Chances for IR major...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Alright I'm applying to...
-Princeton
-Columbia
-Stanford
-Georgetown
-Johns Hopkins
-Tufts
-George Washington
-UC Davis (in state)</p>

<p>White male
GPA-4.00 UW</p>

<p>I go to an all-boys Catholic school in San Francisco, CA. </p>

<p>AP Courses-World History(5), European History(5), Environmental Science(5), English Language(4), next year English Literature, US History, Calculus, US Gov't, maybe AP Spanish</p>

<p>Have taken 3 years of Spanish (I know I should take 4, but it conflicts with my schedule)</p>

<p>My school only has like 3-4 "honors" classes, so AP's will really be the only classes weighted. </p>

<p>SAT-2190 (800M/700CR/690W)-Very high compared to School's average</p>

<p>SAT II's-Will take in September (lots of pressure, I know)</p>

<p>Rank-1/178 </p>

<p>EC's
-Basketball all 4 years (captain this year, starter junior and senior year, we won our section last year, and should do even better this year)
-Founder/President of school's European-American Club
-NHS
-CSF
-100 hours of community service at an adult day care center and tutoring elementary school kids
-Worked at various basketball camps during summers
-Currently learning French on my own
(I know my EC's are pretty weak, but I gotta have a life)</p>

<p>So what are my chances at the above schools? Are there any other schools I should look at? Are there any really good IR schools in Cali? Stanford is a big reach, so I'd like to know if there were a school that I could go to in Cali that would allow me to major in IR. Ty in advance.</p>

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<p>Akajjred:</p>

<p>UCD: Safety</p>

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<p>lol you gotta tell me about the European-American club.</p>

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<p>Alanstewart-Well, since my school is only 20% white (20% Filipino, 20% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 10% black, 5% Arab, 5% other), I decided to start a European-American Club. There was already a club for all the other races mentioned, so I said why shouldn't there be a "white" club. We obviously couldn't call it that, so we decided to make it a serious club that celebrates our European heritage. The 2 biggest days for us at school are Columbus Day and St. Patrick's Day. It's pretty sick. It was a lot of work and I had to go through a bunch of ******** to get it started though. </p>

<p>Flopsy-Thanks, I would hope so. I wish UCLA had IR as a major option. Does anybody know of a different major (that is offered at either of these) that would lead to similar careers?</p>

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<p>Bumpty bump</p>

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<p>Come On, Plz</p>

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Does anybody know of a different major (that is offered at either of these) that would lead to similar careers?

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<p>Political Science</p>

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<p>Your scores and GPA put you withing range of all of your schools, but none of them are close to a sure thing except Davis. The UCs only require one application; why don't you just check the boxes for UCSD, UCLA, and Cal so you can have some realistic match schools?</p>

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<p>Isn't UCSD supposed to be very good for int'l relations?</p>

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Isn't UCSD supposed to be very good for int'l relations?

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<p>Collegeboard.com says they don't even offer it, but they could be wrong. They have been before.</p>

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<p>They are a very good school for International Relations. A lot of their students do it and their graduate program is pretty well-established. Collegeboard is stupid. :) They actually have a bunch of options, (sub-majors? focuses?) under the IR and Poli Sci programs that you can chose as your major...I know b/c I did this on my UC app. And I would go with Eleanor Roosevelt for the college at SD b/c that's where the international house is...:)</p>

<p>IR...Claremont is pretty good. Berkeley also has the International Studies major...I don't know the difference.</p>

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<p>Oh, okay thanks. San Diego sounds AWESOME!!!!</p>

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<p>Just so you're aware, while Princeton doesn't directly offer an IR major, it has a separate school (The Woodrow Wilson School...) that you apply to after your sophomore year. You can either major in or get a certificate (basically a minor) in Woody Woo, but the former isn't guaranteed.</p>

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<p>Yea, I know that sucks. The only reasons I would go to Princeton would be if I really liked it when I visit there AND they gave me a really good financial aid package.</p>

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<p>Anybody else actually got any chances for me?</p>

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<p>why is berkeley not on your list?</p>

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why is berkeley not on your list?

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<p>1) I live in the Bay Area and I really don't like the Berkeley campus.
2) It doesn't offer IR as a major</p>

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<p>JHU-match (10)</p>

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<p>The only other top schools I can think of that have good IR programs (both under their "Government" majors) are Harvard and Cornell. Your stats say you have chances at both of these.</p>

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<p>Alright thank you, does anybody have my chances at the other schools...so far we've only got UCD and JHU. TY.</p>