Jump to content

swr22

Members
  • Posts

    103
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by swr22

  1. If it is good enough for Condi! Nah, go ahead, enjoy the States, have a ball.
  2. Do you want to do a PhD afterwards? Work in the UK or US?
  3. I'm in a very similar situation. Pm me with your email and we'll put our heads together.
  4. That's really useful, thanks.
  5. Is there a USC-specific forums? Would be good to get some informal advice on housing etc. Should we all request to join the Daily Jolt? http://www.dailyjolt.com/jointhecause.html
  6. Start by making a list of schools that you like and then scanning their faculty pages for people who share similar interests.
  7. Stephen Walt has an interesting post on the topics being discussed here. His paper that he links to on rational choice theory is also worth a read: http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/200 ... he_economy
  8. you can pm me for any advice on Cambridge.
  9. swr22

    Providence, RI

    I lived in Miller Hall. I wouldn't again. Live off campus.
  10. Also, read Michael Lewis' article for the New Republic about life at journalism school. Get an advanced degree and prepare to do a boat-load of work experience while you make contacts. Try and do some freelance on the side.
  11. UT did well, jumping 3 places or so.
  12. Thanks so much. Interesting. Is it just the top 10?
  13. Damn, my work computer won't let me access them.... Will someone copy and paste here? When are they out officially?
  14. Could you send them over with Man Utd's owner? :wink: No, I am in London, so this is useful info too. Thanks all.
  15. swr22

    Providence, RI

    Chilangos is probably Providence's only Mexican restaurant. It rocks, though. Federal Hill is also wicked for Italian food. Also, Boston can definitely be done as a day trip. We used to often go to Sox games, galleries, Foxwoods and Mohegans, go see the football team play at Yale, Columbia etc.
  16. Yeah, I'm going in the Fall. Very exciting. As soon as you have your USC ID number (should have been in your application) you can go look at housing on the website. I am Transatlantic, so having to do it fairly blind. North of campus is nicer than south of campus, from what I saw, especially as the north seems to be undergoing some development between campus and downtown.
  17. Tax is the price you pay to live in a civilised society.
  18. Although Cambridge is still better!
  19. For the record, I was being tongue-in-cheek... It isn't quite as simple as saying that 'Oxford has a better reputation for IR and social sciences' because the faculties don't neatly align. Oxford's Politics Philosophy & Economics (PPE) course has been slightly more rigorous and less 'squishy' than Cambridge's Social and Political Sciences (now merged in a new faculty with IR). Cambridge's dedicated IR faculty is new but draws really great faculty previously associated with other departments. Cambridge has always, for example, been strong on International Law (Professor Hopkins at Downing etc) and historians like Peterhouse's Brendan Simms is both a public intellectual and a normal working academic on everything from the history of Empire, the contemporary Balkans etc. Cambridge has also (historically and generally) been better in the standalone departments of Economics and Philosophy, as well as in subjects like sociology, social anthropology, social psychology, architecture, history of art etc. The simple Cambridge=Sciences and Oxford=arts and humanities is slightly rebarbative. It really depends on the intricacies and faculty-links with your topic of interest, although an education at either is a really treat (albeit not primed to help as much as the US with future job opportunities).
  20. More formal training (methods are not taken as seriously there), more worldwide placement possibilities (unless you are sure that you want to stay in the UK), longer programs tend to have more weight given them etc
  21. I am obliged to point out that Cambridge is better :wink: now that I have that out of the way. In general, I would say that an undergraduate education is better at Oxbridge and a graduate education is better in the States (a PhD is better than a DPhil/MPhil). Oxbridge would be an awesome place to be on faculty, though, too.
  22. USC is fast-improving. Its undergrad SATs recently overtook Berkeley and has risen approximately 350 points in a decade (which is a record). So, USC is no longer really the University of Spoiled Children. Its grad school has started a similar transition after a huge rise in fundraising. George Lucas alone donated $170m to the film school!
  23. swr22

    USC SPPD

    USC for Pol Sci
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use