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I've looked through their website and on their FLAS FAQ it says that those who receive FLAS funding get the rest of the cost of tuition (minus the 18,000 from the FLAS) from Georgetown. I just couldn't believe my good fortune. It was such good news that I was in denial. I was not expecting that. Anyone out there who could give me some insight into the Arab Studies program at Georgetown?

Anyone here know much about the MAAS program at Georgetown? I was on the list of alternates for Georgetown so had pretty much written it off and settled on UT Austin but I just got an e-mail saying I was accepted to Georgetown and was offered the FLAS. UT Austin already rejected me for the FLAS. My primary goal for my Master's degree is to really master Arabic and also to study Middle Eastern politics. I also would like to learn Persian really well and I can see from Georgetown's website that it seems like they have a very rigorous Arabic program and it seems like it's strong in the modern Middle East and Middle Eastern Politics, though it seems it focuses on the Arab world, and while it offers Persian language courses it does not seem like the Persian language program is quite as rigorous as what they have for Arabic. Anyone out there familiar enough with Georgetown to give me some insight into how the program is? Georgetown said in their e-mail (and it said in a couple places on their website) that the FLAS covers FULL tuition at Georgetown. I had always been under the impression that the FLAS only gave out 18,000 for tution an academic year and Georgetown's tuition is quite a bit higher than that. I can't believe that I would be so fortunate as to get a free ride at a place as expensive as Georgetown. Do some schools, like Georgetown, actually give full tuition to FLAS fellows? It kind of blows my mind and I'm almost afraid to ask them if they actually mean I will pay nothing in tuition for fear they may think I'm an idiot for not understanding the plain meaning of their words.

I got accepted into the MA program at Harvard but a professor at the school I am currently attending told me that due to some recent retirements that Harvard just doesn't have the draw that it once did. This professor recommended Chicago and UT Austin to me over Harvard.

I've been told by professors that for studying the modern Middle East UT Austin is very good, probably even one of the best. I've actually had UT Austn recommended over Harvard and Princeton for the modern Middle East. I've heard the Middle East program at UT Austin is very difficult to get into and that some people who get accepted into prestigious schools like U Michigan or even one of the Ivys have gotten rejected by UT Austin. I'm unfamiliar with the others though I know Georgetown focuses heavily on the Arab world and if you want a broader view than that it may not be the best for you.

I've been told that U of Chicago has a solid Middle East Studies program, though it focuses mostly on the classical Middle East. I got accepted into the Middle East Studies MA program at UT Austin. I've been told that it is pretty much first rate for studying the modern Middle East, even superior to most of the Ivy schools for the modern Middle East. Since you went there I was wondering what your sense of it was?

I've gotten accepted into the MA program at Harvard, UT Austin, and Chicago so far. While I was pretty thrilled to get into Harvard they do not offer funding for MA students there so I probably won't go. I was wondering what other people have heard of these programs. I'm still waiting to hear back from other schools but right now I'm leaning in favor of UT Austin. I'm currently a student at the University of Utah and have been told by a professor (who would defintely know) at the U of Utah that UT Austin is a top notch school for Middle East Studies, especially for the modern Middle east which I most want to study. This professor actually said that although Harvard is great he thinks UT Austin probably has the better program. Anyone else here familiar with the program at UT Austin and how it stacks up against the competition?