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Hey all, I have recently been accepted to GWU and UCLA for MPP, I am still waiting on a decision from American. Which of these programs offers the best education, networking opportunities and overall benefit towards reaching a career in government consulting? I am, at this point, getting no funding and will need to take out loans. I would only need to worry about tuition for UCLA because I live there, but my overall impression is that GWU or American would give me more opportunities. What do you think?

I was not offered a scholarship from either. I want to go into government consulting. While I feel that, as far as my quantitative skills growing and classes in economics and stats are almost the same for any of them, I feel that the GW and American programs for location itself will open me to more possibilities. If I were to go to UCLA, I would have to construct my own concentration because I feel that the ones they already have constructed do not fit what I want. This could be a blessing in disguise if I could swing taking classes in UCLA's business program and make some connections there as well. I have a government internship set up for summer if I choose to stay in California, but I do not know if that is a good enough reason to stay.

Hey all! I have recently been accepted to GWU, as well as UCLA. I know it is premature to say it, but I have a feeling I will also be accepted to American as well because upon applying, of the 3, American seemed to be the most likely to accept me. For the programs themselves, I feel that GW and American fit my liking more because of the flexibility of their programs, but UCLA works as well because I live in LA. For UCLA, I would only have to worry about paying tuition, whereas living expenses would be a factor in DC. However, for my interests, I would need to construct my own concentration at UCLA, which might prove to be a headache. Should the name recognition of UCLA and the lower price tag be enough for me to forsake going across the country?