<p>A very good friend of the family has very good connections at A&M and is very excited I show interest in the school. Seeing as now I have one school I know I can get into for sure i would like to know some things about the school...
Question 1: The majors i am looking for are International Relations, Political Science and Peace and Conflict Studies. Can A&M offer any of these majors or anything near these majors for undergrad and are they any good ?</p>
<p>Question 2: Does A&M have an honors college or anything like it that would help me get the best possible education at the school ?</p>
<p>Question 3: How is the Aggie network ? Would it help me get an 'international' or a 'government' job after I finished school ?</p>
<p>If you could answer any of these questions it would be great. Thanks !</p>
<p>1: Out of those three, they only offer a Political Science major. They do have classes that deal with International Relations and Politics though.</p>
<p>2: They do have an honors college, and a dorm for honors college students.</p>
<p>3: In the southern half of the United States, especially Texas and the surrounding states, the aggie network is outstanding. Up north it varies from place to place, but it is still pretty good.</p>
<p>The network is excellent, its referred to as a "cult" across the South. I went to a NASA summer camp in high school, and the staff director was an aggie. And wouldnt you know it, her <i>entire</i> staff also came from A&M.</p>
<p>Kind of random as far as government jobs, but if you are at all interested in working for the CIA, A&M is the place to be. Some huge percentage of their recruits are Aggies.</p>
<p>yes i am aware. what i meant was it sounds cooler to say that you work at the CIA instead of saying that you work in a 'government' function. with 'government' function i initially meant like working for a senator and such. but the whole cia thing is great, thanks!</p>
<p>yeah, i've been taking an equivelent to AP Economics for 3 years now and it doesn't really interest me all that much. I would rather pursue an IR/Poli Sci degree and just take several economics classes in the process(well they are mandatory most of the time right ?).</p>
<p>I don't want to work in Houston any more than you do... it's supposed to be a pretty crappy place to live.</p>
<p>Awww... I like Houston.... :-(
Anyway, there is a program called PPIP (public policy internship program) that's really cool. They get you an internship on in Austin or DC and you get paid and stay with a bunch of Aggies. Housing is paid for in DC. It's a pretty sweet deal- I have a buddy in DC working with a Congressman right now, and two more who are going up this summer. <a href="http://www.tamu.edu/ppip/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.tamu.edu/ppip/index.html</a></p>