Microfinance Working Group 9th Annual Career Conference

By Deepika Sharma and Beatriz Guillen On April 1st I attended the 9th Annual Career Conference organized by the SIPA Microfinance Working Group. As you might know, microfinance has been in the news a lot recently- for both good and bad reasons. There have been questions raised on the efficacy and sustainability of microfinance especially…

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MIA and MPA Concentration Choice

One of the questions that has been popping up in our email in box from MIA and MPA admitted applicants has to do with the choice of concentration at SIPA.  You can think of your concentration as your major field of study.  Many applicants are worried that they must stick with the concentration selected when…

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Some Tips for International Students

Erisha Suwal will be graduating from SIPA soon and she composed this entry to provide insight to international applicants and students.  On a side note, culture shock is not limited to international students, even for someone that grew up in the United States moving to NYC can be a shock.  Do not worry though, as…

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Advising

The following post was composed by Brittney Bailey. ___________________________ For those of you that have been admitted to SIPA, congrats! I know that many of you are in the midst of weighing the many pros and cons of each program to which you’ve applied.  So I wanted to address one of the more common questions…

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SIPA Events – April

Sorry, I just cannot help it.  I know these event lists are overwhelming, but that’s actually why I cannot help myself.  SIPA is much like New York City – there is always SO MUCH going on.  Not only do you get a great education and classes, you have all of the extra events on top…

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