<p>Guys, saying "I want to go to grad school" is as useful as saying "I want to have a career."</p>
<p>It's too broad of a statement to mean anything. You need to be more specific before anyone can say anything helpful.</p>
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<p>My suggestion? Unless you can get funding, don't. It's overpriced and doesn't really funnel its grads into the public sector like it should. I know a few KSG grads who ended up in the private sector because the $100K debt burden forced them out of the public sector.</p>
<p>I mean, if you get offered a fellowship, then yes, go. If not, it's just not worth the price tag.</p>
<p>ok, i was looking towards going to grad school at George Washington University and get an MA in international affairs or international trade. should i apply to gw with such a specific major like peis</p>
<p>Thanks, UCLAri... so even if my parents finance it, it still wouldn't be worth it? I wanted to do the MPP program at KSG and law at Boalt.</p>
<p>For programs like GWU's MA in IR, your major is going to be less important than your GPA, GRE, and work experience. Most IR programs definitely want people with at least a couple years of "real world" experience.</p>
<p>My recommendation is to study what you enjoy, but also to keep in mind that top IR programs want at least the first year of econ, calc and stats, a language, and demonstrated ability to handle a broad range of disciplines.</p>
<p>To that end, PEIS could be good. But don't do it "for grad school." Do it because you'll be interested in it.</p>
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Thanks, UCLAri... so even if my parents finance it, it still wouldn't be worth it? I wanted to do the MPP program at KSG and law at Boalt.
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<p>Oh heck, if someone else will foot the bill, go for it.</p>
<p>But why do both? Any real reason? Those sorts of dual degree programs rarely mesh well.</p>
<p>thanks for the advice. i think i would be more interested in peis than political science.</p>
<p>Ehh, I really want to get into Politics. The Assemblyman I work for (who went to law school and doesn't recommend it) suggested that an MPP would be the most useful. However, I don't want my life to be dictated on whether or not I win an election... I'd like to have some options. And, in politics, you're mostly dealing with laws anyway, so I don't think it's a bad skill to have. Your take?</p>
<p>I think that if you look on the Hill, about 90% of them have JDs.</p>
<p>I mean, with all due respect to your assemblyman, I think that the JD is a perfectly useful degree. Plenty of jobs will take JDs to do non-legal work. I know a couple working in government agencies, for example.</p>
<p>awww, shucks. I just really wanted to go to Harvard. haha (jk)</p>
<p>Do you know what the advantages are of having a MPP degree?</p>
<p>MPPs tend to be broad interdisciplinary degrees that will give you a wide range of skill sets that you can put on a resume.</p>
<p>My degree, while not an MPP per se, is very similar. I get to put "accounting, finance, econometrics, managerial economics, qualitative analysis, foreign language ability," and Excel on there. It's pretty easy to sell yourself to a very broad range of employers.</p>
<p>I vote for changing the name of Berk's "EECS" to "EEEEEKS!!!"</p>