大家来评价一下UCLA, UCBerkeley, NYU吧

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15# dujingqiang 看来你是侧重学术咯？MA之后还准备接着申请PHD? 同意你说的改变，呵呵，捧着一颗火热的心，希望不被现实浇灭……

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16# Church 今天UCB的小蜜给我回信说decision letter几周前就发出来了，大家差收吧

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17# dujingqiang
UCB是说过三月中旬就会出结果，平信真是等得郁闷啊

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If it is for MPA/MPP study, UCLA and NYU is by no means less attractive than Berkeley as LA and NYC are both good places to learn public administration in theory and practice.
wenrixin 发表于 2010-3-29 08:02

相对于DC而言，洛杉矶和纽约好不逊色对吧？不知您是在哪里学习？是南加洲大学么？越来越倾向于南加洲大学。另外不知您对于中国学生聚集的地方是什么看法？听在美国的同学说，似乎中国人多还是好处大于中国人稀少的地方的～

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给UCB发邮件了解到他们把decision letter 3周前就都已经寄出，不论录取和拒绝都有信件，而且是regular mail...如果大家等不急可以联系他们把信件的扫描版发email.
广大没有收到UCB消息的同学可以参考这种方式了解结果。祝大家都交好运！

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20# Church
晕啊，谢谢，我去问问

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RE: LS

Compared with DC, LA or NYC, in my opinion, is much better for MPA/MPP study. You may say DC is good for international issues or comparative policy. Nevertheless, remember whatever you will learn you have to comprehend subjects from American outlook. Thinking and doing in DC is naturally America-centered as well as politicalized and American citizenship and mentality are usually required for professional job there. Master level international students have trouble getting employed for their foreign nationalities and unassured loyalty to Uncle Sam. For sure, foreigner can find research post generally demanding doctoral degree. LA and NYC can be both good and bad for study itself and mastery of English. How you are going to be impacted, negatively or positively, is largely up to yourself. Anyway, for master-height education I love big cities like NYC, LA or Chicago.

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楼上说的很有道理。大城市确实相比而言包容性更强，华盛顿的工作、实习、生活学习氛围相比而言都偏沉闷，政治气息太浓郁。我本人也并不太想往政治和学术方面发展，LA, NYC或许还是更加合适。

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Re: LS on NGO

I notice you ask people what they think of selection of NGO for their concentration. I shall say focus on NGOs evolution and development in China is insightful and far-seeing. I love reading "The Tools of Government" edited by Salamon-a big-name American professor on NGO and indirect government. Weakness and immaturity of authentic NGO in our country is mainly ascribed to the unrivaled dominance of "guan"-governmental bureaucracies and officials-in Chinese social life and circle. As matter of fact, China has not been granted full market economy status by the West-EU and USA. A modern human society ought to consist of and be driven by 3 forces, namely market-highlighting exchange at equal value, government-accentuating societal justice and order and non-profit org (NGO)-emphasizing voluntary association and participation in public affairs. Chinese government hardly trusts real NGOs for fear these orgs may bring color-revolution-like effects to its politics. However, growth and development of NGO is unstoppable on Mainland. For one thing, government-dominated society-or "a bureaucrat society" in my own words-is unbalanced, unfair and unstable; for another, complexity of handling today's social affairs goes beyond reach of even entire and very powerful governmental system which in turn compels government to seek cooperations with private and NGO for provision of better public goods and social service. You may have been familiar with "good governance" as well as "public-private-partnership" (ppp) which try to serve public interests in this sort of cross-sectoral arrangement and joint efforts plainly observed in wake of Sichuan earthquake 2008.  Sooner or later Chinese top leadership has to accept the concept of Civil Society just as it formally and constitutionally recognized market economy in 1992 and 1993 respectively. Therefore I feel hopeful about the bright prospects various NGO could have in tomorrow's China.

You can e-mail wenrixin@yahoo.com.cn for more talks on this topic.

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感谢楼上的宝贵看法，认同非盈利事业在中国的发展潜力。希望能有更多的沟通交流；）

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请问LZ有Berkeley的消息了吗？

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我喜欢NYU~赞LZ还有UCB的AD，强啊