First time poster at the forum, so my greetings to everyone! If I may ask some questions to the discussants, since I am in a similar situation of planning on attending an International Relations school, two of them being SAIS and Fletcher:
turkeyduck81, indeed the cost of the programs is not something to laugh at. Regarding your point on cohort size, and correct me if I am wrong, isn't Fletcher's MALD cohort the smallest amongst its competitors' (Georgetown, SIPA, SAIS) flagship programmes? (Admittedly Princeton has a significantly smaller MPA cohort, but the programme is more akin to an MPP than an International Relations programme.)
Since, as I understand, you are a current Fletcher student, could you elaborate on the professors' aloofness? I was always under the impression–which is obviously not a first-hand one–that its professors were considered rather approachable.
I found your comment interesting–and slightly disconcerting given my plans . Why do you say that SAIS and especially Fletcher are not worth it? In terms of education acquired, connections developed, or employment prospects realized?
Thank you both for your attention!