NYU - Political Theory

[thousandpieces]

Hi all,

I've got an MA offer from NYU in Political Theory, but with little funding. I'm wondering if anyone here knows anything about studying in the program. For example, what are the class sizes like? Are MA students marginalized for the most part? Do you feel like second-class citizens when compared to PhD students? Is the debt worth it or is it just a cash cow scheme? Is it relatively easy grad program, or is the work back-breaking? and so on and so forth...

Advice, anecdotes, and assessments would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[AssocProf]

Hi all,

I've got an MA offer from NYU in Political Theory, but with little funding. I'm wondering if anyone here knows anything about studying in the program. For example, what are the class sizes like? Are MA students marginalized for the most part? Do you feel like second-class citizens when compared to PhD students? Is the debt worth it or is it just a cash cow scheme? Is it relatively easy grad program, or is the work back-breaking? and so on and so forth...

Advice, anecdotes, and assessments would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

The people on this board aren't going to be able to answer these questions, because none of them are currently getting their MA in Theory from NYU. If you want accurate answers to these questions, get in touch with the Pol. Sci. Director of Graduate Studies at NYU (or whomever runs the MA program) and ask for email addresses of some of the MA students so you can talk to them about the program. Then email each of the students and set up times to speak with each of them on the phone. Ask the same question to more than one person, so you can get a sense of whether there's consistency in the answers. Don't make such an important decision based on responses on this board.