Stanford or Columbia or Duke or Georgetown SFS

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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>Stanford or Columbia, go to whichever gives u more money</p>

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<p>Thanks for your sincere suggestions. </p>

<p>But I'm still considering that are my ideals, ie working for international orgnizations not so common in the States? Not many people are replying. </p>

<p>Anyway, I also think Stanford is not so strong in IR(International Relations) as Columbia. Am I right? And, Stanford's location also could not compete with Columbia regarding my future plans.</p>

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<p>anything dealing with international relations....you cannot go to a better place than georgetown SFS. also, the number one employer of SFS graduates is goldman sachs (finance) so i think SFS gives you a lot of options.</p>

<p>the other schools will be great too...but SFS is the best</p>

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<p>Stanford
Columbia
Duke
Georgetown</p>

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<p>To aqasaw243: the number one employer of SFS graduates is goldman sachs (finance) </p>

<p>Are you sure?</p>

<p>Some one has said that Georgetown is not so strong in finance and SFS is not a place to get a basic training in economics and finance. Though I look forward to working for IMF/World Bank/UN one day.</p>

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<p>well, you'll get a fairly rudimentary training in economics- we are required to take at least 4 courses for core requirements I know...</p>

<p>anway, the sfs is not geared completely towards business..it's not like Wharton which has this huge int'l biz program..</p>

<p>if I were you I'd pick Columbia, I think. It doesn't have the focus that SFS has, but still a strong program and also strong in the finance department.</p>

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<p>I'm deciding between gtown and columbia too, but I can definitely verify the goldman sachs thing about SFS.</p>

<p>gtown/brown/columbia, it wouldn't be a problem if one of they just gave me a little more money</p>

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<p>If you are interested in having experience through internships I'd say SFS. While Columbia has access to ones of wall street, they are really competive. Georgetown is known for having wondering internships and already have lots of connections to places so it would probably be easier to get one there.</p>

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<p>Go to Georgetown SFS</p>

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<p>I think the easy choice is Stanford. It has everything: top-notch adademics, strong political science and econ, SF, Stanford in Washington program...what more could you want?</p>

<p>The Goldman Sachs thing is a complete, ridiculous fallacy.</p>

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<p>zephyr whatever....u obviously havent been to an information session, where they mention the fact that the number one post-graduate employer of SFS grads is goldman sachs...dont say something is wrong when you are totally ignorant on the subject</p>

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<p>I won't believe it until I see a source more respectable than hearsay.</p>

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<p>"In 2003, Teach for America was the largest employer of Georgetown graduates, topping banking firms, such as Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank, said Amy Ites, non-profit and government advisor in the Georgetown Career Center," says a Georgetown source.</p>

<p>Now, even assuming that banking firms tops Teach for America among SFS grads specifically, your statement that Goldman Sachs alone is the biggest employer flies in the face of reason. Goldman Sachs takes about 50 kids per year out of undergrad NATIONWIDE. It IS very possible that banking tops TfA for SFS grads, but that includes all banks. GS is the most prestigious banking firm and certainly prefers the best and the brightest, most of which will be found at places like Harvard and Stanford. </p>

<p>Maybe the information session leader said something like "The top employers of SFS grads are banking firms LIKE Goldman Sachs," rather than "The top employer of SFS grads IS Goldman Sachs."</p>

<p>I have attended an information session at Georgetown and nothing at all was said about that.</p>

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<p>It is widely known that the top investment banks, such as Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs heavily recruit at Georgetown. For various reasons, although McDonough/SFS aren't as prestigious as Wharton, the top investment banks recruit from Georgetown. Part of the reason could be the student run Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union, which manages millions of dollars, and provides students with real banking experience. It's an actual company, manages millions of dollars, and provides Georgetown students with a unique experience that is rare. As Georgetown also was recently ranked as the 11th most selective school, after the University of Pennsylvania, I would think that the top ibanks would realize that Georgetown students are among the best and brightest.</p>