Best International Relations School With The Following Stats

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm a junior in high school and am compiling my list of potential universities. I want to major in international relations (more field-work stuff than office work, if that makes a difference). </p>

<p>I'm already looking at some schools in Europe, especially St. Andrews, Oxford (even though their program is not the best for IR), University of Geneva, etc. </p>

<p>When it comes to American universities, however, I'm at a complete loss. There are so many!
So I thought that maybe I would post my current stats and those who are more informed with regards to IR programs across the country could help me. </p>

<p>SAT: 2190 (retaking later this year, so hopefully a slight improvement)
APs:
--AP Comp. Gov & Politics: 5
--AP World History: 4
--AP Human Geography: 4
--AP Environment Sci.: 2 (if possible I'm not reporting this score)
^^All the above were self-studied sophomore/freshman year</p>

<p>Current APs (11th grade):
--APUSH
--AP Macro Econ. (self-study)
--AP Euro (self-study)
--AP Spanish
+AP German senior year, in addition to AP US Gov, AP English Lit, AP English Lang, AP Spanish Lit, & AP Bio</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8 (UW): Unfortunately mostly As with some BAD grades in math (including retaken classes in math)</p>

<p>--Lots of ECs, including several officer positions
--Debate Club for 4 year (with lots of awards; high placement at state every year)
--Model UN for 1 year (just formed)</p>

<p>--Hopefully a few IR classes at the local university before the end of the year. </p>

<p>I know this looks fairly decent on paper, however, I'm definitely no Ivy League applicant (no sports; bad GPA- for Ivy standards). </p>

<p>Thanks in advance!!</p>

<p>++Are these stats good enough for Georgetown's competitive program in IR specifically?</p>

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<p>Tufts, JHU, NYU.</p>

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<p>Love your user name. :)</p>

<p>How are you fixed for money? Are you looking for merit or need-based aid?</p>

<p>Tufts and JHU, yes. Georgetown, obviously. Not as reachy, George Washington University’s Ellott School is worth checking out as well; show them love. American U as well. Macalester. </p>

<p>Though a total and utter reach, perhaps Dartmouth.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the suggestions! I’m really interested in Georgetown, but what’s the campus like? I’ve only been to DC once and didn’t get a chance to check it out. Unfortunately, I must say, I hated DC in general though :frowning: I went this summer and the heat, pollution, people, poverty, smoke, etc. were SO bad (in all actuality, even China has better city conditions from what I’ve experienced). Is the Georgetown campus much different from the rest of the city? Obviously the location would be great, what with all the IR internship opportunities, and hopefully some at the UN, but I’m still not so certain…</p>

<p>For those who have gone through this, will grad schools in the US (specifically Yale) respect Georgetown over St. Andrews or University of Geneva? I’m thinking it might not matter TOO much as long as I perform well. Also, the new dean of St. Andrews was a Harvard prof. so that might mean something?</p>

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<p>This ought to make College Board’s Trevor Packer smile … a lot!</p>

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<p>@SlitheyTove: Thanks! :slight_smile: As for money, I’m fortunately pretty good. Even if I were to take student loans, however, it’s still worth it to me. </p>

<p>@xiggi: Haha, why?</p>

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<p>ZVF, vielleicht die nette Zahl von AP-Tests. ;)</p>

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<p>Middlebury has excellent majors in international studies and international politics and econonomics with great language departments.</p>

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<p>@xiggi: ahhhh, naturlich :slight_smile: </p>

<p>@Hitch123: Yes, I’ve been looking a bit at Middlebury and I must say, it has become one of my top picks. Would I have a fair chance at getting in? Also, is the curriculum more focused on academic or field-work international relations?</p>