James Madison: Poli Sci/Global Studies for IB student?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:An aside for IR kids— keep your nose clean. American citizens (especially with American citizen parents who also don’t raise red flags) who learn a critical language are in high demand— if they can get a security clearance. A DUI or occasional pot use at 19 might not prevent this, but it can slow things down. And if you start adding stuff up, present a high clearance. If your kid is serious about State, . Your kid should realize that, in the future, people might come and talk to roommates, professors, employers, etc

Also, start a word doc and keep track of addresses, contact info. When I did my upgraded clearance, it took me forever to find th exact dates of every country I had visited. Especially in the Eau without passport sts,AP. A day in Gibralter. Through Andorra with a stop for lunch. Write the dates down.

OP here. Thanks. My kid doesn’t even swear. But I’ll remind him.
For JMU haters, my kid doesn’t have the grades to go higher. But thanks for boosting your schools. They sound good.

DP. Your kid should also apply to tons of internships - state, intel community, anything that will get them even a low-level clearance before they graduate. And I’d suggest looking in to PMF. And lastly, take a least a few technical/computer science classes. All the agencies are looking for this stuff now and paying extra for it.

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Anonymous wrote:It's so funny that the OP was asking specifically about JMU and the usual annoying UVA booster has to keep interjecting. I mean, seriously? Read the room!

how is it boosting UVA to respond to someone else's comment who brought up UVA and correct misinformation? I realize that you may clearly have some angst against UVA but you must know that many parents whose kids are interested in this field are viewing this post - not just those who are interested in JMU - and when advice is being offering presumably by people in the field, that seems to be acceptable. However correcting misinformation is not? Interesting view.

It isn't but clearly they got a bad case of UVA envy. Likely their child was rejected and they've never gotten over it.

I’m the first PP. None of my kids wanted to apply to UVA at all. Sorry to disappoint!

And once again sounds like your hatred of the school remains and obviously affected your kids. Why bring this up on this thread tho? Really odd misplaced anger. The PP you responded to was just responding to a post that was about the career not JMU.

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Anonymous wrote:It's so funny that the OP was asking specifically about JMU and the usual annoying UVA booster has to keep interjecting. I mean, seriously? Read the room!

how is it boosting UVA to respond to someone else's comment who brought up UVA and correct misinformation? I realize that you may clearly have some angst against UVA but you must know that many parents whose kids are interested in this field are viewing this post - not just those who are interested in JMU - and when advice is being offering presumably by people in the field, that seems to be acceptable. However correcting misinformation is not? Interesting view.

It isn't but clearly they got a bad case of UVA envy. Likely their child was rejected and they've never gotten over it.

I’m the first PP. None of my kids wanted to apply to UVA at all. Sorry to disappoint!

And once again sounds like your hatred of the school remains and obviously affected your kids. Why bring this up on this thread tho? Really odd misplaced anger. The PP you responded to was just responding to a post that was about the career not JMU.

“Hatred”? You’re taking this just a little too personally. I haven’t affected my kids’ preferences in any way. They are influenced by what their peers say/think, and that is just one reason none wanted to apply there. Disinterest is not the same thing as hatred. Moving on…

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Anonymous wrote:It's so funny that the OP was asking specifically about JMU and the usual annoying UVA booster has to keep interjecting. I mean, seriously? Read the room!

how is it boosting UVA to respond to someone else's comment who brought up UVA and correct misinformation? I realize that you may clearly have some angst against UVA but you must know that many parents whose kids are interested in this field are viewing this post - not just those who are interested in JMU - and when advice is being offering presumably by people in the field, that seems to be acceptable. However correcting misinformation is not? Interesting view.

It isn't but clearly they got a bad case of UVA envy. Likely their child was rejected and they've never gotten over it.

I’m the first PP. None of my kids wanted to apply to UVA at all. Sorry to disappoint!

And once again sounds like your hatred of the school remains and obviously affected your kids. Why bring this up on this thread tho? Really odd misplaced anger. The PP you responded to was just responding to a post that was about the career not JMU.

“Hatred”? You’re taking this just a little too personally. I haven’t affected my kids’ preferences in any way. They are influenced by what their peers say/think, and that is just one reason none wanted to apply there. Disinterest is not the same thing as hatred. Moving on…

Because you brought it up in response to a perfect innocent comment. Seems it’s a very sore spot for you. I personally couldn’t care less but you clearly do.

[Anonymous]

OP, I’m sure you’ve done some research of your own, but here are a few links to explore. JMU has several majors which may interest your son.

https://www.jmu.edu/polisci/intlaffairs.shtml

The three thematic, global concentrations are:
International Conflict and Security
Global Human Development
Foreign Policy and Global Governance
Each of the other five concentration options focuses on a geographic region, but does so in global perspective:
Africa
Asia
Europe
Latin America
Middle East

https://www.jmu.edu/cise/intelligence-analysis/index.shtml

https://www.jmu.edu/academics/undergraduate/majors/international-business.shtml

https://www.jmu.edu/academics/undergraduate/majors/political-science.shtml