Dear friends all over the world
So first of all, Thank You very much for sharing all your thoughts and insights in this forum. It still very helpful for a lot of us, including me. I am also interested in International Development (mostly economics and policy) and I applied to the following programs:
UC Berkeley - Master of Development Practice
Columbia University - MPA-Development Practice
LSE - MPA - International Development
Sciences Po - Double degree with Stockholm School of Economics - International Development and Economics
So first of all the great news, I got admitted to all four programs. Unfortunately though, only Berkeley offers some remission of tuition fees. Now I am having a really hard time thinking about which offer to accept and whether it is really worth it investing such a lot of money. Obviously, I would love to hear your opinion in these options, since I hardly have collegues who could help me with that.
In particular I wanted to ask something, which in a comparable context has already been asked I think. However, I couldn't find the outcome. I had to accept or decline the offer of Sciences Po yesterday and I accepted it since I was not ready to take the decision yet and I am still waiting for a couple of scholarship responses from the other universities. Now I am a little concerned that I will somehow be legally bound to this "acceptance" and will be asked to pay the tuition fees for Sciences Po. I couldn't find any respective information on Sciences Po's homepage. But I am sure. someone of you will have made similar experiences and I would love to hear about them.
So thank you very much and have a good day everyone!