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  1. Oops. So I kind of neglected to reply in a timely matter! Anyway, the open house wasn't too exciting--we had a tour of campus, a reception with a couple professors and current students (just mingling with some food trays and drinks), and then we could attend a class afterwards. For me, it wasn't any of the mingling or the professor speaking that really swayed me, it was attending the class. I really enjoyed it, and plan on enrolling at GW now. I haven't officially accepted the offer yet, I'm still waiting on financial aid to come back just to be sure. I have until June 1st anyway.
  2. My impression is that JHU is geared toward part-time, working students and would have more support for those students (me) than GW, which is a more traditional graduate program. But I did find out now that about half their students are part-time (and yes, evening classes), so now I feel a lot more confident about GW as an option. They're having an accepted students reception on the 26th, so I'll be there & report back!
  3. That sucks. I remember reading somewhere that they were rolling admission? I guess not. I did attend two of those sessions a while back, what did you think of it? Definitely still on the fence. I've realized that if money were not an issue at all, I'd absolutely choose GW. I just think it'll be too difficult to be part-time at GW & work full-time. I'm going to wait and see how financial aid comes back on both and go from there. If I can swing it, I might go GW full-time...
  4. Haha, it's fine! I've been using padmapper, which uses the postings from craiglist, but puts them on a map essentially.
  5. Exactly--when I compared the faculty between the two schools, they both had many well-known professionals in the field. As for jobs, I've only applied to maybe five, since it is so early still, and I'm about 6 hours from DC right now. I've only heard back from one, which is the one I have an interview with when I go back home (Maryland) during spring break. You should definitely check out this website, it's where I've found almost or all the jobs I've applied to so far, and I think I'll be using it much more as it nears May/graduation day. http://publicaffairsjobs.blogspot.com/ My plan for now was to get a job to solely pay for my housing and extra expenses since I'm looking at studios in Dupont which are running at 1400/mo at the cheapest, and using Stafford loans to cover the actual tuition. I'm only expecting to make about 35-40k.
  6. Thanks! Hoping it's enough! I definitely think you should apply to Hopkins. It's in the District, which was big for me. I only applied to GW & JHU because if I was going to shell out all the money, I thought I needed to go big, haha. The big factor which is pulling me to Hopkins right now is the fact that I'll likely be a part-time student. I just can't afford to be full-time. I'm actually looking for jobs right now--I have an interview for a PR firm and when I told them I was planning to go to grad school part-time at either Hopkins or GW, they mentioned how the program at Hopkins was great. Anyway, the program at Hopkins is geared toward part-time students, so I just think I'll have a better experience there. Really the only thing that I think could sway me at this point is if GW gave me better financial aid. Honestly, in my mind, GW > JHU for the programs. Especially because GW has the full campus in DC. Also, it's important to note that while JHU has financial aid, it does not give any types of scholarships at all for entering students. And I just don't like American. No particular reason, I just really had my heart set on either Hopkins or GW.
  7. Yes to GW. I was already accepted back in December to Johns Hopkins for MA Communication (concentrations in political comm and media relations), and I think I'll probably end up at JHU, but still waiting on GW response. Edit: My stats, if curious... undergrad GPA 3.8 (at a small state school though) major GPA 4.0 (poli sci) verbal GRE: 163 2 related internships
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