<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>I just got back from a Model UN conference, realizing that my true passion is international relations. I believe that I would be very interested in having IR as a major for my undergraduate studies. </p>
<p>I would LOVE any input regarding universities/colleges that have outstanding IR programs. I have heard that Georgetown has a wonderful program. Also, has anyone heard about Stanford's (I have legacy)? </p>
<p>Any and all comments would be highly appreciated.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins and Tufts are excellent for IR. All of the DC schools attract a fair share of future diplomats. You can't go wrong with HYPS either.</p>
<p>bump bump bump</p>
<p>Anyone know the quality of Penn's program?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gwu.edu/%7Eelliott/%5B/url%5D">http://www.gwu.edu/~elliott/</a></p>
<p>Georgetown's School of Foreign Service. Also, if you can, see if you can get your school to come to our North American Invitational Model UN Conference. It's one of the largest high school Model UN conferences in the world, and I also think it's the best run conference(i attended conferences at UChicago, Yale, Rutgers, National conference, and Georgetown).</p>
<p>what about stanford? any good?</p>
<p>Again, Georgetown's Walsh School of Foreign Service is the best in the nation for international relations. You simply can't beat Georgetown in terms of IR programs with its proximity to D.C. and the international faculty. What better way to learn about IR then with a former Secretary of State, former CIA director, and former head of state of Spain?</p>
<p>Stanford will provide the nice label and "wow" factor, but doesn't quite have an IR program like the two aforementioned schools.
But for other mentionings, I do believe Princeton has a good IR program for undergraduates and the program works with the Wilson School (for graduates students).</p>
<p>I agree that Georgetown's Walsh School of Foreign Service is arguably the best in the nation. SFS admissions is highly competitive, with some students being rejected by SFS, but accepted at Harvard. Princeton's Wilson School is also excellent, as eiffelguy87 - but the process of gaining "acceptance" to the Wilson School is also highly competitive among Princeton undergraduates.</p>
<p>Brown, Georgetown, Princeton, JHU, Tufts.</p>
<p>W&M is a 2 time defending World Model UN Champion</p>
<p>GW Elliot School, GTown SFS, Tufts, Hopkins, and Wilson school at Princeton come to mind.</p>
<p>Anything in DC is going to be a constant state of joy for a policy wonk. Georgetown grads are EVERYWHERE here, and you can't go wrong studying in the heart of the nation's capitol.</p>
<p>"W&M is a 2 time defending World Model UN Champion"</p>
<p>i thought that honor belonged to west point</p>
<p>jasonhoya, can you send me more info about the north american invitational? i'm very active in MUN circles and i do high school advisor work but i've never heard of that conference before....</p>
<p>sure,
<a href="http://www.modelun.org/naimun/%5B/url%5D">http://www.modelun.org/naimun/</a></p>
<p>The North American Invitational Model UN Conference is one of the largest, if not the largest high school Model UN conference in the country or even the world, with over 2000 delegates attending. Over 200 Georgetown students staff the conference. It's 4 days long, and has around 30+ committees. There's also time to visit the Georgetown campus. In high school, I attended the Rutgers conference, the University of Chicago conference, the Georgetown conference of course, the National HS Model UN conference in NYC, the Harvard conference,and the Yale conference. My best experiences were at UChicago and Georgetown. They are pretty large, and extremely well run. Because of Georgetown's general focus on international affairs, I'd say this adds to a unique perspective on the students' parts. So, I'd definitely recommend the conference to all HSers involved in Model UN.</p>
<p>oh i've seen that one (a couple socal powerhouses go to it annually); i was under the impression that NAIMUN was the georgetown conference. jasonhoya, are you on georgetown MUN's staff?</p>
<p>I hopefully will be on staff next semester. Also, I think i'm confused by your statement that you were under the impression that NAIMUN was the georgetown conference. It is the Georgetown conference, under the International Relations Club, although(and this is what i'm assuming your statement was based on) it is sponsored by GIRA. Either way, it's an amazing conference, and highly recommend it.</p>
<p>all good for IR..</p>
<p>oh, it was just different usage of the conference name. here in california, schools say they're going to "the georgetown conference" rather than "north american invitational" so i thought they were two different conferences. also, does the same club host the georgetown security council conference (for colleges) in the fall, or does an entirely different staff do that one?</p>
<p><a href="http://scs.georgetown.edu/spp/hsir.htm%5B/url%5D">http://scs.georgetown.edu/spp/hsir.htm</a>
Does anyone know anything about Georgetown's Summer International Relations program? I'm really interested in going...any input would greatly be appreciated.</p>