In madison, only got a couple hours sleep last night. Met with a student sat in on a class, talked with the prof. Still not quite sure how to lronounce “Lafollette”.
My impression is a little shaky. It’s a small school, there would be definite personal attention, and a fair amount of freedom to pursue my education as I saw fit, including an established public affairs/urban planning double masters.
The one course I sat in on left me wanting to give the answers most of the time, which isn’t entirely heartening, and while they talk about a firm quantitative grounding, I think mine is already firmer. I also think the research doesn’t tend to be as sophisticated/groundbreaking/whathaveyou as at cal. Too bad I didn’t get in there. Cry me a river. Next in line please.
I’m going to hold out and see what the other schools look like, but currently learning towards umn, with uwisc as 2nd choice. Will be further informed by more visits.
Did you just say that U Wisconsin was a small school?
correction
I meant that the lafollette school of public affairs is a small department. =)
Re: correction
I thought you were just trying to pronounce the name LaFollette because he’s such an important figure in Wisconsin history (and his son as well?) and progressive politics across the country in general. But this makes much more sense.
Go Golden Gophers!
Ha ha I found your friend. Friand of Zathyron’s my e-mail address is on my info page. Can you contact me? I can’t seem to get to your web page nor can I figure out your e-mail address.