I posted in your other thread and I'll say it again here: I did the Bush School master's program (international affairs, nat sec focus) awhile back and I'd be happy to answer any questions you've got.

As a disclaimer, however, I've heard it's changed a fair bit over the last few years. First off, the dean position has been a bit unstable: unfortunately Chilcoat had to resign and eventually passed from cancer, then there was an interim dean for awhile, then Ryan Crocker came on but left fairly quickly to serve as the ambassador to Afghanistan (on another note, he got a DUI a year or two back), then somebody else came on, and that's about as much as I kept up with. I also heard that they were considering a dramatic increase to student enrollment, but I don't know if that ever came to pass. Throw in the inevitable faculty turnover and it might be a totally different experience. Still, glad to give whatever insight I can.

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Posted by theGarnetWay

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Posted on 3/3/14 at 1:42 pm to Ash'sProstheticHand

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then Ryan Crocker came on but left fairly quickly to serve as the ambassador to Afghanistan (on another note, he got a DUI a year or two back), then somebody else came on, and that's about as much as I kept up with. I also heard that they were considering a dramatic increase to student enrollment, but I don't know if that ever came to pass. Throw in the inevitable faculty turnover and it might be a totally different experience. Still, glad to give whatever insight I can.

Yeah Crocker is back though. And they mentioned the growth of the school and wanting to accept more. I think they said they anticipated bringing in 90 students for the Fall semester. I'm not sure how many 2nd year students will be graduating from this year though.

But yeah, College Station was busier than I expected, and I mean that in a positive way. When I hear college town I don't expect a whole lot of activity, and flying into CS there seemed to be nothing but farmland for miles around and it was the smallest airport I have ever seen so I was initially thinking "oh my god, what I have gotten myself into"