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Program Applied To: MA-IR, MPA Schools Applied To: SAIS, SFS, WWS, SIPA, YaleIR Schools Admitted To: SAIS, SFS, SIPA Schools Rejected From: WWS, Yale Still Waiting:None Undergraduate institution: UPenn Undergraduate GPA: 3.6 Last 60 hours of Undergraduate GPA (if applicable): 3.7 Undergraduate Major: International Relations, East Asian Studies GRE Quantitative Score: 760 GRE Verbal Score: 700 GRE AW Score: 6 Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 2 Years of Work Experience: 1 (not professional, few internships) Describe Relevant Work Experience: Fulbright Scholar, research intern Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): Had to revise a lot with help of friends. Probably got stronger and more precise for the ones that were due later. Strength of LOR's (be honest, describe the process, etc): No idea. Nobody famous, regretted not developing close relationships with professors beforehand. Other: 3 languages Decision: SFS or SAIS

Someone on the autoadmit.com forum wrote: "SAIS students can skirt the econ focus if they really want to. True, no matter what, it is a minimum 25% of your class-time, but you can take one econ course a semester and it will hardly feel that you're up to your eyes in econ. That said, a big difference might be that you can really concentrate in economics at SAIS if you want to, perhaps to a greater degree than Fletcher or MSFS. Gordan Bodnar is a former Wharton international finance professor who now runs a program at SAIS and is very popular with students. Some people come out with something like 10 or 12 classes in monetary, trade and finance coursework. Certainly more than I did... " This was in 2006 but it must still be relevant? I'm also trying to decide btw SAIS and SFS; just declined SIPA. Too difficult.