Hi everyone. I am Rian from Indonesia. I am a Fulbright scholarship from Indonesia this year. I had applied to several universities approved by the Fulbright committee in this order of preference:
1) Vanderbilt University (Peabody School of Education); Admitted but still waiting for the merit scholarship
2) UIUC ; waiting
3) Lehigh University Pennsylvania ; waiting
4) Bowling Green State Ohio; waiting
5) American University ; Admitted and granted merit scholarship worth 30k for 2-year program.
At this point actually I do not care about my 2nd-4th list anymore. I just put my hope in these two universities that have admitted me so far. My ideal scenario is when Vandy give me merit based scholarship as well because it is one of the most competitive program for my major (Policy and Management of Education). On the other hand, American University seems legit. Apart from securing myself there with another grant, DC seems to be the best place to learn policy of education. However the American university does not provide doing thesis at the end of the program while in Vandy, I can do thesis. I really want to do thesis tho. So I am kind of puzzled here.
Can someone give me some inputs here about the comparison of these two universities? I would highly appreciate that