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My girlfriend's interest is Japanese literature too～～Which school will you attend?

to the previous posts: Thank you both! Duke Prof. Shi's research interests do not actually coincide with mine, while two professors from UCLA do match my interests to some extent. So I'm more likely to attend UCLA. Actually I have an offer from University of Oregon's MA in East Asian Studies, but since I'm going to the States with my girlfriend and She's got into UCLA's EAS too, I figured we really like to stick together. None of the other schools offered me any funding, Duke explicitly pointed that out in the admission letter, but there is a chance that UCLA could have fundings, they sent me a very short email saying that I am accepted and an official letter will follow soon, hopefully with some $. If not, it definitely sucks but I could survive. My biggest concern is the major though. I want to do a Phd afterward in Political Science, NYU offered me admission to their master's program in political science, which was beyond my expectation. I did not major in politics or anything related so it's practically impossible to directly apply for a Phd. That's why I targeted at EAS as a step stone. Now that NYU liked me, I am leaning towards them, I mean, why bother taking another two years in a interdisciplinary program knowing that I could just hit my road and embrace polisci. Any thoughts?

hi all～～ This thread has been very helpful and thanks to all of your contributions. I am a native Chinese and have been accepted to MA East Asian Studies at UCLA, Duke and Indiana, and my concentration is Chinese politics. Any thoughts on these schools? Plus, I am also accepted to NYU's master program in comparative politics, where would you suggest to attend - eas or polisci - if I plan to do a phd's degree in politics afterward. thanks!