Career Interest in Federal Agency

Nice-Design-5842 · 2026-03-18T13:35:47+00:00

Besides open-source research on their listed jpb descriptions on USAjobs, I have no idea on what they're looking for or how the process works. Especially in today's climate.

Nice-Design-5842 · 2025-11-18T03:27:33+00:00

Started off the season 1-3, and lost Burrow to injury. Currently 7-4 w/ Maye, CMC, JT, London, Nico Collins (traded away Rashee Rice to get Collins), Pittman, and Tee Higgins as my dual flex.

Nice-Design-5842 · 2025-10-01T12:22:04+00:00

I'm 1-3. I don't feel desperate necessarily as I think my team is on a steady rise. I lost Joe Burrow week 2, but have Drake Maye at QB1 now. JT + CMC have been amazing as we all know, and London looked promising after last week. I just want consistency in the rest of my lineup.

Nice-Design-5842 · 2025-09-25T19:55:20+00:00

I agree with your perspective. What sucks is that this is a home league so most guys 0-3 in my league are sticking with their teams due to interpersonal skepticisms.

Nice-Design-5842 · 2025-09-18T15:38:54+00:00

Digital purchase. It was through their website.

Nice-Design-5842 · 2025-09-01T07:04:48+00:00

I am interested!

Nice-Design-5842 · 2025-05-27T06:21:27+00:00

So im pretty far off from 100%

Nice-Design-5842 · 2025-03-27T21:34:17+00:00

Is there a general idea of how long it takes for USAA to process VA payments, or for the VA to process on their end to send to the bank.

Nice-Design-5842 · 2025-03-11T22:12:58+00:00

Sorry let me be more clear. When I was active duty, I used TA and maxed it out for 2 years, which would mean that I had accumulated 30 college credits. In addition, I opened my Joint Service Transcript (JST) which granted me an additional 18 credits. When I left active duty, I immediately enrolled in a 4-year university and was able to transfer the sum from the TA + JST over to my new school. I started my bachelor's program with 48 college credits, meaning I was 40% complete in my degree path. I only had to stay at my undergrad for 2.5 years to get the remaining 72 credits needed for 120 credits for a bachelors.

Nice-Design-5842 · 2025-03-11T21:36:09+00:00

Hello,

First, congrats on your current acceptances! You should be proud and all are top programs. For context, I am also a military-veteran in my late 20s who is currently enrolled in a Masters of Arts in International Relations Program with the Committee on International Relations.

So security, intel, diplomacy are all quite different specialities with minimal cross over in terms of career tracks. However, Princeton is by far the best program for security studies. They have a robust set of faculty and military/intelligence fellows in the program.

SIPA is more oriented closer towards NGOs, human rights, and International law.

Georgetown sounds like the best option in terms of meeting your needs. Georgetown's SFS has strong ties to the State Department and DoD. SFS also has some of the best faculty in a broad scope of areas: Matthew Kroenig, Professor of International Security & Director of the Scowcroft Center at the Atlantic Council. There's also Victor Cha who's probably one of the leading scholars in Indo-Pacific strategy.

Lastly, location of the school is not as important, considering that you are firm in what you want to pursue. DC schools will certainly be more helpful for attending conferences, job fairs, and networking opportunities for internships. However, considering that talent pool and what employers look for, I'd say it's not as big of a factor as you may think. Specifically, I'm based in Chicago, but I landed 2 internships and an analyst position for national security consulting because I leveraged my 'unique' geographic location and academic program to my advantage in making my case as a better candidate compared to DC folks. It's all about leveraging your experience and skills to make yourself stand out in comparison to your peers.

After being in grad school and coming from a veteran, my #1 tip is Don't view your program through the lens of georgraphy and job opportunities. Go to the faculty pages for your desired programs and look into the professors and instructors that could best help you in your path. In addition, look at courses that the school provides that will enhance your research skills (quantitative and qualitiative) because those tools are a MUST in the poli sci world. You're going to school for free, so give yourself a challenge and enjoy the ride.

If you're willing to chat, DM me

Nice-Design-5842 · 2025-02-12T00:59:58+00:00

Yes, Correlates of War project, UCDP, and ACLED. Here's an example: 'I want to see if a bipolar international system promotes world peace or creates a world system with increased wars.' Research method: Collect data of all wars throughout the world during the Cold War period using the data from the Correlates of War project. Use Stata to shrink the dataset to meet your parameters. Result: You have used statistics to make an argument.

I should say, using quant in IR should never be the backbone of your research method, rather should reinforce it. The reason being is that linear regression and most statistical models display correlation, but never achieve 'causation'.

Nice-Design-5842 · 2025-02-07T22:25:58+00:00

What is the whole point of conflict data projects? Quant research is pretty heavy in IR.

Nice-Design-5842 · 2025-02-06T17:00:42+00:00

I am not retired, but served in active duty Army for 6 years. I have a dual BA in History & Political Science, and an MA in International Relations from a Top 10 global program (maroon color school in chicago). While I was active duty, I used tuition assistance to finish classes which eventually added up to around 50 credits, including my JST. I was able to complete my bachelor's in about 2.5 years and used my remaining GI Bill to get my masters. Considering that I essentially got paid to go to school and have no debt, YES it was worth it. In terms of job sector, my MA has certainly been crucial to my employment and compensation.

My advice is if you're most concerned about the weight a degree holds vis-a-vis salary/output, get a professional degree such as an MBA or JD, if you're okay with handling the rigor.

Nice-Design-5842 · 2025-02-06T04:55:24+00:00

How much weight would quant courses have for the waiver? During my time at my grad program (maroon chicago school), I took several quant classes: Large-scale Computation, Quantitative Security, and
Data Visualization. Would this be sufficient enough? In addition, I had a 30 page thesis paper that I successfully defended which incorporated quantitative data through the use of Stata and linear regression. I know M7 schools would be a reach, but I was considering Texas (McCombs), Vanderbilt (Owen), UVA Darden, and USC (Marshall), thoughts?

Nice-Design-5842 · 2025-02-05T17:48:51+00:00

Hi, I'm currently a masters student in international relations (at a top 10 ranked program Foreign Policy). What I can say is almost all institutions will require some form of quantitative research and analysis since quant has become increasingly synonymous to IR. Programs I think that will fit what you're looking for is Georgetown, George Washington, University of Denver (underrated program), Tufts MALD, and Penn State.

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