Walsh SFS or College for Econ/Poli Sci

Ok, this sounds a lot like my situation two years ago. I was admitted into the College to study Gov and maybe Econ though I soon started to wonder if the SFS would be better for me. Like you, the main reason I didn’t go SFS in the first place was the inflexibility. I’m also looking into consulting and would consider law school down the road.

I eventually realized that I was taking a lot of SFS core requirements almost by accident, I liked them and had a good GPA, and I eventually applied to transfer to the SFS following my first year, and I’m now an IPEC major in the SFS.

Ultimately, that is how you should decide: which academic program you would prefer. While it’s true that more SFS students do consulting, I’m not sure that they have an advantage or if it’s more self selection at work, and I know people from the College, SFS, and MSB who went on to work at top (MBB) consulting firms. For law school, your major will probably matter less than your GPA, so again, pick the program you like and are motivated to do well in.

The reality is that Gov/Econ in the college has quite a bit of overlap with the SFS core, so the difference isn’t as big as some people make it out to be. Some factors I will point out:

-Econ (College) and IECO (SFS) majors are super similar, the difference is mostly just between College and SFS core
-The Gov (College) major requires 2 political theory classes in addition to your 2 philosophy core, no SFS major has that requirement, so there’s less philosophy-ish stuff required in the SFS
-Theology/Philosophy/Science/HALC/Writing core requirements are close to identical
-On average, SFS language proficiency takes about 3 semesters beyond the level required for the College language requirement
-If you really want to study US politics specifically, the SFS is less conducive to that

Also izrk02 does not seem to know Georgetown all that well; you can’t exactly “minor in the SFS.” Yes, students in any school can complete one or two minors, but with a couple of niche exceptions none of those minors are offered by the SFS. BUT, in any case, you can take classes across schools quite easily.