<p>Duke, Georgetown, Syracuse or Texas</p>
<p>What major do you intend to join?</p>
<p>Is cost differential a factor? Four great choices, but I’d guess that even up, eight out of ten prospective students with that decision would chose Duke.</p>
<p>Geography major. Financial Aid</p>
<p>What kind of financial aid? </p>
<p>After you take out the scholarship and grant money, what will your out of pocket cost be for each of these places? Don’t forget to account for a winter wardrobe for Syracuse, and transportation costs a couple times each year.</p>
<p>Is your aid dependent on maintaining a particular GPA?</p>
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<p>It depends on your major. I personally would go for Georgetown because of its location. If you want government or international relations then definitely do Georgetown. Also, if you want to go to medical school, do Georgetown b/c they have an early decision program where you can get into their medical school at the end of your sophomore year (its either sophomore or junior I can’t remember)</p>
<p>Never mind. I saw that you wanted to do geopgraphy. I would still do georgetown b/c theres more intern opportunities in DC (e.g. the Smithsonian, etc.)</p>
<p>Do you live in Texas?</p>
<p>Do all of these schools have a geography major?</p>
<p>You wrote “financial aid”…but what does that mean? does that mean that you got the FA you needed? Are you saying that you need FA? Do you have to take out big loans?</p>
<p>What is in the FA package for each school? Which require loans, etc? Which have gaps?</p>