<li><p>How is the workload in comparison to Georgetown’s other schools? I’ve heard it’s the most rigorous, but how much more?</p></li>
<li><p>Is the core really overbearing? I mean, will there be enough time to take other classes from other schools?</p></li>
<li><p>Can we use a language not offered at Georgetown to satisfy the proficiency requirement?</p></li>
<li><p>How much math is involved in SFS? </p></li>
<li><p>What are the most common things people do with a BSFS?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks for your help ahead of time, and I’ll probably add more questions soon.</p>
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<li><p>People usually say that the courseload for SFS students is about on par with Pre-med majors in the College, meaning it is a lot of work. Obviously that's going to vary on a person to person basis, but I'd say overall it's pretty true. In the SFS you will have for 8 semesters a course-load larger than most people you know at Georgetown and most likely a lot more work, but not necessarily more stress. Unlike pre-med majors, for the most part the SFS is pretty much non-competetive. </p></li>
<li><p>The core does take about two years to complete, but it's not terribly onerous. The most obnoxious thing is 4 semesters of econ., which is a pain for most people. If you come in with a lot of AP credit though, you still should be able to do about a semester's worth of electives over four years, finish your major, start a new language go abroad and graduate on time. </p></li>
<li><p>Any language other than English satisfies the proficiency exam. If you want to take a language and neither Georgetown nor any of the affiliated DC consortium schools have it, then Georgetown will hire someone to teach you that language. </p></li>
<li><p>There's pretty much no math (unless you do STIA). The SFS econ classes are mainly theoretical and conceptual. </p></li>
<li><p>There is no most common thing people do with a BSFS. You can do anything. A lot of people end up working for the government, specifically the CIA and State Department. A lot of people also end up working for NGO's. A lot of people go to graduate school. A lot of people go into international business. The thing is, the point of the broad/deep core and then super-individualized majors in the SFS is that you should have the skill set to basically do anything once you graduate. And that's really unique.</p></li>
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<p>I have a lot, but from what I gather from the Undergraduate Prospectus I have lying around, it wouldn't do me much good. I have 5s in English Lang and European History--which seem like they might help--5s in Chem, Stats and probably Calc AP--which count as "free electives" and a 5 in USH which is apparently worthless. I might get a 5 in US Gov.</p>
<p>Can I do anything with these "free electives?" I wasn't planning on taking math or science anyway.</p>
<p>they count for graduation credits...and also depending on wut major u declare in SFS you can use it. For the international econ major, the calc ap credit is actually one of the classes you need for the major.</p>
<p>The free electives don't count to your core requirement, they are just extra classes that you get credited in.</p>
<p>Do AP Credits lower the tuition? In other words do you have to take classes in place of them, or can you take less classes and therefore pay less tuition?</p>
<p>I'm not planning on taking any math or science if I go to Gtown; I'll probably major in CULP or Intl Politics. I <em>might</em> take more math and advanced econ...but not likely.</p>
<p>So will the free elective credit I'll get from Calc, Stats, and Chem mean anything if I wouldnt take those classes anyway? I'm not fulfilling any requirements, and I'm not taking advanced classes in those areas.</p>
<p>The AP credit that helps the most for the SFS is a 5 on one of the English exams and a 5 on European History. Combined, those scores satisfy three of the core requirements. Most of the other AP credit (4s and 5s) will count as elective credit, which allows you some flexibility in reducing your courseload or theoretically graduating early if you focus on just getting your major/core requirements done.</p>
<p>In my case, I had the first situation with English and Euro and then had credit from Bio and Statistics. So essentially that's like one semester done right there, which allows me to take intensive Russian for 2 years without it being a huge issue for graduating on time only taking 3 other classes those semesters (it's 6-credit hours per semester).</p>
<p>^^ To add to that, A 4 or 5 on AP Euro and AP World History will get you out of the same exact core requirement. =] Also, one thing to add to that, Micro and Macro Econ also INCREDIBLY help since SFS requires 4 Econ core classes. Only with a 5 on both exams, do you get exempt out of two of the core classes. =] This definitely lessens the Core load a lot! =]</p>
<p>Yup it only gets you out of one of the two required Humanities courses. The World & Euro credit unfortunately gets you the same credit tho..so one kinda doesn't get you anything.</p>
<p>You only start applying in your junior year..I'm sure it is competitive, but definitely not impossible to get into especially if you have decent grades and have made good progress in getting your required courses out of the way.</p>
<p>actually... on the website:</p>
<p>"Admission to the BSFS/MSFS Program is extremely competitive and students must satisfy all published application procedures for the Graduate School and MSFS except the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). To be competitive, BSFS students should have a 3.7 cumulative GPA, substantial experience living abroad (in addition to any study-abroad experience), significant work and/or internship experience connected to international affairs, and advanced proficiency in a foreign language."</p>
<p>But they say everything is competitive..so it's hard to say. Any current students? I'm curious as well</p>
<p>Eh. That probably won't happen--I don't imagine that I'll acquire "significant living abroad experience" in 3 years.</p>
<p>On other note, what languages is Georgetown best in? I'm taking Spanish, but I want to start over with something else. I'm considering Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, German, French..erm, basically everything.</p>