UGA Honors vs. Other Schools

<p>Hii,</p>

<p>I’m a current UGA Freshman Honors student and International Affairs major. If you’re worried about graduate school, it’s not really important where you go to undergraduate as an IA majors as opposed to other majors. The top Masters programs for IA are professional schools, and generally take candidates with job experience above those who apply straight out of college. As a result, experience and commitment to the field are weighed above GPA and prestige of undergraduate (At least, that’s what a student working in admissions at Columbia SIPA told me). </p>

<p>Although, I will warn that it’s really hard to get IA classes. SPIA’s losing teachers and doesn’t have enough money to hire new teachers. And if you can get the classes you want, you might not necessarily get the teachers that you want, which is important because some IA teachers are ridiculously hard in comparison to others.</p>

<p>Anyways, if you need anything, feel free to message me or just post your questions on this thread :slight_smile: Hope to see you next year!</p>