Any advice on school selection?

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<p>Here are the colleges I have been accepted to and am seriously considering. My dream would be to work in the finance industry after attending grad school. </p>

<p>US Military Academy (West Point)- A free education, but I would need to do 5 years as an Army Officer. I don’t mind that at all, however, it would delay grad school.</p>

<p>UNC Chapel Hill- I’m in state, and they offered me a slot in their honors college</p>

<p>Georgetown University- My top choice, but it is soooo expensive. It would be upwards of 35 thousand a year, and my parents cannot help me that much. </p>

<p>Providence College- A small school in Rhode Island that offered me a full ride merit scholarship.</p>

<p>Please offer any advice you have, I am seriously at a loss as to what to do here. Which choice offers me the best opportunities for success?</p>

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<p>UNC would be my choice - the service academies are not what they used to be academically. Georgetown is not worth a dime more than UNC and I would take UNC honors over Providence UNLESS Providence comes out to be significantly less $$$$ overall.</p>

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Tell that to the Rhodes scholars coming out regularly.</p>

<p>OP, if your sole interest is attending grad school then West Point is not for you. GTown is not worth the cost when you have UNC instate.</p>

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<p>The ability to play a sport and maintain grades at academic institutions which offer little in the way of critical thinking (the standard history texts at West Point still use the term “savages” when referring to Native Americans) would set on up nicely for a Rhodes scholarship, but smoke and mirrors don’t really impress me much.</p>

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<p>I’d go to Chapel Hill, cause that’s where Michael Jordan went. <em>sigh</em> that was before your time kids…</p>

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<p>What school in Georgetown, if its SFS, you should think about paying for it as for international affairs, it is the number one school in the nation. Any other school at Georgetown and I’d say decide based on personal fit for West Point or UNC</p>

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<p>It sounds like UNC would be your best bet unless you’re actually interested in serving in the military. Especially since you’re interested in graduate school, the cost of Georgetown doesn’t seem worth it. Since Providence is offering you a full-ride, seriously investigate it’s business/economics departments possibilities. You never know, they may have some alumn who has his own investment banking firm and takes interns every year from Providenc.</p>