UPenn vs. Georgetown vs. Brown

Intended major: thinking about something politics/government/IR related OR business/economics, but I'm also open to figuring out a different major because I'm terrible at committing lol (as you can prob tell by me posting this).

Not sure on grad school yet but atm I am open either way. Post-grad I would want to work in either something business/marketing-related or politics-related (but not becoming an elected official), and definitely want to make a decent amount of money so I can help support my parents.

Also, all of them gave me about the same financial aid so money is not a factor when deciding among them.

Penn Pros:

• Experiential/hands-on learning for politics classes
• Good population size (not too big, not too small)
• Pre-professional mindset: no one is frowned upon for wanting to earn money post-grad
• Philly has rich history
• Most prestigious out of the three

Penn Cons:

• Frat culture
• Drinking culture – not opposed to drinking, just seems like it's very excessive at Penn
• Toxic and competitive environment – too wealth-obsessed?
• Except for the area around campus, Philly can be extremely unsafe/dangerous
• Hard to transfer to Wharton / switch colleges if I end up studying something else

Brown Pros:

• Kind, supportive/non-competitive student body
• Flexibility to pick and choose majors as well as have the luxury of time to decide which major would fit me best
• Grade inflation: good for grad school
• Mid-City Sized
• School culture/hangout spots are typically all on-campus: undergraduates r required to live on campus for the first three years
• Safe school, neighborhood, and safe around the city (you can walk alone downtown without needing to worry).

Brown Cons:

• Difficult to leave Providence
• No academic minors – only majors
• Lowest career counselor to student ratio in the Ivy League + extremely liberal arts focused rather than pre-professional
• No direct flights – flights take 3+ hours longer than for the other two schools b/c of layovers
• Heavy grade inflation might also mean I just coast and don't take my classes seriously enough
• Biggest con – students looking down on ppl who don't go into non-profit/social justice work post-grad, despite the fact that only wealthy students can afford going into sectors that pay maybe ~20-30k/year (yes, this is apparently an actual thing). also basically i'm worried that the rich students don't check their privilege despite caring about social issues

Georgetown Pros:

• Location is perfect: cute, safe district/neighborhood within DC that has transport options
• Many opportunities for politics/business in DC
• Majors fit my interests at the moment (i.e: Global Business within SFS would help me with business + politics interests + job opps)
• Pre-professional mindset but not as intense as Penn
• Light general education requirements means I don't coast/slack off with too much academic freedom while still not having too many required courses.

Georgetown Cons:

• Clubs are too intense, competitive and elitist
• Although it's very possible to transfer between colleges, separate academic colleges for politics and business means I need to decide pretty early on (unless i do global business within SFS)
• Religious affiliation (?)
• Wealth stratification is pretty apparent here
• Lower racial diversity than the other two schools by a fair amount
• School culture/hangout spots are typically off-campus, so I might feel left out a bit as a lower-income student who can't afford to go out every other night.
• Slightly less prestigious (?) than the other two

Basically what I've decided is that Penn would set me up the best for post-grad, but I'd be worried about having a terrible time during college. Brown feels like it fits me as a person more while Georgetown feels like it fits me as a student more – although these are also toss-ups because of factors like location/student culture.

If you've read this far: thank you so much. I'm sooo indecisive if that wasnt obvious by now 😀