people of all the universities i visited (uva, hopkins, uchicago, unc, gtown, duke) but - laugh at me if you will - duke felt too secluded almost. kind of like a haven from the hustle and bustle of the metropolitan world.</p>
<p>georgetown had a different personality. it's located in a really active area of the nation (we all know that), but i found the campus still offered a secure, quasi-seperated island within an incessantly active metropolis. it's not like NYU where the campus is downtown and downtown is the campus. at georgetown, the campus is definitely a nice haven - but not as cuddly as duke. i liked that. it gave me more of a sense of not being spoon-fed and restrained. here i had a gateway, washington, DC, to the very international world in which we live.</p>
<p>its a question you should ask yourself, are you more of a city guy, more independent and go-get-em, or do you like the more dukesque environment. now, i dont go to either of these schools, so duke may be more independent than i think, but after talking with people on buses, people from departments (physics, bio, chem, biomed eng), and even the tour guide (who is from my hometown, and almost went to my hs), that was the impression i got.</p>
<p>if i had the choice between gtown and duke, i'd go with gtown.</p>
<p>what are you interested in studying? i gotta go to bed now (prom tomorrow) but i'll be around to share more tomorrow...</p>
<p>wow thanks for your reply!- im a girl, by the way. anyway i asked my friends about it, too, and they all said they can't imagine me at Dartmouth - im more of a city girl. so i'm leaning towards gtown.. but i think i need the whole month to decide..b/c i also kind of like that haven sense of duke. </p>
<p>i'll probably study IR or economics. i know IR at gtown is great, what about economics?? maybe i'll do both. </p>
<p>i can't even get enough sleep with this thing. i know its stupid, but i almost stay up late every night (tonight, too) thinking which school would be best.
ive been to DC, never been to durham, but i used to live in GA for a long time so i know the "southern" atmosphere..and feel more comfortable, maybe, but yeah, i think DC would be much more exciting.</p>
<p>You can't do double majors in the SFS, the curriculum is too tight. You can do International Economics, however, which does involve a lot of international politics issues without the int'l relations theory.</p>
<p>which Business majors does Georgetown excell in?</p>
<p>also, whats the deal with MSB? im a little unsure if you have to do your freshman and sophmore years as part of the normal college, then reapply to the business school as a junior or whether you just enter the business school from day 1...</p>
<p>if any of you guys could clear that up itd be awesome.</p>