chen9yun

I'm facing the same options with you, except that I already turned down Syracuse and am still considering CMU. UMD is still being considered because it offers 33,000 per year, and the location is comparatively good. I was thinking about applying for a MBA/MPP joint degree after the 1st year, but after chatting with the current students(Chinese), I found it not as appealing. If internship/job offers matters the most to you, my suggestion would be searching every single Chinese fellow in these programs to see their internship and working experience. I already did it with CIPA fellows (seems to be more high-end, not sure though, you know, resume is really polishable...), but since I can't get access to student profiles of UMD, I can't find out their placement.