I was happily admitted to a few programs (LSE, SIPA, Brown Taubman, Duke Sanford and Cornell CIPA) and am now choosing between Duke and Cornell (had to strike LSE and SIPA off my list due to lack of funding). Cornell offered a lot more money, but I was very impressed by everything I heard and saw down at Duke's open house. My main dilemma now is between a more well-known, respected and certainly well-established school (Duke) and a new, interesting program that is offering more financial assistance (CIPA).
Does anyone have thoughts on how these two programs compare, and is anyone else in a similar conundrum? I am leaning towards Duke, partly because their career services seem so good, but don't want to throw away money for prestige...
Thanks!