<p>I've been accepted to Georgetown College, Psychology Major. I'm intending to double major with philosophy. Georgetown is at the top of my list for schools and I'm considering all other possibilities. But the only thing slowing me down to declare my acceptance is that SFS I feel overshadows the college. I'm 90% sure I want to work at the state department and get an internship there summer of sophomore year/Junior year, or work at an embassy overseas and I know that is what SFS is centered around, but I'm pretty sure I dont want to spend 4 years just studying international affairs. I know that SFS has a broad core curriculum but not in depth as I want to go. Are the opportunities just as open as SFS in regards to government internships? And is the college worth going to georgetown?</p>
<p>Asking about “the downfalls” is kind of a leading question, no?</p>
<p>I’m certainly an SFS partisan, but I really don’t think it ‘overshadows’ the college. Given the competitiveness of all these internships and programs, what they’re going to be most interested in is the coursework that you’ve taken. And since the majority of courses that SFS students take are actually housed in College departments like Government, History, Economics, Theology, Philosophy, Languages, etc… you can compile a fairly similar slate of courses as someone in the SFS, while retaining the flexibility to take some other classes you want to pursue.</p>
<p>For what it’s worth: the current Ambassador to Costa Rica, Anne Slaughter Andrew, is a 1977 graduate of the College (History major). Tim Chorba, who was ambassador to Singapore from 1994 to 1998 and was elected President of the Council of American Ambassadors, is a 1968 College grad (Government). Francis Rooney (C’75), who was Bush’s ambassador to the Vatican from 2005 to 2008, was an English major. Tom Siebert, who was Clinton’s classmate and ended up being appointed ambassador to Sweden by same, was in the College. So while it’s true that the SFS sends more people into the State Department, being in the College by no means forecloses that path.</p>
<p>My daughter is in the college and has had wonderful courses and instructors as a Government & English major. She is taking a wide range of courses through the college and she entered school as an undeclared freshman. If you want to study IR then the SFS is a great option. The SFS didn’t support her interests although she has mentioned wanting to take a course called map of the modern world if she has time her senior year. I know that she doesn’t feel that SFS overshadows the college - it is just a different track within the university with a specific set of classes that do not allow for as much freedom as she wanted (for example, studying Greek and Oil painting along side Econ, journalism and poetry class. </p>
<p>Good luck deciding and congratulations on your admission!</p>