just2c

Who should I email to negotiate. getting upgraded in funding would pretty much set me for GPPI?

Isn't the open house for GPPI on Friday? Unless you're talking about SAIS. I'm not at that open house. You'd be hearing a lot of questions about career and networking to WB, IMF, or WTO otherwise.

Oh, are you going to the open house this Friday? That's the one I'm attending, if you hear someone ask about world bank or IMF during career services section, that's probably me haha. Ugh even though I'm haven't decided yet, so mad they got that networking event, I wish I could have went to it T_T....

Same here. Did some research, since well we gotta decide soon. They did have a recent alumni networking event with the World Bank in March. Exclusive too. I just wonder how much of an international focus I can get out of it, especially in trade

Help please @_@

So I was accepted to GWU Elliot school program in International Trade and Investment Policy. I've looked up and research even more and greatly impressed with it. Especially in the skill base class only having a year of experience and classes I can take in multiple fields. Not to mention I know the career service program and disabilities student service program (I have ADD) having gone there for undergrad at the CSAS. I also have GT, though that's the MPP program and economics program and equally on the same level for me other then cost. Granted that, I also regret not trying to go for SAIS earlier, been afraid I wasn't good enough, despite having a great quant (97 percentile) and 2 points under the verbal minimum for their mean/median projection. My lack of confidence lies in my GPA 3.3 and 2 high level classes in Econ where I got a C (one in freshmen year first semester, another in junior year). Hence. As a possible option, I was thinking of applying again next year (working abroad, in china at the meantime). At the same time, learning now sounds like a great opportunity for me, especially with the career choice that are open up to me in DC. Granted that, I guess at this point, one would requires goals to further understand. I want to work at the IMF or World bank eventually, if not right after graduate school. Though I know eventually, I'll leave and move to the private sector, in a startup or consulting. I know and talk to an alumni of SAIS and it's immense connection to the World Bank and the IMF, but that's just silly to base my decision on. I guess another thing I'm worried about is that I won't get in the world bank with GWU on my name or GT. Can anyone give me thoughts on the program (current and alumni of both), especially for an international student who will definitely be going for internships while studying and how easy it is to attain one, as well with what direction I should go. Also how students with learning disabilities will fair at SAIS, and some other insights.

Sorry about that. As you can see, I'm in a mess just trying to figure this out. It's also killing me at work since that's literally all I think about at work these days. Edited spacing and put the last 2 parts as more of a note.

So basically, I made it into Georgetown dual degree for Public Policy and Economics, George Washington Universities Elliott School in International Trade and Investment Policy and John Hopkins Master of Science in Applied Economics (I originally didn't apply for SAIS, just due to lack of confidence, plus I was thinking of it as a stepping stone to take a PhD later on) for Fall 2013. So a lot to talk about, especially since my original goal was to work for possibly the World Bank or the IMF. Of course having discussed much with family, friends and acquaintances, while I still want to work at that institutions, in the end, that will not be my final stop in my career. In fact, I will probably move towards the private sector, and eventually hope to start my own company whether that be in consulting, a start up in the growing internet community we have today, or vastly something completely different such as Solar Energy, mining, or simply maybe my own hedge fund or technologies company Which leaves me to a dilemma. At this point, it's not really about funding, or which school is more expensive, I've already checked and prepared to commit as well as possibly make up for whatever I take, but that doesn't help me decide which school I should go to. Each school has it's merits and minuses, some of them or rather specifically as I would know, two of them have a name that can carry over to my short term goal and dream of working at the World Bank/IMF, something that I'm willing to go for, a good while, especially since, who knows, I may end up disagree with the people I talked too, but ultimately, that isn't the right way to figure out my future. Granted with the choices I have, while having a focus on the public sector, I know that I can also partake in classes that focus in the private sector as well. In the end, I'm having the hardest time deciding which decision that will potentially benefit me the most in the long run. All of this decision making is killing me, not to mention that I have to at least make a decision for one of the schools by May 1st. Which is why at this point, I implore anyone in these programs or at a similar point of a career (well I guess future me point of a career) give some wise and worldly advise on what I should consider, and figure out. I'm literally getting mind blown in figure this out. I know that I want to work at this institution, but I also know I want to move into the private sector later on which would also probably entail a possible MBA later on... this is probably one of the toughest decision of my life at my young age, and it's so hard to sleep on it. Just cause new questions pop out every day while trying to figure it out. It would greatly help me just simply to discuss with people outside my circle of friends, family and acquaintances, because I feel like because I directly know them, I may make a biased decision. This is a big moment of my life, that needs to be discovered without biased and simply me discussing and looking at other peoples thoughts. Other probably irrelevant notes Also to note, if any potential future classmates see this post, hi and hope to see you guys in the future if I decide to attend the respective program that you guys are in. As a side note, I did attend GWU as a undergraduate student, and I do note that some people would say why would you go to the same place twice. I'm not so sure either, but something sparked my interest in all of these programs, and what they give back to me, and if I end up going nuts just cause I go back to GWU, well I won't have any regrets as long as I know in full well what I aim to do and how it will get me there in the future. With that, thank you so much to anyone who can help me out on this.