<p>I'm interested in applying ED as International Relations Major in the Fall of 2010. I was interested in knowing whether its more difficult to get accepted into the Elliot School on International Affairs or CAS? Thanks</p>
<p>John</p>
<p>It’s my understanding of this year’s acceptance profiles for the class of 2014 are very similar for ESIA and CCAS. Acceptance rates ~ 31%. I don’t believe the actual breakdown between the schools for this year has been offically published yet. You always could e-mail your regional admissions rep - that way it would be more realistic than my opinion.</p>
<p>CJ</p>
<p>I’ll definitely consider doing that, thanks CJ. If anyone has any testimonials of an IA major from a student’s perspective I’d really enjoy hearing it. Thanks</p>
<p>I could be misunderstanding, but I was under the impression that when you are admitted you are admitted and being looked at being admitted to the university as a whole and not an individual school. With that being said if you are looking at ED I would advise showing as much interest as possible, interviewing, and then really writing an essay that you feel makes you stand out. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions :)</p>
<p>Zach</p>
<p>btw - I am in the school of business but I wish I could be in Elliot and can tell you that ESIA is awesome.</p>
<p>I’m going along with Zach because that was my understanding as well. When you apply, your school is considered but at the end, you’re admitted to GW. I’ll be in ESIA come this fall; it’s fabulous! 
Good luck - ED for GW is a great choice! Make sure you visit the campus, if you can. ~</p>
<p>Yeah I’ve already visited. Before I visited I was unsure if I’d like it but then fell in love with it when I got there. I’m going back at some point this summer to visit it again and do an interview. I’m really excited about applying. So, if I can go in as an International Relations major, I am essentially applying to George Washington as a school and not applying to a specific college? Thanks for your testimonials its only becoming more appealing.</p>
<p>you are correct, the most obvious benefit is if you were to decide that you were not as interested in IR and wanted to become a business major or art major you would only have to transfer schools and not apply to be accepted to the other school(exception being SMPA).</p>
<p>I was just coming here to post this question! Thanks for the information.</p>
<p>Yeah Sikorsky I recently decided that I wanted to Major in IR over Political Science or History, and this is what really convinced me to put GW at the top of my list. It was always a highly interesting school for me, but everything George Washington has to offer (great program, internships, etc.) increased my interests. I’m glad to know that your accepted into GW as a school and not into specific colleges.</p>
<p>I’m not exactly sure, as I don’t work in the admissions office, but for what it’s worth, this topic came up one time when I and a few of my floormates were hanging out with my house proctor in his room freshman year (he worked for admissions before graduation). He said that Elliott is definitely more competitive than Columbian, as Elliott has fewer reserved spots (about 500) than does Columbian. It makes sense, but I’m not sure how much validity there is to it.</p>
<p>Also, for what it’s worth, I’m in Elliott, and I can tell you that you are definitely admitted specifically into your school. For example, at CI, you’re divided up by school for welcome sessions (Columbian College & SMPA, Elliott, SEAS, Business, Public Health). You aren’t just generally admitted into the university and then choose to go into whichever school you want, lol. If you apply as an International Affairs major, and you’re admitted, you’re admitted specifically into the Elliott School of International Affairs (as opposed to the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, yeah?). That said, though, it is pretty easy to switch schools, except, I’d imagine, if you’re trying to switch INTO Engineering (I don’t know anyone that’s tried, and I’m sure that it’s possible, but due to the way that the curriculum is set up for them, I’d think that it would be pretty difficult to do and still graduate in 4 years).</p>
<p>For what its worth - @ the recent CI for ESIA, the Assistant Dean said the acceptance rate for ESIA for the class of 2014 was 1 in 7 - or - 14%. Most of us in the room were pretty surprised. This statement makes ESIA much more competitive than the University as a whole which had an acceptance rate of 31%.</p>
<p>ESIA is most certainly harder to get into then CCAS, I believe for the class of 2013 the rate was around 15% and for the class of 2014 it dropped to around 13%/14%</p>
<p>This is mostly because the program is rather intensive and no more than 500 freshman are admitted to ESIA.</p>
<p>Having said that, don’t let it discourage you from applying, ESIA is a great school and I love it. It was ranked as one of the Top 10 undergraduate IR programs in the country by Foreign Policy magazine and your Intro to IR professor Henry Nau wrote the IR textbook that is used universities all over the country, i.e. UCLA, Cornell, Northeastern, UChicago, etc.</p>
<p>If IR is something you really enjoy, you’ll love ESIA and I highly recommend it.</p>
<p>D is ESIA 2013. Yes, you are accepted into a specific school. If you do not get accepted into Elliott they have the option of offering you a spot in CCAS. The announcement at CI last summer was that the ED acceptance rate (both ED I and EDII combined) was around 50% and reg decision was around 18% which gave overall acceptance rate of 34%. So I would apply ED if you know it is your first choice and you don’t have to compare awards. We never did get a breakdown by school. BTW…D Loves GW! Wouldn’t think of going anywhere else and the Elliott School is great.</p>