Sabrina246

I too was recently accepted to SIPA. I have heard similar things unfortunately. My greatest reservation with SIPA is that we end up paying for simply the name and not a stellar education. My experience with them over the phone has been pretty negative so far but I'm hoping to gain some more insight on the campus visit next month.

Gunna hop in on this threat because I have been experiencing the same ambivalence as a lot of you guys over the past few weeks. I'm torn between SAIS and Columbia SIPA. SAIS MA-IR pros: Full Tuition, small cohort, first year in Italy, Economics core which would provide much needed quantitative aptitude. SAIS cons: The degree is a bit more narrow than the SIPA degree Columbia MPA Pros: An MPA is a more versatile degree which may work out being more marketable in the long run Columbia Cons: I only got in 50% tuition fellowships, leaving 50k in loans I suppose my question is, is Columbia worth the debt and is an MPA a better return on investment than a Master's in International Relations. No matter how much I sleep on it, I can't seem to decide.