Should I apply to Georgetown College or SFS?

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So I am applying Early Action, and I realize this is really last minute, but I was all ready to apply to the College as a prospective Political Economy major. Then, I started to think more about whether I’d really made the right decision and if I should’ve looked more into SFS and it sort of spiraled out of control so I’m coming here for advice. I’m really concerned that if I do get into Georgetown, I’ll really regret not having applied to that program. I have a couple concerns so here they are:

  1. My passion is politics. My favorite classes in school have been History and Math, so I decided a few years ago that, although my school offered no Economics courses, that was the field I wanted to study (this decision was also influenced by reading Paul Krugman). I think I will want to go to grad school after college, but my end goal is to work in the public sector doing economic research or for some kind of political organization with an economics bent. There are a lot of other places I could end up, I just know that I want to do something related to government. I’m sure the College would be great for this, but the more I read about the classes and opportunities specifically at SFS, the more it seems like I’d love it.

  2. I’m not very strong in foreign language. Overall I’m a strong student (top 5% in a pretty competitive high school), but Spanish has always been my weakest class. I’m worried that that would greatly inhibit my chances of being accepted because of the language requirement in SFS. That being said…

  3. One of my recommendation letters is from my Spanish teacher, who absolutely adores me and has told me repeatedly that I’m one day going to change the world (and that this is what he will write in the letter). The others are from an APUSH teacher who was also the advisor for a very politically-oriented internship I did last summer (and the subject of my personal essay). My counselor recommendation is also going to talk about my work on the school newspaper (I was the political editor and am now editor in chief). I feel like I have better fit for the political aspects of SFS, but not the language aspects.
    Basically, which school should I apply to and how hard would it be to switch if I really regret my decision in a year?

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Choosing which school to apply to is a very personal decision. Based on what you have written, I feel like you might enjoy the program at SFS more.
It is possible to do an internal transfer, according to an admissions officer, but it is somewhat difficult.