<p>I want to study intnl relations so gtown would provide great opportunities in terms of internships, job prospects (with IMF, World Bank, UN etc.), and obviously is very focused on intnl affairs... but I LOVE Stanford and it was my first-choice school. I'm leaning almost completely towards Stanford right now, but just need to feel secure that I'm making a good choice! Basically the only reason I'm considering Gtown is that it is specialized for my intended major... any thoughts?</p>
<p>I think you are pretty well decided, just realize that the SFS is in fact the number one school in the US for int'l relations, on the faculty you can take Madeline Albright, George Tenet, and Ex-President of Spain Aznar. On Monday, after visiting the President, the president of the Ukraine came to give a talk, today the head of the IMF came to give an intimate talk. I have personally heard the pres. of nigeria, Colin Powell, and have attended Aznar's lectures, I'm kind of a regular, lol! I really don't want to tell you everything that's great about Georgetown, but what a chance to get to learn from actual world leader? and what a chance to gget an internship at teh white house, senate, congress, IMF, etc. On Fridays, after your class? Good Luck on your decision.</p>
<p>argh! haha those are the reasons I'm doubting my choice! this is a really frustrating decision because I've been in love with Stanford for ages, and never really considered georgetown as a top choice until I got into SFS and realized all the stuff associated with international relations that I could do there!</p>
<p>why are you in love with stanford? maybe that would help people advise you.</p>
<p>good poimt. if you want the weather, and the huge campus, then unfortunately, this is a losing battle, if it's the academics then Georgetown is a much better choice of Int'l relations.</p>
<p>stanford has bad IR lol, this should be a no brainer but, go where u like =P</p>
<p>i would suggest u visit gtown, it is quite amazing</p>
<p>I think it really comes down to what's more important to you. If your major and future opportunities in IR is most important to you, you would go to SFS, its the best school for IR and also one of the most competitive. Georgetown itself is perfect for IR students, because the amount of guest lecturers here are insane. You won't get the same opportunities. Our guest speakers this semester have included King of Jordan, the First Lady, President of Ukraine...the list goes on. Not to mention for MLK, our school had both the presence of Colin Powell and President Bush as our event. Yet if Stanford feels like home...that's where you should go.</p>
<p>well I actually never seriously considered SFS until after i got in to Stanford (coz i applied early-action), but now that I'm accepted, I feel that I should seriously consider it instead of just turning it down without thinking about it properly. I love Stanford because of the whole Cali atmosphere, the warm weather, the campus is beautiful, the academics are great etc. I think that once you get to the level of SFS vs. Stanford, the 'prestige' factor isn't really that big a deal anymore because they're both amazing schools. If I choose Stanford, I'll most definitely go for the Stanford in Washington program, and study abroad. So what I want to know is: just how great is gtown for intnl relations... is it great enough that I would give up Stanford?</p>
<p>SFS is more focused on undergrads-they have way more undergrads than grads, so you'll be taking classes from the best professors and getting all the best opportunities. At Stanford, you'll get less attention because it's a larger university and has a substantial grad student population.</p>
<p>Gtown SFS is one of the best international relations programs in the country. If you're talking IR, there's no comparison</p>
<p>IR seems like quite a random field.</p>
<p>Stanford, which is a (marginally) better school than Penn doesn't have as good an IR program, which in turn doesn't have as good an IR program as SFS.</p>
<p>Prestige is 95% all about networking (5% is pat on the back), and for networking in INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, D.C. is light-years ahead of Palo Alto.</p>
<p>Maybe if you wanted to network in Silicon Valley, things would be different...but otherwise, the power is distrubuted along the national, international, and NGO institutions scattered along the northeast corridor (which officially goes from DC to Boston)</p>