HNC/SAIS MA vs SIPA

[Daboomboom]

Hey everyone,

  I'm wondering if someone could help me out here. I have been accepted to both SIPA and SAIS through their 1 year in Nanjing, 1.5 in DC option.  Information on the Nanjing program is scare on here. I'm in love with NYC, but I feel like that's a pretty terrible reason to decide between the two.  If anyone has experience in either program, any insight you could provide would be beyond appreciated.

 

Thanks!

[monocle]

I am in almost the exact same predicament! Except I applied to SAIS-Tsinghua (Tsinghua notifies in April)..

For what it's worth I don't think there's a right or wrong answer. The differences in employment outcomes will likely depend on your personal initiative. Though I suppose your Mandarin skills would be better having gone through Hopkins Nanjing if you were posturing for a career in China..