Georgetown vs. Emory

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>I am a Transfer student interested in majoring in are Middle Eastern Studies and International Affairs. I was admitted to the College of Emory University, as well as SFS at Georgetown. I live in NC, so these are equal distances of travel.</p>

<p>I am afraid to go to Georgetown for the following reasons. 1) I am upper-middle class and cannot afford to keep up with the student body. 2) The food sucks, and I would spend all my money paying for expensive off-campus chow. 3) I am Jewish, and the campus is pronounced Jesuit. 4) The facilities are old and somewhat outdated. That being said, it is better academically</p>

<p>I am excited about Emory because it offers strong programs in both Hebrew and Arabic, both of which I study, as well as a solid Political Science department. It benefits from a large endowment, and contains state-of-the-art facilities. The cost of living in Atlanta is low. Finally, I can always spend summers interning in DC</p>

<p>Please leave me a recommendation with reasoning.</p>

<p>eih5</p>

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<p>I’ll address your concerns as a current Georgetown student:</p>

<p>1) I’m upper-middle class and while of course like any sterotype there is some truth to preppy “Joe Hoya” I find most students who are well-off don’t fit that mold and in fact most of my friends are on financial aid</p>

<p>2) The food is mediocre, I’m with you on that, but there are a lot of cheap options on and around campus and of course great resturants on M street and Wisconsin but you can get by on $5 or $6 a meal pretty easily</p>

<p>3) I am jewish as well and there is a Jewish preesence on campus between hillel, AEPi, and the Georgetown Israel Alliance-- all of these groups hold events often </p>

<p>4) I don’t know what facilities you need for language or international affairs…we have top programs in language and IR…as far as science labs and business technology we are slacking but thats why we are constructing new buildings</p>