Georgetown School of foreign Service- is it really that good?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is not good in the sense that it does not offer anything unique for those who really want a career in national security or diplomacy. How many professors teaching undergraduates have worked at significant decisionmaking levels at State, DOD, or CIA? How many students actually go to work in the USG vs. the blob of NGOs well-served by a gazillion people who major in International Relations and want to work in DC? Why do you need to go to a school of foreign service if you do not intend to go into the foreign service or other USG instrument? Georgetown's faculty and curriculum both inside and outside SFS are weak relative to schools with comparable selectivity.

You clearly have no idea what the school is about, who teaches there or where the students go on to after graduation.

Right, can you answer any of the above questions, from somebody who tested in to the foreign service at 21 with a history and economics background from a different university.

[Anonymous]

Nah, just get a Poli Sci degree. It's more fungible and you aren't stuck spending 4 years studying a language when you could take other classes.