I have two offers in hand right now. The first is education policy analysis from Harvard and the other is a master in public policy from Rutgers. Harvard has given me 17k in aid and ill have to cover the remaining 73k. Rutgers is a free ride with a 30,000 stipend through a GAship. Rutgers is a two years program but it is not a stem opt degree whereas with Harvard I get 3 years stem opt.
How do I decide? As an international student, on one hand there is Harvard and the brand name but then it is only one year and an education policy program. On the other than there is Rutgers which isn't a good university but then it is freee and an MPP.
