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i'm dying as we speak. 1 week out from thesis being due. i can't imagine doing anything remotely intellectual this summer, i'm so desperate to rot my brain after this...

i'm an american doing undergrad at LSE. i got admitted to this program... i can tell you that at least from LSE side, it is no cash cow. the professors are extremely legit. any questions just PM me. PS over 140 people applied for 20 places, so it's at least highly competitive.

i know this has been asked before - and most people seem to not have held down jobs or 'work experience' -type placements. was wondering if other people would be willing to share... does anyone have any advice for how to spend the summer before grad school (masters)? i'm in my last year of undergrad, feeling burnt out by thesis-writing and course work. i'm going to be attending a program in the fall that is allegedly pretty intense, as it's on the quarter rather than semester system and involves a thesis as well. should i take it easy this summer? or should i use the opportunity to get some relevant work experience, or, say, volunteer doing something productive?

does anyone have any advice for how to spend the summer before grad school (masters)? i'm in my last year of undergrad, feeling burnt out by thesis-writing and course work. i'm going to be attending a program in the fall that is allegedly pretty intense, as it's on the quarter rather than semester system and involves a thesis as well. should i take it easy this summer? or should i use the opportunity to get some relevant work experience, or, say, volunteer doing something productive?

i see you made up your mind. you picked what i would've picked. best of luck

eh, you're into chicago and columbia, you can't possibly go too far wrong with either one.

mearsheimer is gone?!?!?! it says 'Tentative List' at the top, although you're right, it could be a harbinger of things to come...

nonsense. chicago's distribution requirements are extremely light, compared to for instance JHU SAIS (half of your degree in the latter has to be econ courses, regardless of you not having an iota of interest in economics or not). CIR requires you have to have 3 courses in 2 disciplines - e.g. (1) international security and (2) regional studies - and that's it. so you could concievably take 5 courses in regional studies, 3 in a second area, and then the 1 core seminar...

Yeah, me neither - I too am a college senior, though in the UK (I'm an American). I also had high stats, fantastic recommendations, fluent Chinese... guess time to take a couple years out & re-apply

not me... i have it stored somewhere in my brain that hopkins and/or SIPA are sending their things out today but no word yet for me so...

another pleasant day of waiting... has anyone heard?

i'm going insane, literally checking my email about 100+ times a day even though it's saturday