<p>Anyone out there in CC land with current experience or information about the Whitehead School's undergrad program. DS has narrowed his choices down to three and SH's program seems to have the least amount of information out there. Thanks.</p>
<p>I can’t help you, but have similar questions for my daughter, who is a current junior. Doesn’t seem like there is much “action” here on the Seton Hall thread as with many other schools. Not sure what to make of that…</p>
<p>My older sister is an IR student at Seton Hall. It’s a really good program. It was designed by the UN, and they bring a lot of good speakers to the school. In her first year the general secretary of the UN spoke at Seton Hall. She’s gotten a lot of good internships through the program- White house, State Department, and the UN. One of her friends who’s a year older actually got accepted to Harvard’s graduate school with a full-ride, and another girl went to Oxford, and they were both IR students at Seton Hall. I’m sure other kids went onto big name grad schools, but I only knew those two through my sister. I think that’s a good way to go- it’s better to spend your money (unless you get a full-ride like my sister’s friend :P) on your master’s/PhD at a big name, expense school and get your BA at a more “normal” school like Seton Hall. In IR you usually do have to end up getting a master’s or PhD, and employers care more where you go to school for those than they do about your undergrad.</p>
<p>As far as how it’s run, I’d have to ask her, but I know she likes her professors- a lot of them were former diplomats or worked for the UN and State Department and things like that. Seton Hall has small class sizes too, so students get a lot of attention. My sister actually got into Georgetown’s foreign service school, but went to Seton Hall instead since Georgetown is so expensive. She says she doesn’t regret it either, since it’s hard to make a ton of money right away in the sorts of jobs available to IR grads, so she didn’t want any debt. I think Seton Hall’s a good choice, especially if you get a scholarship. The kids are definitely really smart, and my sister and her friends have all been really successful.</p>
<p>Oh and apparently there’s a longer thread about this here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/seton-hall-university/590664-school-diplomacy-4.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/seton-hall-university/590664-school-diplomacy-4.html</a></p>
<p>Skravitzy: Thank you for your reply. The internship possibilities for undergrads is what is intriguing to my daughter…still researching the “where you go from there” aspects of this course of undergraduate study. We are looking forward to a campus visit we are planning this summer.</p>