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oh yeah, and admissions said that you can change your concentration anytime during your first year.  second year you have to get it approved   So whatever you decide now wont matter toooooo much

oh yeah, and admissions said that you can change your concentration anytime during your first year.  second year you have to get it approved   So whatever you decide now wont matter toooooo much

just my two cents from talking to a few alumni:
 
One alum told me that international law and organizations is very weak, disorganized and has little to zero funding with limited events.  Same with conflict management. Also Strategic Studies is really conservative/military.    Another alum that currently works for the Bank told me that Euro Studies was great, but very theory based and more like studying euro history than anything else.  Most agree that the regional concentrations are the best, especially LASP  and the asia ones.   Personally, I sat in the ERE luncheon and got a good vibe from it.  Seemed like a really well developed concentration, plenty of field trip/study abroad stuff, they had $ in the dept for proposed abroad trips etc.
  During the open house, the faculty were saying that the concentration doesn't matter as much, and it doesn't really pigeon hole you into a job.  They also suggested following the concentration you are most interested studying as opposed to strategically choosing the one you feel would get you a job. 
 
As for myself, not 100% sure yet.  I want to go and take as many econ/quant courses as I can, so ideally id do a concentration that would allow me to do that.  I know the LASP offers a bunch with their emerging markets specialization, but I dunno how well it would fit with me as I am planning to take farsi as my language req. 

oh yeah, and admissions said that you can change your concentration anytime during your first year.  second year you have to get it approved   So whatever you decide now wont matter toooooo much

i know USC has the Deans Merit Scholarship that can either cover 1/2 OR full tuition, nothing about living stipend though.  that's pretty common knowledge though so you prob knew that already.  here is the list of their scholarships/fellowships for the MPP program.   http://priceschool.usc.edu/students/financial-aid/masters-opportunities/
 
i recall UCLA having quite a few scholarship/fellowships as well, but I dont know whether they offered a living stipend as well.  i can dig up that info if you think you'll need it.  
 
also you can work as a TA, do research or intern with USC to get money to pay for your housing.  

yes...or at least make a new thread to exclusively discuss the MA/MBA route. 

not for SAIS, but the Elliott School has some VERY comprehensive date on career placement, length, work experience and salaries.
 
here is the link to the pdf files.  im not from DC, so im not sure how well it will apply to SAIS, but it seems like they would be relatively comparable considering that SAIS has a better rep than Elliott.  
 
http://elliott.gwu.edu/gscd/data/index.cfm

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