<p>What gov't agencies recruit @ Tufts . How many students go into the Foreign Service, or do other IR related things. How helpful is Tufts in getting you a job?</p>
<p>I have the same question. I'm deciding between tufts and Northwestern and am interested in IR. Is tufts really better to the extent that I should choose it over NU. Do more people recruit at tufts?</p>
<p>Recruit? Probably not. Is Tufts better to the extent that you should choose it over IR? There is no right answer. What do you think? Where would you be happier over the next four years?</p>
<p>I read an article online from a tufts newspaper (from 2002) and the author was talking about a career fair where the secret service was recruiting. Granted, it was a sarcastic piece, so he might have been exaggerating.</p>
<p>For IR & IS majors, I think that the big three trio are probably Tufts, Georgetown, and Brown. All of them are top-tier, and very Social Studies focused.</p>
<p>We have career fairs and the like all the time, but I think actual "recruitment" (ie the agency actually comes and finds you) only happens in the movies.</p>
<p>I overheard a girl saying she'd been recruited by the NSA, but I don't know precisely what she meant by that.</p>
<p>Worldband: I was told it was Tufts, Georgetown and Hopkins</p>
<p>i could be wrong...</p>
<p>Yeah, your list sounds more correct. Thanks :)</p>
<p>Anybody have a concept of Cornell's IR relative to Tufts or UVa?</p>
<p>From what I understand, Annandale1's list is correct in listing the top 3 IR departments (though I believe Columbia also has a relatively strong one). I know very little about UVa or Cornell's IR and I researched this quite significantly when choosing schools (I'm an IR major at Tufts), so I think that this would speak to fact that Cornell and UVa's IR programs are likely somewhat weaker than Tufts'. Tufts' Fletcher School is one of the top schools of Law and Diplomacy in the world, arguably THE top school. It really depends on what kind of IR you are looking for. It seems to me that the difference in IR programs' focus is more significant than the difference in their ranks.</p>
<p>i thought the fletcher school was reeeally top too, but how come its not even in the top 10 on us news? i'm not knocking tufts i'm just wondering because i know how great fletcher is..</p>
<p>Whatdo you do with an IR degree? What type of positions are out there?</p>
<p>Int'l law, int'l banking or business, goverment service or diplomacy. Esp with burgeoning population and economic clout of china (and to lesser extent, India) any international work or study in these regions will likely be valuable and graduates with these areas of expertise should be in high demand. Of course, one could argue that a degree in int'l studies would be equally good education to any other liberal arts area of study, too, ie. history or economics, so that virtually any other field where liberal arts grads are welcomed would also be receptive to these grads.</p>
<p>HelloI'mKatie, are you referring to the US News Law school rankings? If so, the deal is that Fletcher is not on it at all, because it's not a law school. It's a school of Law and Diplomacy, which is a very specialized type of school, very different from a traditional law school. I am not familiar with any specific rankings for schools of law and diplomacy and the like, but I do know that the top three out there are Fletcher, Georgetown's school of foreign service, and Columbia's school (not sure of its official name). There are only a handful of these schools in the US. Hope that helps.</p>
<p>is IR a hard major? what are some of the most 'hardest' aspect in studying it??</p>