CurrentKorbelStudent

Hi there, I chose Korbel over Tufts because I was given a large scholarship at Korbel and I really liked the people I met when I visited there. I loved Tufts as well, as a matter of fact I'll be attending Tuft's SIMULEX up in Boston next weekend, so it was a hard choice. But the scholarship sealed the deal for me. The difference in GW and Korbel is that GW is not as security-focused as Korbel, where it's one of our biggest programs. I'm taking two classes at GW this fall - one on Crisis Diplomacy and one on quantitative modeling for conflict forecasting, and in none of my classes are there any security students. I love GW - their facilities, their faculty etc... But Korbel is a lot different and different in a good way too. The cost of living in DC is astronomically high compared to Denver - there's no comparison. Frankly I was a bit shocked when I showed up in DC and found how expensive rent was, and this is coming from someone who went to NYU undergrad and lived in the West Village. Denver is cheaper, no doubt about that. We have a guaranteed scholarship program at DU where if you meet the specifications you're guaranteed a continuing scholarship for your two-year program. Let me know if you have other questions.

Hi Potential Applicants, I'm a second-year Korbel student currently interning in DC and taking classes at our school here as well as at GW's Elliott School. Admissions asked me to check in here and answer any questions you all may have about our school, the application process or anything else. I agreed to do this upon their assurance that I can be entirely honest with you - meaning I won't sugarcoat anything and will be direct when you ask me a question. A bit about me. I'm a 2nd year International Security student focusing on conflict analysis with an area focus on the Mediterranean and the Balkans. I was admitted with one of our guaranteed scholarships after graduating from a well-known east coast school where I had a GPA which exceeded 3.5. I've had a great time at the Korbel school and have learned an amazing amount in the year I've been there. It's really incredible how much I've enjoyed my graduate program. I really like the flexbility of the programs at Korbel and how easy it is, for example, to attend another school and transfer credits or to spend the summer doing something you've always wanted to do - which in my case was participating in an academic exchange in Turkey with a well-known think tank meeting Turkish academics, journalists and politicians. The school, faculty and the administration are supportive of self-motivated students like myself - which I appreciate. I was able to switch advisers to one who I felt more closely aligned with my interests without a problem - that's an example of what makes the Korbel school an exemplary place to learn. Regular visits from esteemed visitors like former Secretary of State Madeline Albright and Condoleeza, the assistant-secretary general of NATO and others also help. We also have an exciting new dean, Ambassador Chris Hill, who joined us this August after serving as ambassador to Iraq, Poland, Korea and Macedonia. As I wrote earlier I'm currently in DC interning at an NGO which focuses on early-stage conflict analysis using quantitative and qualitative data, as well as taking classes at the school Korbel maintains here as well as at the Elliott School at George Washington University. The program I'm on is a competitive one but also one which affords students from our school, as well as Pitt and Syracuse, to participate in the policy world here in DC. So any questions you have please hit me up with them. I promise I'll give you the honest answer back and if I can't I'll find someone who can.