[American SIS vs. Denver Korbel]

I'm leaning toward Denver now, but haven't been able to visit. What was your impression of the students, faculty, the general 'feel' of the school? If there is anything you happened to find out there that wasn't shared online or in their literature, that would be great to know.

Its so hard - the internship opportunities at AU sound great, but Denver seems to offer more work-life balance. Quarter system I'm ambivalent about. I think it would be nice to take many different courses, but I don't know if the workload for quarter system courses is like a compressed version of a semester long class.

Hi!

I ended up choosing American. I visited both schools during their prospective grad students events (and they were back to back. Lots of traveling over those four or five days!). I was impressed with both schools and after Discover Korbel, had pretty much settled on Denver. However, after American's day, I knew that program was the place for me. Like you said, the internship opportunities seem fantastic. Also, I was really impressed with American's U.S. Foreign Policy (my program) faculty. I mean REALLY impressed. I met every faculty member that day (except for one who was teaching or at a conference at the time? I don't remember), and they seemed to really care about their students. In fact, one professor told me that the SIS director requires all SIS faculty to have AT LEAST six hours of office hours a week. I liked the idea of knowing I could meet with faculty regularly if I needed to.

As for Denver's faculty, I didn't meet anyone from the security program except the degree director, and she had to leave the event early. I understand that she's busy (she is the director after all) but I wish the Denver security faculty had made an appearance. I would've liked to have met them. The students at Denver seemed great. Really passionate about their fields. I didn't really get a chance to meet many current American students.

Anyway, like I said, I've decided on American for 1) the stellar faculty members I met, and 2) the career opportunities. Also, I've interned in D.C. before and I just really love that city! Good luck with your decision!

[American SIS vs. Denver Korbel]

Hi, everyone!

So I'm looking for advice. I was accepted into both the U.S. Foreign Policy Program at American SIS and the Security program at University of Denver Korbel. I'm currently trying to pick between the two, and I'm having a really tough time making up my mind! I know that when I graduate, I want to work in the security field, specifically in anything connected to counter-terrorism. American has the GREAT location, and I could (hopefully) intern while I go to school. Denver, however, seems to have the perfect program for what I want to do. Anyway, does anyone have any kind of advice/tips/suggestions/etc.? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!