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  1. Oh, thanks for the heads up! That's stressful ahh, do you know when the Middlebury programs start in the summer by any chance?
  2. Hey @confusion123, I feel fortunate and grateful to be in a similar dilemma as you! Would love to prick your brain further about the info you have about the programs. Coming From: Portland, OR, so this will be a big move/change for me! Both excited and stressed. Deciding Between: Princeton SPIA - 100% Tuition + living stipend Yale Jackson - 100% Tuition + living stipend Columbia SIPA - 95% tuition, no stipend NYU CGA - 100% tuition, very small stipend Georgetown MSFS - no aid Columbia SIPA/LSE dual degree - no aid offered. Other Factors: I don't want to go into debt for graduate study either, so I'm mainly deciding between Yale and Princeton considering my other support packages. The main differences between the two, as I see them are: Princeton's program is longer-standing and more well known with a larger alumni network. Princeton has a much more structured program with a large set of required core course while Yale has just four core courses. Princeton's curriculum has a heavy emphasis on quantitative skills, which I feel is a gap in my skillset, and includes a months-long math summer program to prepare all students for graduate level study in econometrics, statistics, and applied analytics -- this is a big plus in my book. Yale has a language requirement and has some support for extracurricular language study; language proficiency is important to me, but I could study this at Princeton too. I'm trying to decide whether to learn a new modern language or pick Russian back up from my undergrad studies. How I'm leaning: Right now, I'm leaning towards Princeton due to the program's established alumni network, math summer program, and structured curriculum. I was originally really enticed by Yale's very flexible curriculum, but worry I won't have the support to succeed in tough quantitative coursework. It's nice that the Yale cohort is small, but maybe too small, ya know? I'm keeping my mind open between the two and will visit both schools in the first week of April. Sadly, Columbia is out just due to the debt I would incur living in NYC as a full time grad student without a stipend; their program looks really cool. NYU for the same reason. I love the MSFS curriculum and the idea of studying in London for the LSE/SIPA program, but the lack of financial support pretty much rules them out automatically. Head: Princeton Heart: Columbia Wallet: Princeton or Yale
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