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Thanks. If anyone has any other suggestions for apartment complexes popular with grad students, please post them.

Does anyone have any suggestions on apartment buildings that tend to have mainly graduate students as opposed to undergrads? It seems like the undergrad section is near the stadium and one previous person mentioned how graduate students live east of campus by college mall, or just south of campus (between 3rd and 1st street) but the post did not list any specific apartment buildings. My knowledge of Bloomington is limited to a visit years ago. I will start graduate school in August and have been looking online for one-bedroom apartments. While I will be on a TA salary, I would prefer to spend the extra money for a good living situation- and Bloomington seems affordable compared to the DC area where I have been lately. My focus will be my studies and I would prefer to live some place without undergrads since I will be older even by grad student standards. If anyone has any specific suggestions for apt buildings that are popular with graduate students, please let me know. Thanks for your help.

From my research, they are equal in terms of the reputation and quality of education. Both have great reputations.

Fletcher is not known for Security Studies. If your goal is to work in international development, Fletcher would be a good choice. However. there is far more prestige for Georgetown, GW, etc. for security studies and there is the added advantage of being in DC. I also believe that Georgetown likely has had more diplomats and foreign government officials attend although it's probably close. Overseas, Georgetown is more well known than Fletcher. However, Fletcher has a good reputation within many government offices in DC (although not related to security policy). State and USAID have many Fletcher grads.

Happyoutlier- A friend who applied to Indiana University said they have not made any decisions yet so perhaps your waitlisted status is just a way to put you on hold while they make their decisions. Good luck.

Studying Arabic in Israel would be a big mistake. Many better places in the ME to study Arabic (that make much more sense).

I did similar research and have to agree with you that SIPA is far, far more well known internationally. Since you're from Delhi, it might benefit you more to have a degree from SIPA. If you were a U.S. citizen interested in working in Washington D.C., Fletcher would be a program. But Columbia is far more well known internationally.

A friend recently asked me about this program and I had honestly never heard of it. MALD seems to get all the attention at Fletcher and while information on the class size for this MAHA program is not available, my guess is that it is very small. Has anyone ever heard of this program- or run into anyone who has been in it? It is a one year mid-career program that is through both Fletcher and the Friedman Nutrition school at Tufts. It seems like an extremely obscure degree. No one on here has ever posted about it before. If anyone has any opinions on it, please post them. Thanks.

I would like to get some opinions on IR programs within the US. I probably cannot afford a top school, but likely have the credentials to get into something near the top. I have 7+ years of international development experience and scored a 169V, 157Q, and 5.0 AW on the GRE. However, I'm interested in programs where the graduates tend to end up working internationally in great numbers. Obviously graduates of many IR programs land good jobs in think tanks, the State Department civil service, the UN HQ, and elsewhere in the US. And many go on to work internationally in international finance, development, etc. Are there programs that emphasize future overseas work more than others? Perhaps they have strong connections to internships overseas? My interest is working overseas as an FSO, USAID employee, or possibly in a corporation overseas. I'm also looking for an IR program that requires a foreign language and strongly emphasizes this aspect of the program. There are quite a few IR programs out there that mention a language requirement but then won't allow language classes to count as part of program- or the level of fluency required is minimal just so you can say you know a bit of a foreign language. Very few seem to emphasize this and it often seems like they are checking the box in terms of foreign languages since those with strong language interests tend to end up in Area Studies programs. And thirdly, I'm interested in an IR program in the US that accepts a large numbers of foreign students. I am an American but want to experience a mix of different cultures and backgrounds within the program rather than sit in classes with people who are just like me. Any suggestions? Thanks.