<p>I was just wondering if you have information about SFS-Gtown. </p>
<p>Why are you in it/ interested in going to it?</p>
<p>What makes it better than other schools?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>D.C., internships, professors, international diverse student body, study abroad program, #1 IR Masters program</p>
<p>Basically the location, can’t beat the D.C. area. 2nd best would probably be New York and Columbia, but I’m not a fan of the idea of the Core. Anyways, like ThaRussian said, Georgetown offers so much for the IR major, and it’s the best school to go to for that road. Many professors are former diplomats, senators, ambassadors, etc. For me, the opportunities as far as internships and careers cannot be matched anywhere else in the nation. So yeah, in a nutshell, G-town is awesome!! I really hope I get in next year :)</p>
<p>Well first of all there’s location, location, location. (Of course, George Washington and American have that and GW is closer to downtonw)</p>
<p>Second is a first-class academic faculty of very fine political scientists, economists, historians, etc. (Of course Columbia, Harvard, Princeton and Stanford all have that)</p>
<p>Third is a first-class faculty of practitioners, all of whom teach undergraduates. You have former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Former Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet. Formerly National Security Advisor Anthony Lake. Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Donald McHenry. Former Assistant Secretaries of State Chester Crocker, Bob Gallucci (alright he’s actually gone on to the MacArthur Foundation now), former President of Poland Aleksander Kwasniewski and former Prime Minister of Spain Jose Maria Aznar (I don’t know how to make accents here). In addition to these really top-level people, the faculty of the SFS is full of adjunct professors who hold very important policy-making day jobs with the Department of State, Department of Defense, CIA, etc. Simply put, no other school in the world has anything like this collection of people. The truly fantastic thing is that all of these people teach undergraduates and get to know them. I just finished sophomore year and I already have had the opportunity to get to know three of the people I listed above. </p>
<p>Fourth, the curriculum and classes offered. Few, if any, other schools have the same depth and diversity of courses covering international affairs from every angle. This is largely the result of having a school of ~1200 students all studying international relations; there’s a large faculty and a lot of offerings in the field.</p>