<p>SOAS in London is the UK school for East Asian studies, far better than LSE. <a href="http://www.soas.ac.uk/%5B/url%5D">http://www.soas.ac.uk/</a></p>
<p>Kings College also has some interesting departments.</p>
<p>Haven't heard that JHU bias in DC, frankly. Hear about SFS and Harvard, mostly.</p>
<p>CaliforniaLawyer,</p>
<p>The IR/PS program's first year, for better or for worse (depending on your interests) trains generalists. This means that we can apply a wide range of skills in many different areas. It's only in the second year that we really develop more specific skill sets and really work on our "specialization." </p>
<p>However, this means that 2nd years come back with all sorts of interesting internships after the summer. One guy I met worked for Foster's Group in SF, getting $30 an hour to assist with supply chains. One of the alumni is now a VP at Sony, and is in charge of global supply chains. On the other hand, some of the 2nd years went and worked with NGOs in development-- as in World Bank, USAID, and IMF-- in Latin America or Southeast Asia. One even ended up in Africa.</p>
<p>Grads, from what I gather, end up in some interesting places. Other than the veep at Sony, one grad went to RAND, one went to Brookings, and a fair number go to IGCC (the UC's policy think tank) and various governmental organizations.</p>
<p>But tons of people in supply chain management. :p</p>
<p>cheers,</p>
<p>I'd say that DC is a tossup between SAIS and SFS. KSG suffers due to distance, really.</p>
<p>Dunno 'bout that. I've recently heard of two fabulous Washington positions going to Harvard grads. Haven't heard about any fabulous SAIS placements but that could just be my info stream.</p>
<p>cheers,</p>
<p>I'm not saying that KSG is a bad program. On the contrary, it's clearly in the top 5. But having lived in worked in DC and being in the APSIA circle, I've come to realize that SAIS is really regarded as the true leader in the field.</p>
<p>Attached is a list of Presidential Management Fellows for 2006, many with IR backgrounds:</p>
<p>Whadya know...got an email from S in DC today-- saying he wants to go to SAIS Bologna for grad school....LOL.</p>
<p>Sorry in advance for such a long post,
I'm 30 yrs old and would like to apply to a few IR programs in DC and NYC. I've had a hard time finding the right people to advise me on this process so I was thrilled to discover this message board. I have a passion for international affairs and would love to specialize in Economic Development/Emerging Markets, though I first need to gauge my chances of being accepted into any, let alone a top program like American University.
I'm a dual citizen of France and the United States (completely bilingual). My undergraduate degree is in business and my Marketing/Communications work since school has enabled me to travel to France, Germany, Brazil, Hungary, Norway, and Singapore. My most recent job was in the Communications Department of an international investment bank. One of my main projects there was organizing our company's participation in the Annual Meetings of the IMF/Work Bank. My college GPA was less than a 3.0, but that was 8 years ago. Based on this basic information do you think I am ready now to apply to schools for fall 2007? I essentially want to see how my profile looks to someone with knowledge of the field. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>mdevulpi,</p>
<p>I'd need to know your GRE score to gauge you, but I think that your work experience will help mitigate your relatively low GPA.</p>
<p>Thanks for responding but I'm signing up to take the GRE's late Dec/early Jan. Any idea of where my score needs to fall to get into lower tier schools (Fordham, New School) and top schools (American, Columbia)? Are top schools out of the question right now??</p>
<p>Man I plan on majoring in IR, I would hope to get involved with the government possibly the CIA upon completing grad school and gaining some experience etc. Sadly, the only thing I would have going for me is being an Eagle Scout. I doubt I can get into schools listed in that top 8</p>
<p>mdevulpi,</p>
<p>Top programs usually look for around 650V, and around 700Q. I'd shoot for closer to 700 on both sections to have a really strong chance at American and SIPA. </p>
<p>California-Bolt,</p>
<p>If you're just talking about undergrad, don't worry so much about it.</p>
<p>NYU is ranked number 2 in international business
according to usnews</p>
<p>International business is not necessarily IR. NYU has some good programs, but it's not one of the top players in IR.</p>
<p>I don't see you talking about Brown U.. I heard they have a good IR program.
What do you think?</p>
<p>Brown's program is good, but it's not one of the prominent ones.</p>
<p>you said previously that for undergrad, the program isn't that important.
The general university counts more.Do you think taking undergrad in brown will be worst than in tufts or JH? thats my 3 options. i also considering USC and Syracuse for a safelist</p>
<p>JHU's undergrad program is great, but you can't really access the best of their IR program as it's a separate campus. Tufts is a great option, and so is Brown.</p>
<p>I'd say that any one of the ones you listed would be about equal in terms of quality, even if Brown might be a little more prestigious.</p>
<p>Well i know of the IR/Buss combonation but what could i do with a IR/PS (political science) and what schools are good with BOTH.</p>
<p>I'm not entirely sure I understand what you mean, but I'll give it a shot.</p>
<p>IR/PS grads go on to many different careers. Some join the public sector, some go to work for the private sector, some go on to get PhDs, some will work for the government, and some will go into non-profit. It's basically only limited by your own interests.</p>
<p>I don't know why you would particularly care about schools also being good in poli sci, but UCSD, Harvard, and Columbia are all top-notch IR programs with great poli sci departments attached.</p>