<p>I hear that Woody Woo is more orientated towards policy and political theory - leading to jobs as aides & think-thanks.</p>
<p>While I hear that G'Town had a more practical applications for those with political aspirations. Weak on theory however.</p>
<p>Is this a fair assessment? Is Woody Woo for aspiring Politicians & what type of jobs do these students usually get after P'Ton. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I’m currently intending to major in the Woody Woo program. Many of the kids who come out of Woody Woo go into government, but not exactly politics - more like public service. We have a sitting Supreme Court justice (Alito), ambassadors, congressmen, cabinet members, and even generals (Petraeus, who came here for grad school)! It really is a diverse group of students - many of the students who are interested in politics itself majors in the politics department instead. </p>
<p>Personally, I intend to get a job in either public health or policy analysis.</p>
<p>The WWS is hard to categorize. It is certainly wrong to suggest that WWS graduates are not successful in achieving elective office. Some choose elective office and others choose public policy, consulting, investment banking, congressional staff positions, etc. </p>
<p>You may be interested in the SINSI program. The WWS launched the Scholars in the Nations Service Initiative (SINSI) to encourage more of the nations best and brightest students to pursue careers in the U.S. federal government, especially in the international relations arena. The six-year program, beginning in a students junior year, includes a summer federal government internship, two years of federal government service after college, and funds for a two-year Master in Public Affairs (MPA) degree at the Woodrow Wilson School. See: [Woodrow</a> Wilson School of Public and International Affairs | Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative](<a href=“http://wws.princeton.edu/scholars/]Woodrow”>http://wws.princeton.edu/scholars/) and [Woodrow</a> Wilson School of Public and International Affairs | Meet the Scholars](<a href=“http://wws.princeton.edu/scholars/meet-the-scholars/]Woodrow”>http://wws.princeton.edu/scholars/meet-the-scholars/) .</p>
<p>To answer your broader question I decided to find the majors of a few recent alumnae that hold or held elective office. </p>
<p>Jared Polis '96 was a politics major. Polis is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Colorado’s 2nd congressional district. Before he was elected he founded bluemountainarts.com, an online greeting card website.</p>
<p>Ted Cruz '92 WWS major, Cruz is a Republican Senator from Texas. He attended Harvard Law School, graduating magna cum laude in 1995. While at Harvard Law, Cruz was a primary editor of the Harvard Law Review, and executive editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, and a founding editor of the Harvard Latino Law Review. Cruz served as a law clerk to William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States. Cruz was the first Hispanic ever to clerk for a Chief Justice of the United States.</p>
<p>Derek Kilmer '96, WWS major. Democratic U.S. Representative for Washington’s 6th congressional district; He then received his MA in Economic Development Policy. He won a Marshall Scholarship to obtain his PhD in Comparative Social Policy from the University of Oxford.</p>
<p>Dr. Bill Frist 74 specialized in health care policy at the WWS; Harvard Medical School. He was a Republican Senator from Tennessee and the Senate Majority Leader. He has performed over 150 heart transplants and lung transplants. </p>
<p>John Sarbanes '84, WWS major. Democratic U.S. Representative for Maryland’s 3rd congressional district. He attended Harvard Law School.</p>
<p>Robert Ehrlich 79 Politics major. He was the Republican Governor of Maryland and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland’s 2nd district. At Princeton he was the captain of the Tiger football team.</p>
<p>Paul Sarbanes 54 WWS major. Democrat Senator and the longest serving senator from Maryland. Attended Oxford and Harvard Law School. He co-sponsored the SarbanesOxley Act which improved the veracity of corporate financial statements.</p>
<p>Christopher Kit Bond '60, WWS major. Former Republican United States Senator from Missouri, Bond served two terms as Governor of Missouri, from 1973 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1985. He was previously State Auditor of Missouri from 1971 to 1973.</p>
<p>Jim Marshall 72 Politics major. Democrat Congressman from Georgia 3rd congressional district; Democrat; He entered Princeton University in 1966, but left college in 1968 to enlist in the United States Army. He served in Vietnam as an Airborne Ranger reconnaissance platoon sergeant and earned two Bronze Stars (with “V” devices for valor) and a Purple Heart. On June 29, 2006, Marshall was inducted into the U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame. He returned to Princeton in 1970 and graduated in 1972.</p>
<p>James Baker III '52 History major: UT Law School. Baker served as the Chief of Staff in President Ronald Reagan’s first administration and in the final year of the administration of President George H. W. Bush. Baker also served as Secretary of the Treasury from 19851988 in the second Reagan administration, and Secretary of State in the George H. W. Bush administration.</p>
<p>Terri Sewell 86 WWS major. Sewell became the first black valedictorian of Selma High School. She was the first student from Selma to attend an Ivy League university. Future first lady Michelle Robinson 85 was her big sister at Princeton. Harvard Law School and Oxford University. Democrat Representative, Alabamas 7th congressional district (she became the first African-American congresswoman from Alabama) She won her district by 72 percent to 28 percent. </p>
<p>John C. Danforth '58, Religion major. He is a former United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Before becoming the UN Ambassador he was the Republican Attorney General of Missouri and United States Senator from Missouri. He attended law and divinity graduate schools at Yale University. He is also an ordained Episcopal priest. He was the chief celebrant at President Reagan funeral.</p>
<p>Princeton University has educated thousands of individuals who have dedicated their lives to public service, including two U. S. presidents (Woodrow Wilson '1879 and James Madison '1771); three vice president, hundreds of U. S. and state legislators (the House of Representatives, for example, has housed a Princeton alumnus every year since it first met in 1789) and 44 state governors. Princeton has produced a higher number of U.S. Senators, Governors and U.S. Representatives per capita than any other school in the country.</p>