ril5384

no problemo. I was in your shoes once, too. Just do what feels right to you, even if it means going to a less prestigious school or whatever it may be. It's cliché but "listen to your heart."

ahmedshama85

Amerucan University or Maxwell school at Syracuse??????
Need some help?
Trying to decide between American University SIS or Maxwell school at Syracuse University.
According to FP magazine, American is ranked 8th for best IR masters program, and Maxwell is ranked 10th.
Other than that I don't know which one holds a better name or program.
I need two questions answered.
1) Which school is most likely to help me land a job in the State department of UN?

2) Would you rather go to Maxwell for free? or AU for 15k loan per year?

Please send me answers ASAP!!!!
my email is Ahmedshama85@yahoo.com

swang

I have a rather large dilemma...
I've gotten into NYU, American, Emory and William & Mary.
I have no idea where to go for IR because...I don't know which will help me get into law school.
I plan on majoring in IR and then going for international law at law school...And I've heard that NYU's law school is #1 for international law. So going there for undergrad might help my chances at law school there. And it's in NYC so...
But American's SIS is apparently amazing and has lots of good internship possibilities in DC.
Emory's poly sci program gets me a masters in 5 years, and poly sci majors score pretty high on the LSATs.
William and Mary also seems to have a great IR program.

So...SUGGESTIONS!?!? T_T

dudedad

I'd go with AU which has a decent law school too.

briguy

BUT you'd get a great undergrad experience at W&M. Remember the rankings you are looking at are for their masters programs. Most people have said that where you go for undergrad for international relations doesn't matter...but i dunnoz. just what ive heard

theGame

Wooster has a good IR program, or so I've heard

homeperson

Thanks IR!

After thinking about it for several weeks now, I'm stuck on another problem. I want to eventually practice international law, but I can't do that without a law degree. The masters program I got accepted to at Georgetown is an MA program in international law, but that doesn't do me much good if I want to practice international law.

For some strange reason, Georgetown doesn't offer a dual MA/JD degree for someone in the MA in international law program. They only offer a joint JD degree with a PhD in government. And if I plan on hopefully eventually going to law school where I can specialize in international law, it seems somewhat superfluous to get an MA in international law, not to mention the time and money I would spend.

I guess my best bet would be to write them and ask if I could tailor an individual joint degree program with the law school?

Who knew getting into grad school would be the easy part? I never thought I'd be this stressed out about career and future plans once I'd gotten accepted!!!

McX

hi homeperson
i am about to graduate sais in may. sais as you probably know offers a joint jd with some law schools, dont know which ones off the top of my head. anyways, if i read right, youre coming straight out of undergrad and didnt get in to sais. my advice to you, if you have your heart set on sais, is to go out in the world for a year or two and do something. join the army with choice of duty station and go to korea or germany and learn a language. join the peace corps, intern, whatever. then go to sais and get the dual. a classrooms not the only place you can learn, and sais realizes that. i bet you get in next time.

mm99

Hello
I was looking into a program at Iowa State that combines 3 things: a foreign language/culture, business, and a science. International internships/ study abroad are required. This is the only major of its kind offered in the U.S, but a university in Canada has one like it.

I was wondering how this would prepare me for getting a job with the Government (USDA?) or a multinational company? I would think that international relations majors would be competing for similar jobs, but Iowa State's major also has the science component to seperate it from International relations majors.

Here is the programs website. It is a little bare because fall 2009 will be the first time it is offered.

Global Resource Systems - Global Resource Systems

beeantbug:+

I know that this year, Harvard was ranked number 1 for Graduate IR programs and Georgetown was number one for Undergrad IR programs (the Walsh School of Foreign Service specifically.)

Let me know if I got this mixed up!

pioneer2013

I am hoping someone can offer some advice. I apologize if a similiar question has been answered previously in this monster thread.

I am entering college with intentions of a double major in international studies and economics with plans to pursue graduate studies. I have a language based learning disability and have serious doubts about being successful at mastering ANY foreign language, and will have the opportunity to complete my degrees with language substitution classes (cultural studies).

Is there a program and a career path in my future that least emphasizes foreign language but still encompasses international studies and economics?

anderskg

This thread has been extraordinarily useful for answering most of my grad IR-program questions, so thanks to everyone for that. Here are two more specific questions:

I'm currently finishing my second year teaching English in Japan through the JET program, graduated from Whitman College (a tiny Liberal Arts college in WA) in 2008 with a B.A. in Economics and a 3.6 GPA, and worked for 2 months at the Port of Seattle's Department of Social Responsibility before JET with small business development. Now I'm aiming high and applying to most of the top IR programs mentioned in this thread, looking to focus on International Development.

My first question is, how much will the unrecognized name of Whitman College hurt my chances? Do GRE scores and the other application elements tend to overcome a no-name undergrad college?

My second question regards who to choose for my third letter of rec. I have one undergrad econ professor and my supervisor from JET already registered. The options for the third are my former boss at the Port of Seattle (only 2 months but it was relevant work and she seemed to like me well enough), another Whitman Econ professor (who I had a less close relationship with but is familiar with my academic abilities), or the President of a volunteer organization I work with closely here in Japan coordinating community events and philanthropy fundraisers and activities (drawback is her official position is also an Assistant English Teacher).

This is painfully specific, but any advice would be greatly appreciated!