Hola all! I am an international student standing at the crossroad choosing among the three universities: SAIS, GGT McCourt and GWU MIA.
Here are the details:
I want to work in US for at least one year and then either go back home country or if possible, stay in US. As for career, I want to choose private sectors like consulting, media or multilateral organizations like World Bank, etc. I want to spend on tuition and other stuff for no more than 150k USD. It's already very expensive but as I want to study in DC and I look forward to earning that back, I guess that's OK.
SAIS arranged my first year in Bologna which makes me feel a little bit broken...I mean I want to spend two years in DC for easier working connection or internship opportunities. This one year oversea seems not that useful comparing with the one year in DC. But its econ classes may be very useful in job market? And it seems SAIS is perhaps the most expensive school I have ever heard in this area, amounting to almost 170k USD.
Georgetown seems good as the McCourt school is very quant-heavy and may grant me with hard skills in job market. It's 150K USD.
GWU gave me a peanut of 6000 USD for 4 semesters. It seems that it will be the cheapest among the three as it only requires 40 credits. But the downside is it gives evening classes and as a no-previous-working-experience undergraduate, I worry that I may not form solid connection with my classmates.
International Students may face multiple obstacles in terms of employment so I want to maximize my chance by investing this big heavy amount of money wisely...Really looking forward to your suggestions! Thank you!