I believe I said this on my previous CC post, but depending on which college I go to will greatly change the course of my life, in my opinion. For example, if I go to Georgetown, I will do ROTC, pursue a military career, and perhaps become a history professor. If I go to Duke, I will stay with Law, and perhaps focus on joining the corporate law field. If I went to Georgia Tech, I would change my major to Aerospace Engineering, become a Patent lawyer, and hopefully work for a defense company. I understand that these plans are not cemented, and life will always change my direction. But, opportunities like the French Embassy may give me an opportunity to perhaps work for the French government, enter into a Dual Training program with a French Battalion in NATO when I do ROTC, things like that. It’s not a dealbreaker, but I would definitely do anything I can to intern at the Embassy.
Georgetown has several locations for students to study abroad in France, the one that comes to my mind immediately being Tours, but I believe Grenoble is also another location. I believe Duke has similar opportunities but I will need to check. I will 100% be participating in a SA program.
It could be more in fact. With an UG from Duke and a Grad degree in Law/Masters/PHD, it could reach up to 700-800k. I will be looking for scholarships and ways to reduce the costs, but as of now, thanks to my parents being able to save up more than enough money, costs are trivial in consideration between both universities. And both of them cost around the same as well, the difference being Duke is closer to where I live (In-State).
True! In fact, I’m not sure if I’d get into these universities either way, so maybe all of this worrying is for nothing and I just get rejected from both, lol.
Anyways, thanks for your lengthy response – I just figured out how to do quotes so hopefully this comment doesn’t end up looking ugly. (I’m new to CC, this is like my second post)