Stanford or Columbia or Duke or Georgetown SFS

College Search & Selection
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<p>It’s truly a hard time for me to choose from all the above top notch universities, as an international student. Got admitted to all. </p>

<p>My intended post-undergraduate plan includes going on to law school, working for investment banks in Wall Street, or working at international organizations, like UN, World Bank or IMF…</p>

<p>Stanford, the most prestigious one, but it’s in CA, not a state with many finance companies and international organizations, though it has a great fame in law school admission.</p>

<p>Columbia,great location in NY, providing terrific internship opportunities in Wall Street companies and international organizations, though less prestigious than Stanford. </p>

<p>Duke, a place with great campus scenery and buildings, a university more like a university, not like Columbia, in a city, but I am not sure whether Duke holds the same fame as Stanford or Columbia.</p>

<p>Georgetown Walsh School of Foreign Service, the right place and location to be for an intended job in international organizations. But I’m concerned whether international students will have the opportunities to work in Washington DC. Though I know Bill Clinton came from SFS.</p>

<p>P.S: I’m an Asian student, which you could guess from my user name. I don’t live in the States, nor am I an American citizen.</p>

<p>Please comment on the school associated with my job choice.</p>

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<p>== From your ideals, it's truly between Stanford or Columbia.. </p>

<p>with Columbia's location winning over Stanford</p>

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<p>Truly thank you for your suggestions. </p>

<p>I'm wondering why no one else makes a comment. </p>

<p>Is my ideals not common in the States?</p>

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<p>Hmm, i'd eliminate Duke rather easily, as it doesn't hold the same prestige as Stanford nor does it have the internship opportunities of Columbia.</p>

<p>I'd also eliminate Georgetown, b/c you're going into finance, not politics.</p>

<p>As someone else mentioned, it's between Stanford and Columbia. Although I love Stanford, I have to say the internship opportunities of Columbia are light-years better than Stanford's. Also, you won't lose that much prestige by picking Columbia</p>

<p>So, my suggestion is Columbia!</p>

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<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>I hold similar opinions as Paul.</p>

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<p>Stanford has Silicon Vallry which means some of the most amazing job opportunities in the world. There is any type of job you can dream of there. Plus the weather and beautiful campus! As an international, I'd pick Stanford.</p>

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<p>I'd pick Stanford. Exactly for suze's reasons. There are amazing job oppurtunities in the silicon valley.</p>

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<p>Columbia because it is the school with the best opportunities for your potential career choices: law, investment banking, international relations. New York City definately is abundant in all 3 areas and Columbia's location itself will already give you an advantage. The only thing Columbia doesn't have an advantage in over all the other schools is a better opportunity to get an internship at the World Bank or IMF. Do note that Columbia has good law school acceptance rates too. I think a lot of internationals also like to be in New York City too, perhaps because the surrounding environment is so diverse. </p>

<p>Stanford's a good second choice though.</p>

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<p>I say Columbia too. After all, unless you're a techy, the job opportunies in Silcon valley are not for you and not nearly what they were before the dot-com bust.</p>

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<p>There is a huge investment banking presence in the Valley, who do you think takes all the tech and biotech companies public? As a business grad student at Stanford we were visited often by CEOs and key people in developing companies of all sorts. It was abso;utely amazing. And we had our pick of Wall St. jobs if that's what we wanted.</p>

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<p>I'd recommend Columbia, seeing that it has many opportunities available at near-by Wall Street. I'd be stuck between Columbia and Stanford, though, since both offer great opportunities and great educations. However, my personal preference is to live in an urban enviornment, so I'd choose Columbia.</p>