I was impressed by Wagner, but as someone who wants a health policy career in DC with the federal government, I found it a little worrisome that 75-79% of Wagner grads end up staying in NYC. I am a bit concerned the program is too "NYC-centric" despite the school's obvious attempts to say otherwise. I wish the accepted student reception in DC for students and alumni wasn't after the decision deadline. I would love an opportunity to talk to Wagner alums in DC to get their perspective. What awful scheduling, NYU Wagner!!!
Anyone else out there who is feeling the same way? Right now I am leaning toward Hopkins IPS because of their very generous scholarship as well as its closer proximity to DC. It's much smaller and doesn't have the separate policy school and resources that NYU Wagner has, but I think this may not be as much of a con as I originally thought. Anyone have any thoughts about this?