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American University SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL SERVICE (SIS)

"We ask our applicants to truly focus on the qualitative elements of their application and think of it as a portfolio versus a collection of disparate parts-how do the different pieces come together to tell a story, and what is the research identity you wish the committee to discern from the story?"

-Jia Jiang, Director of Graduate Enrollment Management, School of International Service, American University

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