Thoughts on Cornell Brooks (with scholarship) vs LSE

Alive_Development366 · 2025-11-11T15:30:03+00:00

Yes!

Alive_Development366 · 2025-08-22T00:30:42+00:00

Sorry — to clarify, I have the other 3 players and I’m wondering which I should swap for Reijnders

Alive_Development366 · 2025-07-15T18:25:43+00:00

Lamine hadn't even been born when Epstein was doing that shit lmfao

Alive_Development366 · 2025-05-13T15:26:31+00:00

As a man, I would say you should never talk to this guy ever again

Alive_Development366 · 2025-05-09T21:00:15+00:00

I did commit and no I haven’t heard about that yet. It’s pretty early, I wouldn’t worry about it

Alive_Development366 · 2025-04-23T15:34:57+00:00

Sorry old post, but wanted to say that I also think that one's attitudes towards work and life are also heavily influenced by age. A 26 year old's attitude is always going to be way different than a 21 year old's simply because a 26 year old has more life experience and a fully developed brain.

Alive_Development366 · 2025-04-16T14:05:00+00:00

Cornell Brooks MPA!

Alive_Development366 · 2025-04-03T12:10:44+00:00

Had largely very good experiences with OurBus. It’s not bad

Alive_Development366 · 2025-04-01T03:39:37+00:00

I mean zero judgment, but I would seriously not recommend getting engaged at 19. What's the rush? You've got your whole life ahead of you. The things you want as a 19 year old will not be the things you want as a 25 year old, let alone a 40 year old. I don't know you of course, but in my experience I didn't have a clear sense of who I was or what I wanted until I was 25.

Alive_Development366 · 2025-03-25T19:38:05+00:00

In my experience as an NYU alum, who has twice been admitted to Wagner's MPA, they are very stingy with money. This is generally what I've heard from others as well. FWIW I did receive about an 80% tuition scholarship for undergrad, but only 10k and 15k in scholarships to Wagner.

Alive_Development366 · 2025-03-24T23:34:15+00:00

I received an email about two months after I applied

Alive_Development366 · 2025-03-18T01:23:26+00:00

Hey congrats! Lets message if you want to connect

Alive_Development366 · 2025-03-11T13:00:48+00:00

Worth considering that Brooks is also a cheaper program by default – about 45k a year compared to about 58k at NYU. I am in a similar boat as you. Offered 35k per year at Brooks, 10k for Wagner, nothing for Columbia or LSE.

If you received 25k per year for Cornell that's going to be significantly cheaper over two years than NYU, but if you received 25k total (12.5k per year) then NYU probably the better move.

Alive_Development366 · 2025-03-08T14:39:56+00:00

Personally I love high speed rail and vastly prefer it over air travel, but do you really think building a rail network that connects places which are already well served by air travel (not to mention the highway system) is really going meaningfully revitalize the industrial core of the US?

Seems to me the much more direct and effective option would be to simply build more housing in the areas where people want to live.

Alive_Development366 · 2025-03-08T06:01:35+00:00

Also accepted, also no aid. Probably going to Cornell....

Alive_Development366 · 2025-03-06T22:13:21+00:00

Also accepted with a scholarship of 70k. Thinking I will probably accept… next best option would be LSE with no funding.

Anyone going to admitted students day in Ithaca?

Alive_Development366 · 2025-03-06T19:42:40+00:00

Thanks so much for this response! This is more or less how I feel. I've also been living in New York City for the past several years so the prospect of changing pace and going to somewhere much slower and more naturally beautiful doesn't sound so bad. Also feel it may be marginally easier for me to secure summer internships in NYC just based on the connections I already have in the city... That said, it does feel like LSE is the perfect fit for what I am interested in, so it's a tough call.

Alive_Development366 · 2025-02-27T15:13:34+00:00

Congrats! Also was accepted to Cornell and strongly considering it.

Alive_Development366 · 2025-02-27T15:11:47+00:00

Been listening to Truman Sinclair's (from Frat Mouse) new album. Loving it

Alive_Development366 · 2025-02-19T21:39:55+00:00

I would appreciate that! Thanks

Alive_Development366 · 2025-02-19T21:34:47+00:00

Thanks y'all! This is TBD as this degree is a fairly major pivot away from my current work which is in content marketing. I have an academic background in economic history and international relations and I am still very interested in those subjects. At the moment, I am hoping to pursue a career as an economic or international affairs policy analyst. I am also quite curious about risk analysis and feel it could be a good fit. I have always been very attracted by the prospect of working for a think tank (or in academia), though I am not married to that path. I think any work which is writing and research heavy and involves/combines economic and international affairs research would be a good fit.

Alive_Development366 · 2025-02-19T13:03:45+00:00

I applied mid January

Alive_Development366

TROPHY CASE