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What are some good reaches, matches and safeties if i want to major in international relations? My gpa is 3.7 and my SAT score is 1350.

By Snuffles (Snuffles) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 04:29 pm: Edit

Tufts has the best undergraduate IR program in the country, followed by Johns Hopkins, UVA, as well as Georgetown. Claremont Mckenna also specializes in international affairs/business as well.
Check the Tufts board on CC if you want to see generally the type of students that apply to Tufts.
A good safety would be American.

By Alan5 (Alan5) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 05:55 pm: Edit

Matches:

Tufts
Georgetown
NYU
USC


Safeties:
Boston U
George Washington
American
Northeastern
Fordham

By Kinshasa (Kinshasa) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 06:38 pm: Edit

Georgetown, Tufts and NYU are not matches. Georgetown especially is a reach, with 22% acceptance rate. The poster's GPA is only 3.7, and there are no ECs or SAT II scores to consider.

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 07:04 pm: Edit

To the original poster: What type of school are you looking for: large, small, medium sized? Liberal, conservative or somewhere in between? Would you consider a religiously affiliated school? Do you have a preference about location? Do you need substantial financial aid or are you hoping for merit money? The more you can tell us, the better we can advise you.