<p>Hypothetically, what's the best school:</p>
<p>PPE (philosophy, politics, economics) at oxford, london school of econ, chicago, or georgetown?</p>
<p>How would you rank these??</p>
<p>The only school that I know of that has a major called "PPE" is at the University of Pennsylvania, which should be on your list if you want to study it.</p>
<p>Chicago has great economics, a public policy major (not many schools offer a major called "public policy" though they might study similar concepts), and a PPE-esque major called Law, Letters and Society. My friends in LLSO describe their major as being able to take any class that interests them and count it for credit towards their major... so that would include a lot of classes in economics, politics, and philosophy.</p>
<p>I would say that each school is great and each school has a slightly different emphasis, but there are other governing factors that you should consider as well. (Chicago's core curriculum, for example).</p>
<p>Oxford does offer PPE as a major, well, if OP is referring to the Oxford in the UK. The PPE is probably one of the hardest majors to get in in Oxford.
This would be my personal rankings: Oxford>Uchicago>LSE>Georgetown (disregarding majors)
But in terms of tuition, Uchigago would be the best, since you could get fin-aid, if you are an American citizen. No matter what Oxford just costs too much.</p>
<p>Yes, I am referring to Oxford in the UK.
Do you need American citizenship to get financial aid? (I'm a permanent resident, but I probably dont qualify anyway).
I also understand Oxford isnt that expensive since its only three years??</p>
<p>Permanent residents are also qualified for fin-aids.
Only three years? haha, but the price level in the UK is much higher than in the US.
Have you calculated the fees in total? It's about a lit less than 20,000 pounds to study in Oxford every year for intls (but it varies from different majors.) 20k<em>3=60k = approximately $120k
But you still need to add board and room and personal expenses. 20k</em>3=60k appoximately $120k<br>
total $240k</p>
<p>For UChicago: 55k(all included except for traveling) at most for each year 55k*4= $220k
correct me if I'm wrong. =)</p>
<p>(sorry, i added the fees for 4 different disciplines for the first time)</p>
<p>nah, i dont think its actually 50,000 pounds. The site says around (very roughly rounded) 10000 pounds for studying and another 10 thousand for room and board. That said, we have friends at oxford and not at chicago which could change things. Too bad im not considered an EU student cause i dont live there though i have an EU passport. Bummer.</p>
<p>i have a friend applying to oxford. tuition is about 27,000 dollars. tuition at any Ivy is at least 35,000.</p>
<p>wow in that case its an excellent deal. I just cant tell the exact amount since everyone kinda says different things (including the site, which is very ambiguous - everything "depends on this and that") what i do know is that they dont offer almost any financial aid regardless of the person</p>
<p>^ yeah, for people who don't qualify for any financial aid at top schools in the US, oxford is a relative bargain. but it can also be confusing because they have both a university fee and a college fee, which total to about 27,000 give or take 1000 depending on your chosen course of study.</p>
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<p>depends on what you plan to do after you graduate.</p>
<p>not knowing anything else, and all else being equal, I'd choose:</p>
<ul>
<li>Oxford</li>
<li>Chicago</li>
<li>Georgetown</li>
<li>LSE</li>
</ul>
<p>that being said, i think that there are plenty of options to get those international options some time further down the road (be it in the form of graduate degrees and / or studying abroad for a semester or even a year).</p>
<p>if you plan on living and working in the US, a US degree will give you far more leverage -- however, if you plan on a career involving international duties, an Oxford and / or LSE degree will serve you well.</p>
<p>As of today, the Pound is worth $1.47.
All of these schools are excellent choices.</p>
<p>If you have an EU passport, there may be some loophole to let you pay ~3K per year at Oxford. Look further into this.</p>
<p>Fees are NOTHING to do with nationality, and all to do with tax payment. If you parents have been paying taxes in (i.e. living and working in) an EU country for at least the last 3 consecutive years, you pay EU fees regardless of your nationality. If your parents are not doing this, even if you're British, you pay the full overseas student cost. There is no loop hole. That's the way it is. Going to a UK borading school does not help. You're parents have to be paying the government (because the reason EU students pay is that the UK government pays the rest. All UK universities are like US public schools).</p>
<p>The funny this is, the one place in the world where people are really overly impressed if you went to Oxford, is the US. In the UK, so what? Oxbridge graduates are not all that rare. But in the US I find people think it's something amazing (or don't believe me!)</p>
<p>Go to oxford! If you really want to study PPE and nothing else, you'll learn the most about PPE there, not at a school where you'll be taking other courses. Also, if you plan to work in the UK or anywhere outside the US, people may not have heard of georgetown or u.chicago......none of my friends (at a top British high school) have heard of either. I know we're not exactly employers, and that brand is shallow, but that name-recognition-factor will help you a lot in later life.
Have you got INTO oxford though? It's very hard from the american system....</p>
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<p>For undergrads I'd rank them: Oxford > Chicago > Georgetown > LSE</p>
<p>For grad students: Oxford > Chicago > LSE > Georgetown</p>
<p>LSE is known for its very impersonal undergraduate program. Huge lectures with almost no interaction with professors. All my friends who studied abroad there were rather unimpressed with it (but they loved London). However, LSE's graduate programs are very highly regarded, particularly in Europe and if your goal is to remain in Europe after graduation, I'd say your choices should be: Oxford > LSE > Chicago/Georgetown (nobody knows of these places in Europe so it wouldn't matter which one you attended).</p>
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anyone else?</p>
<p>Oxford>>>Uchicago=Georgetown>>LSE</p>