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This should be over in the Government Affairs forum.

I would go with GWU given those options.

Fair amount of international students, though nowhere near 50%. I was a security student and had next to none in my security classes, though there seemed to be more in the development/human rights side. As for the racial makeup--exclusive of the foreign students, Korbel is pretty damn white to be frank (as is DU as a whole).

Diverse in what way?

Congrats on the admits! Hopefully I'll hear something this week.

Yeah I have an MA from Denver-Korbel's International Security program. The other 2 programs I applied to had January deadlines and I still haven't heard from them--at this rate Mason might beat them to the punch!

Per the results page there were acceptances going out in the first week of April last year. Hope it's that quick this time too (I also applied for the PhD at GMU).

Korbel alum here. I'm inclined to say Korbel solely for the cost benefit, though American is going to be much better in terms of post-grad employment networking.

I see what looks to be a bona fide admit for Maryland on the results page...anyone here?

Any news from FIU's IR program? I see some have been admitted...tried calling them today but couldn't get a hold of anyone.

Plus I'm not sure that would even be doable if you had a night class (say from 6-9).

Given that you already have debt I'd go with UGA. I think it's worth chancing the networking potential versus a decade of paying off student loan debt.

Korbel '10 here if I didn't mention before. Korbel's non-governmental professional network is next to nothing, which means something given that the government hiring process usually involves throwing out an application and seeing what happens. Korbel is a good education and all, but one of the DC schools is probably better from the job standpoint--the job market isn't so great right now, so you should go with what's best in that respect.

3.3 BA GPA, 3.7 MA GPA. 590V/630Q/6.0AW GRE. So certainly a reach for me.

Hmm, didn't get that on my app status yet. Wonder if the response time is varying a lot by subfield? I applied for ISEP.

That's probably been posted here a zillion times already. No less funny though.

No word yet here either.

This was more or less true for the European languages when I was there (I finished last March). However, the Asian languages are next to impossible under that format (can't exactly look up characters you don't know) and they actually scuttled the Arabic language entirely because it was also too hard. Unfortunately there is some bad blood between the language department (they administer it) and Korbel so things have changed frequently. They did have sample tests available at the language department--I passed French relying on my 4 years of high school French (meaning I hadn't taken a formal class in several years) so it wasn't too bad for the languages that poster was asking about.

Yes it's pretty easy. Though better to do it no later than the 1st or second quarter depending on what classes are required for your program.

Saw a UMD acceptance on the results page. Anyone else hear yet?

I think this needs to be stickied somewhere. Well said.

I see you applied to FIU--you hear from them yet? There's an admit on the results page.

I'll second that it varies--some like dressing preppy all the time, some like dressing more casual. I wouldn't worry about it.

I know this article is aimed at those who will be graduating soon or who have already graduated from MA programs, but it offers some good advice to keep in the back of your mind if you're looking to enter an IR program this fall. http://www.ypfp.org/content/how-get-foreign-policy-or-defense-job-washington-if-you-didn%E2%80%99t-graduate-ivy-league-school

I'm honestly not sure why the JD gets so much play as a viable option in public policy. I mean yes, you're going to find a lot of elected officials and presidential appointee policy-makers with JDs, but what percentage of the total population of people working in public policy does that represent? The fact that you already work for an elected official means you have a better chance of going that route compared to most others, but in all likelihood you'll just end up working your way up the government pay scale or working in a think tank. Unless you have some sort of guarantee that you'll be able to get back in with your current work when you're finished, as well as having an ACTUAL desire to study law, I'd say you're better off with an MPP/MPA.