<p>How strong is Emory in those majors? Any advice is appreciated! Thanks!</p>
<p>We have international studies (which is directly tied to polisci which is excellent) and there will of course be intertwining of it and MESAS. Since they reinforce each other, they make for a great experience.<br>
Hopefully, you’ll get lucky and someone in either or polisci will comment (but I doubt it, it seems only the business and pre-med/science-oriented types gravitate to this thread). My experience w/polisci here has been excellent (yes, I basically have a polisci minor though I’m a chem/bio double major). No reason those two wouldn’t be since they are connected.</p>
<p><a href=“http://mesas.emory.edu/home/[/url]”>http://mesas.emory.edu/home/</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.polisci.emory.edu/undergraduate/isconcentration.htm[/url]”>http://www.polisci.emory.edu/undergraduate/isconcentration.htm</a></p>
<p>Polisci major of either type can be kind of rigorous. Luckily for the international studies, the 3 years of language will reinforce the requirement of 2 years worth in international studies. Looks good to me.</p>
<p>Bernie12: Thanks! Hopefully more people will post.</p>
<p>Emory is internationally focused pretty much across the board. It’s part of the university focus. President Wagner hosted a university reception in London last month, and there are a number of well established connections if you look around Emory’s website.<br>
The International Studies major is nice in that it the Poli Sci Department offers a lot of international and comparative courses, plus the major will allows courses from other departments, so you can extra subject breadth in subjects of personal interest.
Additionally, there is an intermediate level foreign langauge requirement, but I recommend taking language every semester so that you keep up your language facility. The upside of that is that you will complete a second major or a minor in the language.
Go for it!</p>
<p>chazsf: Thank you! It sounds great! I’m seriously thinking about applying! </p>
<p>I’m going into my junior year of HS and I’ve only taken one year of Spanish. It’s going to be very difficult to take even a second year because I can’t fit it into my schedule. </p>
<p>Do you think colleges, in general, would reject me because I haven’t had at least two years of a foreign language?</p>
<p>This is also going to sound really silly, but I’m not sure that I could go to college in the South because of the possibility of tornadoes. There have been numerous tornadoes in Atlanta and of course, the recent super outbreak this past April. </p>
<p>I know that I can’t let something that may or may not happen control my actions, but in May, a tornado destroyed a large part of my hometown and just seeing all the destruction when I go into town is awful and I don’t want to experience anything like that ever again. That’s why I’ve picked schools that are on either coast. Tornadoes could still happen, but they’re less likely. </p>
<p>Am I being crazy? Honestly, I can barely stand it when it thunders. I wasn’t affected other than mentally, but sometimes that’s even worse.</p>
<p>Yes, you are being crazy if you invoke Atlanta as being extremely prone to that because that tornado was like 1-2 years ago (and it wasn’t even that bad), and that’s extremely rare lol. The occasional thunderstorm is common though. I think “numerous” is an exaggeration. Over a span of how many years? Been going to school there for 3 years now, and while there have been some sketch weather patterns from time to time (like sophomore year, it rained a lot during winter semester. Ironically, this was after a drought, so it was like a correction for it), only once do I remember there being a tornado in metro Atlanta, especially Dekalb (where Emory is) and Fulton (this is where the one 1-2 years ago happened). Basically, they haven’t been around Emory. If tornados did happen, obviously not many touched down and caused damage, or else we would have heard about it. If anything is to cause any level of destruction, it’s heavy rain/wind associated w/any severe thunderstorms, but this is normal anywhere. It’s Florida, SC, Al and Tn’s whose weather is really sketch. Georgia is relatively well off.</p>
<p>Okay, I guess you have been there three years, so you have a pretty good idea. 
It’s just that after the May tornado, we had “severe” thunderstorms nearly every day until July. I want to get away from all the hail and 60 MPH winds. Thanks for reassuring me, though. </p>
<p>I definitely wouldn’t want to be going to school down there and have something happen. It’s out of my control, so I can’t worry about it.</p>
<p>You’re considering USC which is prone to earthquakes lol. If anything is lamer than a thunderstorm in a warmer climate (which actually may help the temps.) it’s an earthquake. Often buildings hold up much less against those than a thunderstorm (seriously, our apartments/dorms don’t just shake and things begin falling off the walls and stuff. The worst that happens is a power outage and maybe a few downed trees). At least USC is flat (I think, it’s at least flatter than UCLA) or else in a bad earthquake (rare now-a-days right?) thinks could go sliding down hills.</p>
<p>Bernie12: I’ve never been in an earthquake, but for some reason, those don’t scare me as much as tornadoes. I know; look at what happened to Haiti and Japan… Seeing the tornado on TV was so scary. I just felt helpless. I live about 10 miles from where it happened. I can deal with power outages and downed trees, but I hope water is still available. When the power goes out (in my area) we still have water, which is really nice.</p>