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Anonymous wrote:I got a masters in international business when U of SC offered that degree.

The value for me was 1.5 years of intensive language plus an internship. But the school admin was disorganized and the business classes weren’t that strong. They basically had no idea what I was doing for a year while I was studying abroad, then they placed our cohort with the same uninteresting oil company that they always placed students with. Zero effort was expended on making students’ experience useful or interesting.

If your DC is already fluent in a language, I’d look elsewhere.

How long ago was this? I would say that if it was more than 15 years ago, it’s a little less relevant.

Anonymous wrote:I got a masters in international business when U of SC offered that degree.

The value for me was 1.5 years of intensive language plus an internship. But the school admin was disorganized and the business classes weren’t that strong. They basically had no idea what I was doing for a year while I was studying abroad, then they placed our cohort with the same uninteresting oil company that they always placed students with. Zero effort was expended on making students’ experience useful or interesting.

If your DC is already fluent in a language, I’d look elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I just want to thank everyone for chiming in! I learned a lot from this conversation (in particular that int'l business is not a strong undergrad major and that a functional area plus language would be better). For those who suggest going for higher ranked school- let's say my kid applied to georgetown and had a decent shot at SFS but not the business school. Would early career outcomes coming from georgetown sfs be a better than a school like Indiana kelley?

These are pretty different things. Kelley is a great school but ultimately it is a business school and the jobs are business jobs. Some banking and consulting but also lots of P&G, Unilever, BP, Target, etc. corporate jobs which may not be his cup of tea. There is an IB co-major (again, can’t do it on its own) so your kid could scratch that itch, and they’ve been building up their international studies school but it isn’t on the level of the DC or Boston-based ones.

Georgetown SFS may offer more flexibility for your kid to try out stuff in DC and consider whether those international jobs are for him. You can still probably find a finance or consulting job coming out of SFS if ultimately he wants to go the business route. For a kid with interest in international business or IR this is probably the better choice.

Went to Kelley about 15 years ago (see, it’s possible to be associated with a school and not blindly boost it) and have hired kids from Georgetown now in DC. I ended up wanting to do something more international and policy focused and I found Kelley frustrating on that front as, for many kids, the dream was landing a banking, management consulting, or Fortune 500 new grad rotational program. That was fine for them but I ended up going right to grad school. These two schools are different things but your kid seems to lean Georgetown.

Are you willing to share what type of grad school ? Master's program in IR or MBA or ??? TIA

Anonymous wrote:You could have dc attend a class and see. I would not think that school carries much respect for international business, though. Southern schools just don’t.

Anonymous wrote:What about duke, instead? They have footprints in china and other countries and are taken seriously

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I just want to thank everyone for chiming in! I learned a lot from this conversation (in particular that int'l business is not a strong undergrad major and that a functional area plus language would be better). For those who suggest going for higher ranked school- let's say my kid applied to georgetown and had a decent shot at SFS but not the business school. Would early career outcomes coming from georgetown sfs be a better than a school like Indiana kelley?

These are pretty different things. Kelley is a great school but ultimately it is a business school and the jobs are business jobs. Some banking and consulting but also lots of P&G, Unilever, BP, Target, etc. corporate jobs which may not be his cup of tea. There is an IB co-major (again, can’t do it on its own) so your kid could scratch that itch, and they’ve been building up their international studies school but it isn’t on the level of the DC or Boston-based ones.

Georgetown SFS may offer more flexibility for your kid to try out stuff in DC and consider whether those international jobs are for him. You can still probably find a finance or consulting job coming out of SFS if ultimately he wants to go the business route. For a kid with interest in international business or IR this is probably the better choice.

Went to Kelley about 15 years ago (see, it’s possible to be associated with a school and not blindly boost it) and have hired kids from Georgetown now in DC. I ended up wanting to do something more international and policy focused and I found Kelley frustrating on that front as, for many kids, the dream was landing a banking, management consulting, or Fortune 500 new grad rotational program. That was fine for them but I ended up going right to grad school. These two schools are different things but your kid seems to lean Georgetown.

Anonymous wrote:^^^i should add that these days Kelley is probably an easier admit than SFS (though neither is easy) as SFS is really in a world of its own. But others may have more insight into the admissions question.

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown sfs admit is as tough as an ivy. Also the school is 85k a year, if that matters.

Go ahead and apply, but, get accepted first.