<p>What do you guys think is the best school for International Relations? Georgetown? Johns Hopkins?</p>
<p>Georgetown is BY FAR the best. JHU and the ivies dont even compare. They are still extremely good, but Georgetown is definitely the best. It is however, extremely selective. I've heard posts on this site about people getting accepted to HYPS and rejected by Georgetown SFS. (G-town School of Foreign Service is where people major in IR. Because of this, dont hold your breath for getting accepted there.</p>
<p>cant go wrong with Georgetown, American, GW</p>
<p>Hopkins and Georgetown are trully the best in the business.</p>
<p>For IR graduate schools too?</p>
<p>If you are serious about IR, just make sure you choose a school where you will be comfortable becoming fluent in TWO languages before graduation. Most jobs, and all graduate schools, will require it, and it is much more difficult to pick up when you are in graduate school. </p>
<p>Frankly, I'd choose Macalester over any of the above, because I think you'll get much better, more individualized attention, the language and study abroad options are wonderful, the campus has a truly international student body, the town is great. But if you are serious about IR, the undergrad school is going to be less important than your language facility.</p>
<p>What bout the Fletcher school @ Tufts?</p>
<p>That's a graduate school, isn't it?</p>
<p>Yeah, I think it is.</p>
<p>Go to DC for IR. Hopkins is close enough, too. So Gtown, Hopkins, GW, American.</p>
<p>Tufts, Princeton, Georgetown and JHU</p>
<p>IR for graduate schools largely depends on your area of interest. I wouldn't go to KSG for East Asia, but I woudn't go to IR/PS for int. development.</p>
<p>For graduate programs in IR, some clearly strong programs are:</p>
<p>JHU SAIS (in graduate, this is clearly the favorite)
Georgetown
Harvard
Tufts
Columbia SIPA
Princeton
GW
American
Syracuse
UCSD IR/PS</p>
<p>The resources and opportunities in DC cannot be matched. If you seriously want to do IR and you want practical experience, go to DC.</p>
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<p>Celebrian,</p>
<p>I dunno about that. KSG can give Georgetown a serious run for their money.</p>
<p>I want to major in IR, specifically European Studies. Is that offered at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins?</p>
<p>theoneo,</p>
<p>It really depends on what you want to do with IR. If you want a professional career, then yes the DC location is very helpful. However, for academic careers, it seems that the top West Coast degrees do quite well landing their graduates jobs.</p>
<p>Yeah that's why I tried to stress the practical experience part. But I guess I failed. :P</p>
<p>My sister goes to GW. Her freshman dorm was down the street from the White House. She gets internships pretty easily (she's majoring in political communications), and now she has connections that she plans on using soon.</p>
<p>Is there any difference between:</p>
<p>Georgetown "SFS"
Johns Hopkins "SAIS"
Tufts "Fletcher School"</p>
<p>What are other schools like these?</p>
<p>DePaul has a pretty strong IR program, so does GWU</p>
<p>If one attends these top IR schools, wouldn't the competition in these programs be more of a hindrance than an advantage? If I attend one of these schools, wouldn't I have to be in the top of my class to earn these prized internships? I think it would be difficult to be surrounded by talented peers competing for the same goal as you. How would I, or anyone else, shince from the pack?</p>
<p>Yup. (precisely why Macalester is a better choice.)</p>