Please review my list of schools for International Relations and Foreign Languages

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<p>After conducting an exhaustive search, here is my list of schools that I think I will apply to. If you have any experience or advice on the schools or for pursuing studies in foreign language and international relations, I would appreciate your help: </p>

<p>Safeties:
Syracuse University
St. Lawrence University
SUNY Binghamton </p>

<p>Mid-Level:
University of Rochester
American University </p>

<p>Reaches (Schools with fairly low acceptance rates):
NYU
Johns Hopkins
Dartmouth/Tufts?
Georgetown </p>

<p>Maybe:
McGill
Middlebury</p>

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<p>Happened on this post and thought I would offer my two cents. I study IR at NYU and probably the first thing you should know is that IR is a major that you have to apply to. Last year they took about 30% of applicants, remembering that to apply you have to have a 3.65 have taken Micro or Macro and International relations and write an application essay. The group they end up with is awesome. </p>

<p>Do keep in mind that every politics/IR department have different strengths and weaknesses, NYU is considered a Methodology powerhouse, which is not to say that other areas are not strong but Bruce Bueno de Mesquita definitely is the top of the department (which steers the hires). The professors are great, internships are plentiful (already had two), and people around NYU and in the field definitely know that it is a great department. Languages are also top at NYU, there isn’t anything you would want to take that they don’t offer and I know that Linguistics are a strength. </p>

<p>I believe that JHU, Tufts, and Gtown have departments basically on the same level (I don’t know anything about the Dartmouth program). After that Rochester is probably better than American. The research at Rochester is considered really good. Have you also considered George Washington, which probably fits in the same category?</p>

<p>I hope this was helpful.</p>

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<p>you should also consider G wash & uva</p>

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<p>Middlebury has international studies as well as international relations which gives you an option to focus more on sociology if you end up finding the economics or political theory difficult. Also the language departments are fabulous.</p>