serret1993

Hi! I believe we are in the same situation, except I aim for comparative politics I am inbetween NYU and GW, but will probably go for GW. I, too, think taking classes with PhDs are important, and as far as I know GW does that (that's what is written at their website at least). They don't have a separate course curriculum for masters. Columbia is one year I guess? It might not be wise to go there since you wont be able to familiarize yourself with professors; and I remember that the program didn't have a thesis track.

Hi folks! Do you think a monthly budget of 1860 dollars (including rent, groceries, transportation, personal expenses etc.) is enough to live in DC?

Thanks for the comment! Yup, NYU offers a separate track to MA students, and the courses are given by adjunct faculty. And yes they have looooots of stats or formal modelling courses, but GW is not bad either. I feel like everything indicates that I should go to GW

No they don't, not in my home country. Fulbright terms and conditions change according to the country, each country has a different arrangement. Mine required me to apply to a terminal master's, and I did so. There were others who applied to the PhD scholarship initoally, which is also given for two years, but I chose the masters scholarship. So, these two are different. They don't have any preferences for the type of school (public or private), but they only give 50k at maximum, thankfully I received tuition remissions so I do not have any problem in this case. Thanks for your answer but I know the terms and conditions of my scholarship. In the end, it was I who read all the documents, discussed the terms with the commission, and put my signature eventually. Here, I am asking about the schools, and not my situation

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Thanks for your answers! Money is not an issue at the moment, I have received the Fulbright Scholarship for master's. The Fulbright Commission is very strict in terms of application - I could only apply to terminal PolSci master's programs (which are very few in the US, most universities have only PhD programs), and the programs I'm applying to had to be general political science, and not regional studies. So, I didn't have much choice. P.S.: These three programs are two years.

Hi! I am a recent graduate with a BA in Political Science and International relations from a university outside the US. I applied and have been admitted to NYU Politics MA, George Washington University Political Science MA, and CUNY Political Science MA. What would be your comments for these programs? 1. I aim for an academic career. I probably am going to choose Comparative Politics as my sub-field. I do not particularly like quantitative methods but feel obliged to learn them so that I can have a stronger PhD application. CUNY seems to be heavily qualitative, and NYU seems to be very quantitative. Not sure about GWU. 3. I want to have easy access to professors as an MA student - I've heard that master's courses at NYU are given by adjunct fac., and that since CUNY is a public university reaching professors can be a bit of a challenge. GWU sounds better at this because master's and doctoral students are taking the same courses. 4. Currently I live in a lively city that has lots of social opportunities. I enjoy being stimulated by my environment, and I'm sure NYC will provide that. What about DC? This question may seem irrelevant to many but I used to live in a relatively populated Northern European city, and got very depressed...