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Citizen.T

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  1. I'm thinking about attending the Fletcher School this fall. I've only been to Boston once, and am completely unfamiliar with its suburb of Medford. Anyone have anything to share about the town?
  2. I applied to LSE in addition to several IR programs in the US because I'd like to eventually work in Europe for an international development NGO. However, I was really disappointed with how easy LSE's curriculum appeared to be-- I thought that if I wanted to return to the US at some point, a degree from LSE's 1-year heavily-academic program might be less competitive with 2-year professionally-oriented degrees from schools like SAIS, SIPA, Fletcher, etc. Currently, I'm looking at a sort of compromise-- Fletcher offers the opportunity to study at a prestigious IR school in Geneva during the second year. I'm thinking that the program could be a good way to make professional contacts and gain work experience in Europe, as I can intern at one of Geneva's many INGOs that year and possibly transition to full-time work there immediately after graduation, while I ultimately earn an American degree respected by both Europeans and Americans.
  3. I was recently accepted into Georgetown's MS in Foreign Service (concentration in International Development) program with no funding and the Elliott School's MA in International Development Studies with $24K over 2 years. Each degree program offers fantastic opportunities for academic and professional development, and now I'm struggling with a cost vs. prestige issue. I would love some input from the IR/ID folks on this board. I know that the Foreign Policy rankings list Gtown as the #1 IR program in 2007 (take that SAIS!) for professional Masters programs. I think GWU is ranked #7. But, these are IR rankings, not ID rankings. Has anyone seen a list of rankings specifically for ID programs and, if so, how the programs at each school compare? On a related note, I've wondered how the ID job opportunities for students from specifically ID programs (like GWU's MAIDS, AU's MAID, and Brandeis' MASID) compare to students who concentrate in ID but earn degrees in IR at schools like SAIS, Fletcher, and Gtown. While I haven
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