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>They are all great schools... Duke and Stanford seem to be very similar in that they are more suburban and "bubblized" but are both a bit more prestigous than Columbia and Georgetown (although SFS is very very competitive)... But Columbia and Georgetown have great city atmospheres and opportunities. You'll be successful wherever you go (they're all great schools): I think that it is really going to come down to what you want your college experience to be...</p>

<p>BTW: I'd pick Stanford... but thats cuz I live on the West Coast, love the campus, and got rejected by Columbia and waitlisted by Georgetown SFS (although I'm accepted at Duke and Stanford)</p>

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

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<p>I would pick Stanford because the degree may carry more weight than the internship opportunities at Columbia or Georgetown. And wall street recruits heavily from all of the elite schools, Stanford being one of them.</p>

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<p>Columbia... You can intern at the UN! If that's what you want to do, be centrally located in NY.</p>

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<p>Have you visited Columbia...It has that campus feel.... It's not like NYU at all...</p>