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Thanks for the big reply. But Oh, wow. Now I just don't know if it would be good for me to go there. If an graduate is saying not to hire people or at least pegging them down in the preference order a good bit, that doesn't sound like a great place to study policy. And you also say Mccourt show you down. I feel like that is the opposite of what a (expensive) graduate education should do. Hmm. So where should I go? I want to work in DC, probably not on the hill but on domestic policy. Not thnking private sector right now. Should I change that and try to go into private sector?

Oh word, I did not know that calc was reuiqred at those schools. So even though you said that mccourt friedns did not have great internship chances, you think it is tied with gWU in D.C.? I guess just for MPPs though. The MSFS does seem coolish. How does that compare to John Hopkins University SAIS? Is one better for internships than the other? I think SAIS may be more quanty than MSFS. Is that right? On the other job market skills: 1. Hmmm. Is collaboration really something you can teach> Seems like certain people just do have people-skills and others do not have those skills. 2. Project pitching. Is that just for private sector jobs though? I feel like government and policy jobs don' not really need this skill. 3. Management also seems something to me that is tough to teach. 4. Policy writing seems like a for real skill, but not quite same career path as project pitching and management. What remedial action for soft skills would you recomend?

Oh wow, I am surprised to hear mccourt is risky for stuff that isn't data. Is the curriculum actually more quantitative-focused than other MPPs? It seems like most of them require a serious sequence of data courses. So what D.C> schools would be better for internships? Since you sayd mccourt is not good at internships for some people. Also, what kind of policy is there now that isn't data-heavy? It seems like that is definitely the way of the future. Are the MPP and MPA good for data too, or just the MS-DSPP??

I am very stoked about McCourt right now. It seems like one of the most focused policy schools, like all the people there are very aambitious and focused on studies and career stuff for afterward of grad school. And the professors also seem like they have a lot of good speaking skills and make class very interesting and stuff. I am hoping to go to McCourt in fall 2021. I am not sure yet, but I think that MPP or MPA is the best one for me to do to get a good career afterward. does this Impression line up with other peoples experience? Also, how does it compare in terms of prestige and reputation to the other schools that are there in Washington D.C.? i could definitely be wrong, but it seems like it has more of those than the other schools, like American University and George Washington U. Is that right? But I guess maybe less prestige than Harvard or others in New England.

since a lot of mpp people seem like they want to end up doing consulting, I thought this short article actually said some interesting stuff about what that could be like going forward. https://www.spencertom.com/2020/04/19/going-into-consulting-in-a-world-changed-by-covid-19/