A&M questions!

<p>Hey</p>

<p>I just have a few questions about A&M...</p>

<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>thanks gstein!</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>wow awsome.. but are does the aggie network stop at enginering or could they be able to help me get a government job ?</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>ok cool. CIA sounds better than government anyway hahaha thanks!</p>

<p>The CIA is a government agency...</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>The Aggie network is the strongest in Houston. Unfortunately for me I have no desire to ever work in Houston.</p>

<p>If you want to work in the government you might also want to consider other majors as well, such as economics.</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"&gt;http://www.tamu.edu/ppip/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Also check out the Cornerstone Honors Liberal Arts Learning Community...</p>

<p>ok nice, thanks for the suggestions!</p>