madoublet98

I also just sent in my matriculation deposit. Very exciting Anyone know when we will have access to the resources for students? I am eager to read the course evaluations for some classes, etc. Also, this was brought up in the open house thread but since I'm already posting here I'll just ask here. Does anyone do 4 classes + language + internship? Or are language class and internship pretty much mutually exclusive? This would obviously be very time consuming, but if one was willing to not have a life otherwise would it be possible? I don't have a language now so I need to take one, but since I don't have any relevant work experience to my areas of interest (just a year teaching in China) I feel like semester internships would be very useful.

I'm also wondering about HKS. They report median private sector salaries at 90k for MPP and 130k+ for MPA/ID. Doesn't that seem pretty high?

Hey I have a few questions as well for you or any other SAISer about concentrations: Two of the concentrations you mentioned in this post are the two that I am primarily looking at - China Studies and ERE. I am interested in energy politics and development in Asia. I find it interesting that you said here that concentration doesn't really matter that much for jobs, but I'm still confused as to which I would benefit more from. How do students whose interests require both functional and regional knowledge decide which concentration to go for? My other question is about the Chinese language program. They seem to have high standards for all of the languages, and Chinese is no exception. For graduation they require intermediate mid after two years of study. I have lived in China the past year and picked up a little Chinese, but if I take it at SAIS (which I'd like to) I'd essentially be starting from scratch. How is the quality of language education, and Chinese in particular? I know it's often a situation where you get out of it what you put in, but assuming I put a lot of effort into learning, is the two years of language study at SAIS really good enough to get to a decent level of Chinese? Do you know anyone who started from scratch and how are they doing now? Sorry if these are very dumb questions, I'd just like to pick your brain(s) so that I can make the most informed decision when I arrive at SAIS next year. Any anecdotes would be greatly appreciated

I was accepted to SAIS this fall and will probably be attending. I'm only one year out of undergrad and not sure what I want to do with my life yet. I have considered the idea of applying to law school next year and applying for the dual degree program. I couldn't find much information on it, but I was wondering if anyone here knows how it works (how many semesters you spend at each, what types of SAIS credits may be applied to your JD, etc.) at either Stanford or UVA. Additionally, I'm curious what types of careers (in law or otherwise) that this dual degree would give you a leg up in, versus just someone who has a JD. Any help would be great! Thanks!