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Thanks SyracuseStudent for responding, and your suggestion is an excellent one! If I may ask, what clinched you decision to attend Maxwell, and have there been any disappointments during your time there?

Hi all, This year I received admission to both SAIS and the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. (Although I am also looking at other places, I think that restricting things might be helpful.) In looking at these threads, I was found a relative dearth of comments about student life at these schools. Funding will be relatively equal at both of these places for me, so I'm hoping that respondents can tell me a little more about the student life at SAIS and Maxwell. My first impression (which could very well be wrong) is that while Maxwell, through it's website and admissions staff, tries to evoke a "friendlier, fuzzier" atmosphere, SAIS seems to be the more serious of the two. Do people think that both schools offer a relatively good school-extracurricular balance? Or do things tend to revolve around school? Also, do any current/former students have opinions about Maxwell being integrated into the broader campus, while SAIS is on its own? Lastly, I am 23 right now. Maxwell seems to have quite a few young people, however SAIS' average age is 26-27 with substantial work experience. I realize that a good portion of SAIS' class is young, it seems to be skewed older. Do students find this advantageous, disadvantageous, or simply not matter much? I'm overseas right now, so I won't be able to visit these schools before the deadline, so any advice would be really helpful!! Thanks!