Northeastern University (full tuition) vs. Georgetown (w/ 20k grant)

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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:22:58 +0000

Georgetown and NE are apples and oranges.

At Georgetown you will get a liberal arts education as a foundation while at the same time having access to internships in DC during the academic year, and post graduate opportunities nearly out of reach for Northeastern students. The Georgetown network is an excellent resource for alumni from Wall Street, to Capitol Hill, to Hollywood and beyond. Your classmates will be amazing and you will get to know them.

At Northeastern you will get credit for doing internships at companies. To me this is more of an apprenticeship program, albeit a good option for someone who already knows what industry the want to go into.

Are you a good investor? $13k in investment money may sound good, but if you don’t know what you’re doing $13k can become $10k or a lot less really easily in today’s financial markets.

I’d say go to Georgetown learn about investing from one of the best undergraduate business schools in the US and through Wall Street internships and then roll the dice with your investment money.

An education, the Georgetown experience and a diploma last a lifetime. A great employment opportunity is merely the byproduct of a Georgetown degree. And by the way Georgetown does ok placing its students.

On the flipside Northeastern seems to be less about the campus community and the students are more influenced by their work experiences at various Fortune 500 companies. If your goal in life is to work for Verizon, Raytheon, or some other Fortune 500 company, and to get started ASAP then Northeastern is the way to go.

By the way I know one Northeastern graduate. He’s a nice guy. His brother went to Georgetown. I know him because he always tags along during our trips to the Big East basketball tournament. He doesn’t get to do stuff like that with his friends from Northeastern… just sayin’ in case these sort of intangibles matter to you.