Stanford or Columbia or Duke or Georgetown SFS

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<p>Stanford or Columbia or Duke or Georgetown SFS </p>

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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>Mike, what a great situation to be in! I can comment on a few issues you raised, as I have similar interests and college prospects —</p>

<p>As for Duke, I'm from North Carolina, so I know what it's like here. It's been a good place to grow up, and the Research Triangle area (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) is expanding rapidly and has a lot of potential. However, there's not really that much international interaction possible from here. Duke is a solid school, but it doesn't have anything that seems especially well-suited to your interests. It's a decent place to live, but not what I would recommend unless you have a burning passion for basketball (it's VERY important there...)</p>

<p>Stanford is an excellent school, but I don't know of any particular focus on your areas of interest/potential careers. It's a good enough school that it would probably prepare you well for anything you're interested in, but the location has less to recommend it. Although California has a unique culture that might be appealing.</p>

<p>I would lean toward Georgetown SFS or Columbia. If you haven't visited the schools already (I know Taiwan's not exactly close by), I would strongly recommend making the trip out here so that you can decide which city you want to live in for the next four years. Internship opportunities in international finance and diplomacy abound in both cities. I'm not certain whether international students have the same access to Washington work opportunities, but with the large number of embassies and such I would surprised if you were limited.</p>

<p>I personally prefer Columbia because of the structure of the curriculum. Georgetown SFS seems geared more directly towards preparing you for a degree in foreign service, less in expanding your interests and study of other fields. Georgetown seems to be more restrictive in their course offerings than Columbia, which focuses more on the core curriculum than a specific major.</p>

<p>I hope that helps! Are you a Global scholar at Columbia, by chance?&lt;/p>

<p>Good luck with your decision.</p>

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<p>Obviously, you will do fine with any of these schools, so that is really not the issue. One thing you might consider about Columbia is its undergraduate core curriculum, which takes up about a third of the courseload and which is, for the most part, a Western Civilization course of study. It's a lot to commit to if you don't really want it. </p>

<p>Stanford is not that far from San Francisco where there are financial institutions. I'm not someone who believes you should make a decision based on miniscule differences in perceived prestige, but since you seem to feel that Stanford is more prestigious, you would probably be most comfortable with that choice.</p>

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<p>arent you good !!! oooh. can i tell you a story? once upon a time in kindgom far away, lived many countrymen that ate fish filet. but a problem arose many years ago, none of them knew how to tie a bow!! the wise men all counciled and fast, the king then replied my kingdom for an ass! what good would would an ass do us young fool........</p>

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<p>but all of the sudden with a clickety clack, came a man with a cricket on a magical yak. tying a bow is easy you see, said the man to the people with a jolly glee, just follow my steps one two and three. and the townspeople gathered around with a shush and a gasp, that the king almost traded his kingdom for an ass! you'll save us said hte townspeople dancing a jig, then they fed the yak a scrumptious pig. the old man and hte cricket sat down next to a shoe, now everything i said, i will tell all of you. to be contouvered....</p>

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<p>so the man preached to the kingdom and started in and he said first you make a bow, then dive right in. make another bow and that wil lbe that, then wait said the cricket your bow will fall flat! i might be a cricket and i might not wear shoes, but i can tie a bow and im outie.</p>

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<p>lol enjoyable story but quite random</p>

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<p>To start with... I think Stanford, Duke, and Columbia are all equally prestigious. I have to decide between Duke and Columbia. I am pretty sure that I will go for Columbia because of it's location (closer to home) and because it was going to be my early school anyway (decided unwisely against it at last minute).</p>

<p>I think NYC is the greatest city in the world, and Columbia really acknowledges that and takes advantage of it. In the end, the choice is yours. Good luck and congrats.</p>