Some background on the decisions I've made about grad school:
- Not only have I decided to go to grad school, but I fugure I'll need at least two M.A.s, if not more. I'm looking at one in the Communications area (writing being all about creative writing, and that's not what I'm looking for) and one in the political arena (international relations/studies, politics, American Government...etc)
Backing up again for some who may not have heard:
- I decided that my dream job is to be like Rush Limbaugh (except for the politics and that people could probably spell MY name on the first try).
- I want to talk the talk without having to walk the walk. That shouldn't surprise anyone who knows me!
Fowarding again:
- (Can't make the thing do 2) The best one before this current good one is George Washington University with a Masters of Media and Public Affairs, which I think is almost perfect with just the one M.A., but then I'm thinking, "oh no, then the second M.A. will be redundant."
- (Do you see how I make a decision and then am affraid to change it?)
- GWU would also be cool because it's right next to D.C. and it says that their students work in the capital a lot.
- But then I'm thinking, if I'm going to be a rational Rush, I had better know what I'm talking about, so studying the "interactions among media, politics, economics, and human development" isn't really good enough.
- Back to the two M.A.s
- (Have you got the sense that I haven't even begun to look into the funding of this new little adventure?)
- Then I find the NYU School of Journalism with their Cultural Reporting and Criticism Department.
- Sounds really good. Not hard facts journalism, but biased, opinionated journalism. Doesn't that sound like the ticket.
- Only now I'm waffling and am a bit intimidated.
- Should the writing part come before or after the content part (meaning the political study)
- GWU is really in a good spot for learning about politics.
- And you have to submit a bijillion writing samples, which I probably should have thought of.
- And I probably shouldn't set my heart on one program anyway right?
- And it's in New York City for crying out loud! I don't even like going into SEATTLE.
So someone tell me. I seem to have found that it's going to be easier to find a communications school than a politiky one (not that I haven't found interesting ones), so should I wait until I'm finishing up the first one before I do research on the second, just in case I change my mind somewhere in there?
Update on the politiky part
- Interesting Program #1: University of Chicago, Center for International Relations. Sounded interesting to me, they say they are one of the oldest International Relations schools in the country, and it's only for one year.
- Interesting Program #2: University of Warwick, Politics and International Studies (located in Britain somewhere). Be kind of cool to study politics from another perspective, but I think that, if I somehow managed to become known, it would be a detriment to have studied outside the country.
- Interesting Program #3: Seton Hall University, Diplomacy and International Relations. Diplomacy is a good thing, it involves knowing both sides, something I am an advocate of. But who the heck has ever heard of Seton Hall before, and where is it?
Okay, I'm done. Sorry to go on for so long, but now that I have actually taken the fork in the road, I'm all confused. But I think it's a good confused. At least it gives me a goal, and I found that I can be more positive at work, focusing on what I can contribute in the (mostly likely) year before I leave for grad school, wherever that may be.
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