<p>So, I was accepted to University of San Diego (a very good private school-costing $35,000 for 1 year) but am only eligible for very high-interest loans. My plans after getting my B.A. are to possibly work for the embassy, but absolutely go onto Med School-maybe even an overseas Med School. The thing is, that I'm very scared to pay so much money for only receiving a B.A., so I was looking and found much cheaper universities in Massachusetts even considering the out-of-state tuition (that way I can live somewhere I've never lived before, and at the same time get a degree without worrying about such a huge debt afterward). I thought that would be a great idea because I could live somewhere else and save $23,000 for the year. The ONLY problem I'm having with this is, that there are 2 schools in Mass that offer somewhat of what I'm looking for-but my options with these schools are to a.) Major in what they call "Independent Study: International Relations" (since they don't offer IR as an established degree)-so basically it's like doing their minor in IR, but adding courses to it which would be related to that field, and making it a B.A. or.... option b.) To major in Sociology or Political Sci and minor in International relations. Essentially, I don't know which one would be better for what I want to do in life..and I don't know which degree would look better in general.
Thank you</p>
<p>A lot of the times when you major in Political Science you choose a concentration. IE: International Relations. There is not a huge difference between a political science degree and an international relations degree</p>