<p>I am wondering which one of the schools can be considered more advantageous when considering entering international business, affairs, etc. I assume Yale is more prestigious just because it is, well, Yale; however, can anyone tell me how well known SFS is?</p>
<p>Is SFS very prestigious too? Are most students able to get jobs or is there any active recruitment? If I am looking to work overseas for an American company, which school would prove more advantageous or would they both provide excellent opportunities? </p>
<p>And how is SFS's networking? Good connections or no?</p>
<p>I think that when SFS has 3 current Heads of State, and 2 curent heads of major international organizations, a past successful US President, the Governor of Illinois, the Majority Whip of the US Senate and the President’s National Security Advisor among its current alumni, it has a status deserving of the description “just because its SFS.” </p>
<p>Seriously, in terms of IR, no other university has the budget, the number of courses, the location and the connections of SFS. If what you truly want to do with your life is in diplomacy or intelligence or working in a major NGO or think tank, SFS is the best place to go. International business may be another matter in which case Harvard, Wharton and Columbia are probably the best choices.</p>
<p>If you’re passionate about IR, please don’t choose Yale just because of the name. It’s kind of a moot point, because SFS is pretty renowned in just about any field of IR, it’s the oldest in the country! Georgetown has an entire college devoted to IR, with 6 separate majors and loads of certificates to choose from. </p>
<p>Yale just has a once-size-fits-all IR program within the main school, and you can only take it as a second major! For instance, You could either major in International Business at Georgetown’s SFS, or Double-major in Business and International Studies at Yale.</p>
<p>Also, I don’t know too much about connections, but you’d taking classes taught by Madeleine Albright. Six former Georgetown professors as well as 7 alumni were just appointed to Obama’s new administration, which sounds pretty connected to me. </p>
<p>Foreign Policy Magazine rates Georgetown SFS higher than Yale for undergrad.</p>
<p>Also, if you are considering going into international business, Yale’s MBA program has one of the flakiest reputations among the top programs. For years, the degree it granted was a Master of Public and Private Management or MPPM, and the school called itself a school of “organization and management” rather than a simple “business school.” This weird branding has only recently been compensated for when Yale went to a traditional MBA.</p>
<p>Do a lot of SFS graduates go into the private sector? Specifically working abroad for American companies? I just want to know the job opportunities are there if I want them. </p>
<p>Are SFS graduates actively recruited by any well known companies? Obviously, with the economic situation the way it is, I am not expecting everything to flow as well as it used to, but you understand my meaning. On average, do SFS students usually have good job prospects?</p>
<p>All the usual high flying private sector firms recruit at SFS. If you look at the placement report ,in any given year, you will find names like McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and CNN. Go to the Georgetown website and get the full report for last year. (Although I think that right now a lot of mid-career people working at places like the State Dept. and the Department of Homeland Security are wondering “what was I ever thinking when I thought about taking a job on Wall Street.”</p>
<p>Banks, consulting firms, accounting firms, law firms tend to be the biggest private sector recruiters at “top cc schools” that do not have strong engineering programs.</p>
<p>It’s also worth noting that 20% of respondents immediately go to graduate/professional school. Most of them will end up in law firms, gov’t, NGOs, think tanks, or academia.</p>
<p>If a student is interested in a particular multi-national corporation like P&G, Coke, GE, GM, etc. you would need to either go to a school where those firms recruit or use the Georgetown alumni network to connect with alums at those corporations.</p>
<p>Good question! (refering to welshy’s post.) that’s what I’d like to know too; Also, had anyone heard of university of South Carolina? their international business ranked #1. how is that compare to GU SFS or GU’s international business program?</p>
<p>GU’s IB program is ranked 6th by US News. Apparently, there is a big focus right now on ramping up the IB program at Georgetown. We learned from a senior at MSB that most students in MSB double major. Those interested in IB usually double major in Finance and IB but don’t solely major in IB. I guess it gives you more options.</p>
<p>I got in IB program in U of SC, in which their IB ranked #1, and seemed it’ll provide me with a lot of internatinal exposure, meanwhile, i got in GU SFS also and interested in IR/IA. i know GU’s IR is also ranked top, so it’s been very hard decision for me. I like both program very much ( hopefully i’m not comparing oranges to apples.) But financial wise, i can almost get full ride to U of South Carolina, VS. high tuision to GU. Any input anyone? And if i decided to go with U of SC, will it be really hard to go to GU to get my master degree from SFS? Let me reword this question—will i get equal chance for master degree if i get my under degree from other university VS get my under degree from GU?</p>
<p>SFS has the largest array of players on the international policy scene in the world. You can’t put a price tag on being able to have class with a Madeleine Albright, or Andrew Natsios or Jose Aznar or Georget Tenet. etc. etc. A recommendation from a person with that level of clout can give you breaks that can’t even be quantified objectively.</p>
<p>To use an analogy, in show biz terms there is Broadway and everything else. SFS is Broadway.</p>