Hi everyone! Deciding between Columbia SIPA (30k/year), Johns Hopkins SAIS (30k/year), Tufts Fletcher (25k/year), and IHEID Geneva (full-ride). SIPA is my top-choice and I would prefer to stay in the States. But borrowing $120k-$150k to make SIPA a reality is stressful.
Have any of you heard back from the International Fellows Program, the Dasturdaza Doctor Jal Pavry Award for International Peace and Understanding, and the Most Honorable Bapsy Marchioness of Winchester Award in Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms?
remain in the US! Also, if any of you had to choose, would you choose a free ride to a decent university or take out 75k loans for the top university? I'm really in a pickle rn.
Currently debating between Columbia SIPA ($$), Johns Hopkins SAIS ($$), Tufts Fletcher (&&), and IHEID Geneva ($$$$). I am hoping to work in international conflict resolution either at the UN or any multilateral org. Any recs?