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  1. Hey everyone, I'm currently a sophomore at Georgetown studying Government, and I recently started looking into grad school. I have been thinking about getting an MPA or an MPP, so I started looking into grad school, and now I'm kinda freaking out. I have so many questions, so if any of you are willing to answer at least one of them, that would be super helpful. 1. I was looking at Harvard's MPP program and they want applicants to demonstrate strength in economics, stats, or math, which makes sense considering their curriculum. I've taken one calc class, and I'm going to take a political data analysis class, but I'm assuming I'm gonna need more than that quant wise if I want to be a competitive applicant. I'm leaning toward taking some econ classes, so how many do y'all think I'll need to take? I didn't take AP econ in high school, so I'd have to start at the intro level. I'm kinda freaking out because I didn't realize how quant based so many of these programs are. 2. I don't even know if I should be looking into MPA/MPP programs. For the past few years, I've been interested in international affairs. After I receive my BA, I hope to get an entry level position as a legislative assistant and then go on to get my MA. Eventually, I want to concentrate on advising foreign policy, so would I be better suited to get an MSFS from Gtown, an MA in Security Studies from Gtown, or an MA in Global Affairs from Yal, etc, etc? I know I have plenty of time to figure everything out, but I didn't realize these programs wanted such quant concentrated coursework and the Gov curriculum at GU isn't very concentrated on the quant side of things, so I hadn't planned on taking a bunch of econ classes. 3. For anyone out there who went to Georgetown, would switching to SFS benefit me more? For those that are unaware, the SFS is like the crown jewel or Georgetown, and Gov is in the College. I could transfer into the SFS and change my major, but I'd need to do it pretty soon. I just don't like the SFS's core curriculum (COUGH COUGH - the foreign language proficiency requirement because I'm slightly hard of hearing, so while I can read and write in my foreign language, understanding it verbally is hard as sh*t for me at times). Apologies for the long-winded message. I'm just slightly freaking out because, like I said, I wasn't aware at the "highly recommended" coursework for some of these programs, and I also have no idea which programs I should even be applying to. Oh, and I know these programs are insanely difficult to get into, and I would be pretty awestruck if I were to be admitted into any of them. I figured since I'm spending all this money on a GU degree, I might as well shoot my shot for the best of the best. With than being said, I'm really trying to make that shot the best it can be, so it would be beyond wonderful if someone could help me figure out what classes I should be taking.
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