confusedmastudent

I have a difficult decision between AU SIS and Georgetown SFS (regional studies). AU gave me 50% tuition, Georgetown gave me nothing. It may be possible to get funding for the second year. I also plan to work at least part time while going to school. My reservations about AU are that so few courses are regionally-focused and are instead very broad IR classes, which are both less appealing to me and prevent me from developing solid regional expertise. Another factors is that at AU, you cannot take languages for credit. At Georgetown it's a required part of the program. If money were no object, I'd go to Georgetown 100% of the time, but I'm wary of debt. Georgetown was my top choice, and AU was my last choice. For one reason or another, nothing in-between worked out. I don't want to reapply next year (I'm almost 30 already), so I have to choose one or neither. I hope to work in a job that allows me to use language skills and regional knowledge, but I would be relying on my graduate school's career services to further narrow down my career options. I feel like I should be thrilled to have these options (and don't get me wrong, I'm grateful) but I feel like I'll be unhappy either way. Either not happy at SIS because it's not the exactly the type of program I wanted to attend, or overwhelmed with debt at Georgetown. I welcome any advice.