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Nancy F

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  1. Thanks so much for the response. Cornell's a great school - I actually lived in Ithaca for a few years and worked at Cornell after undergrad. I'm sure you'll love it! I think you hit the nail on the head - I know that Cornell has an amazing alumni presence everywhere... and the stats they showed us about job placement, etc., are pretty incredible. I haven't been able to get a similar report out of Texas (they've got really generic graphs up) yet.
  2. I won't be going, since I have to have decided by then where I'll be heading! I asked them that when I got a call last week, and they said that they tend to work with certain other Public Affairs schools to have a common decision deadline - but that it's usually after April 15. That just seems like a losing battle to me.
  3. Hi! I wish I'd found this a few months ago... but oh well. I applied to 5 masters programs and got accepted to all of them with varying funding levels. I didn't decide to apply until December, when it became clear that the job I started in August was a really bad fit, so I feel like I may have rushed the whole process a bit in terms of gathering information. (You'll also note that all the programs I applied to were Jan-Feb application deadlines. I couldn't swing the Dec. ones.) My top three right now are Cornell CIPA ($26K fellowship), Texas LBJ masters of Global Policy Studies (waived out of state tuition and $9K fellowship - practically full tuition), and George Washington's International Development Studies ($12K fellowship). Duke ($14K fellowship and $4K work/study) and CMU Heinz ($22K fellowship) both are less appealing to me based on the combination of funding, how I perceive their programs and their locations (I'm likely dragging my sports journalist boyfriend, and need to employ him somehow!). I would love input from current or accepted students on the strengths/weaknesses of these programs and any recommendations on additional funding at these schools (I brought $70K out of NYU and want as little debt as possible). Thanks so much!
  4. I can't speak to either school's programs, but I can speak to the debt load and NYC. I went to undergrad at NYU with a scholarship but still came out of it with about $70K in debt after 3 years. New York is a phenomenal place to live, but if that's where you want to be, try getting a summer internship or really focus on getting a job AFTER grad school. The difference in funding you're mentioning is so extreme - with your loans from New School, your options for jobs after school will be limited to those that can pay for your debt load! I've spent 8 years working to pay down my loans, and it's restricted my ability to live where I want to and take lower paying jobs that actually apply to my passion. Be sure that you're prepared for that before you accept so much debt.
  5. I actually just asked that question - but of the undergrad professor who wrote one of my letters of recommendation. He's NYU and I'm considering Cornell, GW, Duke, CMU and Texas, so I was really interested to hear from someone who is NOT trying to sell me on the program.
  6. Those are two of my schools as well for public policy/affairs, although I've got two others with better funding. Did you make it to the Duke open house? What were your impressions?
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