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I LOVED DU when I visited, the campus, the school, and their philosophy. Plus I'm really interested in development in Latin American, which is actually the expertise of the head of International Development, Sally Hamilton. She just got back from doing research in Ecuador, where I lived for 6 months prior to applying to grad school. I also really like the flexibility of the DU program that you can kind of build your program around your interests. However, Pitt is cheaper, and sounds like it has more research and alumni networking. My only concern is that the MID program at Pitt is less flexible, and more public than international affairs oriented. I've been researching the faculty and while some have similar interests to me in development, I didn't find any who seemed devoted to Latin America. I know there is the Center for Latin American Studies, but I was hoping for a professor within the program that would have similar interests. So anyway, for those reasons in my heart Denver is ahead, in my head Pitt is ahead because it's more pragmatic. Therefore, I am still very conflicted.

I was accepted to University of Pittsburgh GSPIA for the MID program and University of Denver's MID program through the Josef School of International Studies and the CGA at NYU for a MS in Global Affairs. I've gathered some information about Pitt; however I am having a hard time comparing the programs. Anyone have any insight on Denver/ NYU specifically. I'm worried because I can't find more concrete data on their rankings because of the inter-disciplinary nature etc, that I won't be able to gauge how scholastically rigorous each program is. But if anyone has info on UPitt I'd love to hear that too, especially if you attending the Preview in April. Thanks in advance