<p>Even if this is just a summer school, go to Cambridge. Which sounds better? “I had a course in Cambridge” or “I had a program at Edinburgh/Warwick ecc?” The reaction will quite differ between “Wohaaa” and “Ah, hm, really?”</p>
<p>About the colleges: Pembroke is far not that famous and prestigious like Kings with it’s chapel (although it is a richer college), but it is one of the most lovely and beautiful colleges.
Summer schools in Oxbridge…how I love when the town is filled with Italians, barely capable of speaking English, and hordes of US students. Not to mention the 5 million tourist each year :D</p>
<p>^^^^
Definitely wouldn’t pick a study abroad choice for prestige. I really don’t see it having any bearing on anything. Its one thing to get a degree, another to just be there for a term.</p>
<p>Nonsense - why go to a fake course rather than a real one? Let’s be honest, just going on the summer school is a cop out - you did not have to wrk to get there and people, or rather people who know anything about anything, will know that to be the case.</p>
<p>Still, it could be fun, and spending some weeks in Cambridge, and visiting cities like London and Paris is a great deal to anyone. And many Yanks consider the UK a cool place The basic reason for the existence of such summer schools is that since the students left for summertime, the colleges are basically emptily, and could make good money from such summer schools. Thus, since it’s summertime, these students bother no one. </p>
<p>Oxford and Cambridge are very big names, and attack thousands of such students every year. You’re right, these students are not attending to the university, but 99% of them don’t have the chance to study in Oxbridge anyway. I see no problem in these schools. Vacation in beautiful cities, with some studying involved. Surely don’t hurrt</p>
<p>Well, if people think that a summer school is equal with studying at Oxford or Cambridge…their problem. If somebody believes in this, that’s also their problem.
They could learn some useful things, spend some time in a beautiful city (since both Cambridge and Oxford are stunning), visit other places, etc. Again, this don’t hurt anyone. If they have the money, do it.</p>
<p>There are such schools at Harvard and Yale as well…or, mostly at Cambridge, MA, and New Haven, since usually those programs are also nothing to do with the universities.</p>
<p>Then nothing happens. I mean, such “anecdotes” are probably sufficient to make the neighbour say “Wohoo” but on a university of job application, they cannot indicate that they were students at Oxbridge. Just the same: if somebody was in a summer school at Harvard campus, which are not administered by the university, they not going to say “I was studied at Harvard”. Or they may, but that’s nothing more than saying “I had an iPhone 4 even before it released” :)</p>
<p>The more I read GeraldM’s posts, the less I understand. I don’t mean to be pedantic but there is only so much broken English one can tolerably stand in a day.</p>
<p>GeraldM stop spewing nonsense. The OP asked where would be good to study international realtions. That means a proper course, not some fake cambridge summer school. Yes it is a decent summer school but not what he is after. For the record, OP Cambridge do not do a specific international relations course, the closest you could get is PPS, which covers some elements of International relations, I believe that Oxford offers a similar degree.</p>
The basic reason for the existence of such summer schools is that since the students left for summertime, the colleges are basically emptily, and could make good money from such summer schools. Thus, since it’s summertime, these students bother no one. </p>