Decisions, Decisions
March 22, 2005 ( life )
MIT (Boston): Geeky, project-oriented, would have to fight pretty hard to get any policy/econ/dev studies out of it.
GTown (DC): Good mix of studying IT impact and various issues in globalization, media, and such, but it almost seems too "light," based on the classes I attended there. Too much on the facilitated-learning bandwagon.
GWU (DC): Hardcore policy wonkiness, with lots of tech, but most of it in more science/tech/patent stuff.
Evans (Seattle): Plain-Jane public policy, but a great center for Internet in development connected to the school.
These are my general choices, now to narrow them down... I haven't heard back from MIT, but am proceeding as if they accept me (if they don't, it makes my choice easier)
I think I'm currently leaning towards GWU, but the more new-media/Internet edge of CCT continues to be attractive. Media Lab is nice in the guaranteed-money effect, but I don't think it'll be that hard to get a decent-paying part-time job in DC that should let me squeak by or enter into a reasonably small amount of debt. Hell, I may even have an offer (long story that shouldn't be posted publically).
All cities are places I have visted at some point and like. Boston winters do scare me a bit, tho. DC is hands-down the place for international dev and non-profit work, tho. Seattle has a lot of pacific-rim dev stuff, and Boston has lots of educational tech work (and edtech is always going to be a big part of int'l dev).
I know cool people in all three cities and environs, and all three cities are a bit pricey in the living. There are a LOT of RPCVs in DC, and a huge chunk of my peeps from Ja (including K) are there.
I'd say right now, GWU is winning. I'm emailing GTown and GWU trying to feel them out a bit better, and digging through their websites to see which I like better. Hopefully, this will be an easier decision than Ghana/Austin was. (Which, I might point out, turned out to be the right decision, even if on some days I do wish I was being more helpful in my productivity).
Posted by griffjon at March 22, 2005 09:10 PM
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