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    SAIS v MSFS (GTown) 2013

    in Government Affairs Forum

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    :rolleyes:  Your little personal ranking there is arbitrary and more than a bit silly (and most likely offensive to many people on these forums). SIPA meaningfully below Tufts? What on Earth are you basing this on? You just come off as a pretentious putting your school above all others and then evaluating which are its "peer" programs. It's even funnier you compare it to HKS and WWS as an afterthought. Your perception differs markedly from reality, to say the least. You may have interned at some think tank, but having worked at one in both DC and NYC, no public policy schools are respected; in fact, you're generally discouraged from going to any of them. And in the first place, if you're a grad. student interning at a think tank, you did something wrong (pro tip: those internships are meant for undergrads). SAIS has no standing above any other school except on the GradCafe forums, where (and you're a case in point) SAIS students think they're some elite squadron of IR students. It's especially interesting they think that when, outside these mysterious "IR circles," no one knows what SAIS is. You're someone who hasn't even graduated from SAIS and you have your own personal ranking of IR schools? ...really? I was just comparing the perceptions in DC, where Georgetown is undeniably better regarded overall. You might not recognize that because you are probably only in DC because you're a SAIS student or intern, which is consistent with the SAIS stereotype I became familiar with while living there (you share that with GWU and American). A common SAIS stereotype is inexperience, not "super elite IR hero." I interned with SAIS students... as an undergrad.

     

    The fact that you think a couple economics courses on the margins contributes materially to how you are evaluated (or perform) at the State Department proves how ignorant you are of what an FSO really does, even for those who choose the economic cone.

    And I think you're wrong about State overall. Even asking friends and former supervisors, there's a strong cultural aversion to identifying the benefit of one program over another (largely because this benefit does not exist); in fact, it matters less and less the more you advance in your career, and even less so your first two tours. When you're bidding for posts, it matters much more who you've worked with. Not to mention, most people at State have not gone to public policy programs, so you are way overemphasizing the importance of brand name within State. 

     

    Are you attending SAIS straight out of undergrad or something? I wouldn't be surprised. You have the arrogance of someone who has only ever been an intern and thinks he understands the "system." The mere fact that you're at SAIS doesn't give you the automatic credibility you think it does given the school's tendency (or perhaps reputation) of admitting people with little to no work experience.

     

    Amen to the above!

    MSFS Open House - 4/11/13

    in Government Affairs Forum

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    Hi everyone,

     

    What did attendees of the MSFS open house, held last Thursday, April 11th think of the event? I definitely thought it was a less showy affair than SAIS's open house the day before, and I was impressed by the program director's enthusiasm, fellow prospective students and current students, and really liked the small class size of the program. Every top school like MSFS emphasizes their powerful alumni network, and I don't doubt that MSFS's, or even SAIS's, Fletcher's and other top school's are great, but I can certainly see how MSFS can foster a powerful community being smaller than SAIS, SIPA and other schools with larger student bodies.

     

    What did other attendees think?

    SIPA

    in Government Affairs Forum

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    The admissions office is probably really stressed this week after reviewing applications and it might have been a quickly worded post. They've usually released decisions 5-6 days earlier than they have this year, and keep in mind, this is the 2nd year of a new director of admissions. They probably didn't mean it in a bad way.

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