<p>caliboi1313,</p>
<p>Plenty of IR/PS grads go on to work for the private sector in California. Sony, Qualcomm, etc. all hire IR grads like crazy.</p>
<p>bjung,</p>
<p>Yes, I do. However, I think that it is largely limited to working for American companies in my country or specialization (Japan.)</p>
<p>what do you mean by private sector UCLAri?</p>
<p>Basically, anything that is not run by the government. Privately owned and operated firms.</p>
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On the Foreign Policy ranking, I noticed that in the undergraduate section, Berkeley was 8th and Brown was 17th. How will my undergrad at either of these schools affect my choices for graduate schools?
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<p>For these schools, disparate rankings along these lines don't matter. Go where you think you would be happiest, assuming you can afford either choice. You'll be fine no matter what you choose.</p>
<p>No matter where you go, try to ask yourself why you want to study what you want to study and put together a plan for getting to your goal.</p>
<p>I'm completely in concert with Incredulous. The broad range of undergrads at IR/PS tells me, more than anything, that students everywhere can succeed.</p>
<p>"Basically, anything that is not run by the government. Privately owned and operated firms."</p>
<p>Thats pretty cool. Might be a broad question, but what type of work would you be doing at one of these firms?</p>
<p>Students from IR/PS go into a wide range of things ranging from finance to supply-chain management to banking.</p>
<p>PowerShu</p>
<p>i think the education you get at either schools will vary greatly depeding on how much guidance u do or dont need</p>
<p>as for getting into grad school
both would probably look the same on an app</p>
<p>from what i always hear, an A in berkeley academics is harder than an A in Ivy academics.</p>
<p>and as for reputation,
brown is famous for being an amazing and great school</p>
<p>berkeley is know being amazing, great, full of weirdos, and not to mention,
is probably the lead contributing university in the world to modern and past science.</p>
<p>They freakin have like i think over 5 elements on the table of elements
(which is sayin on H311 of a lot)</p>
<p>Greetings all,</p>
<p>I'm trying to decide where to go for my masters in IR. Currently I'm leaning towards staying on the west coast, probably Monterey, but wanted to know if this is a respected program, in terms of employers, both inside and outside of California? I am particulary interested in development and Africa and I'm also looking the New School, Tulane, and Depaul. Any insight would be much appreciated. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>GauchoCourt,</p>
<p>Out of those four, I'd consider Monterey the best program. They're good in development, too.</p>
<p>Thanks UCLAri,</p>
<p>Do you have any other recommendations of schools to look at on the west coast? I wasnt aware that Berkeley had an IR major until I saw it on the foreign policy list?</p>
<p>First off, let's clarify something here. You can study IR in any school that has a political science department.</p>
<p>Anyway, on the West Coast, I recommend Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, and the Claremont McKenna schools. USC gets an honorable mention.</p>
<p>When should college students consider applying for internships?</p>
<p>ASAP ! apply during freshman year for summer/fall</p>
<p>It depends on what you're looking for. Federal internships require that you apply almost a year before you would start. Some private internships don't open until a few months before they start.</p>
<p>As for when you should find one as a student, start early in your college career.</p>
<p>UCLAri~ to add to the redundancy...you neglected AU, thought to be tied with GW. both in 10th, i believe.</p>
<p>Er? Not on the West Coast, last time I checked. :p</p>
<p>Thanks again. I guess its good to start looking early.</p>
<p>Powershu.... Are you kidding.. Brown is much better. The FP ranking is biased. Peers will always give high points to CAL .</p>