<p>I went to the "exploring college options" forum (I was pretty much applying to Stanford, Georgetown, Penn, one way or another... the other two were an added bonus) and the Gtown representative mentioned that the MSB has a higher acceptance rate than the other schools. Do they admit within schools?</p>
<p>If I want to major in Int'l Business, the MSB is a good choice for me... right? I love the DC area too. If anyone has any stories, opinions, thoughts on MSB, please share!</p>
<p>Personally, I choose SFS for their International Economics major with a concentration in Int'l Finance and Commerce, which is equivalent to an Int'l Business major. I don't think it particular varies that much where you get it from, just your own interests? I personally wanted a more global and international feel to my curriculum rather than straight business. Thus, I chose SFS. And the fact that SFS at georgetown is truly one of a kind. =] And I'm not sure what you mean by admitting within schools? But the admissions committee admits you by school. So the school you choose on your app is the one the consider you for in the admissions process?</p>
<p>Also SFS actually has the highest acceptance rate I believe out of the four schools, but I think (and many people have always said this) that SFS candidate pool is very self-selective and usually the highest "stats" if you will. =]</p>
<p>Wow, that is a really fancy major (to someone like me)! What/how is the curriculum/workload?</p>
<p>It's not really a fancy major, it is just because SFS is such a unique school. Since it is a school of foreign service, everyone there will graduate with a bachelor of science in foreign service. However, SFS offers 7 majors that you declare throughout the course of your sophomore year. The major I'm interested in which is made for International Business study offers three concentrations within the major. Take a look at the website if you want more information. Basic business classes are similar to MSB but a lot of additional international business and int'l relations courses.</p>
<p>Freshman and sophomore year are all filled with the core curric for SFS, which is here (<a href="http://www3.georgetown.edu/sfs/bsfs/core/)%5B/url%5D">http://www3.georgetown.edu/sfs/bsfs/core/)</a>. It appears to be pretty manageable, I plan on getting a certificate in International Business Diplomacy as well. =] Hope that helps.</p>
<p>The School of Nursing and Health Studies actually has the highest acceptance rate I believe, then SFS, and that's because they have very specific, defined majors, and their applicant pools are very self-selective. You wouldn't apply to NHS if you weren't interested in science, the health sciences, and a career in healthcare. You wouldn't apply to SFS if you weren't interested in economics, international relations, etc. </p>
<p>If you want to major in International Business, I'd say choose MSB, since they have an actual major by that name. In SFS, you will have a host of other requirements for the International Econ major, including the core curriculum. If you're not interested in being an econ major, extra history and philosophy courses, etc., then choose what you're actually interested in, which sounds like the MSB.</p>
<p>Does anyone know anything about how good the job placement is after college? My guess is it would be superb but that's just an assumption...</p>
<p>I know for sure that Gtown has a big presence at Lehman Bros (for those of you who don't know Lehman its a prestigious investment banking firm)...</p>
<p>Hmm... economics at the College vs. business at MSB. Thoughts?</p>
<p>Economics studies more theory. Business uses the economics but is more real world application-based (marketing, management, finance, etc...)</p>