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Not to disillusion people, but the financial aid office told me that they award more than they actually have, figuring that people will turn down offers. The readjustments that they do are for a few k, and wont be substantial increases. I told them I had another offer for full tuition and they pretty much told me to take it.

You and I are in almost identical situations! Fletcher has given me a bit more funding though. I'm curious how you got to need only 65k in loans from fletcher with 20k in scholarships... by my calculations the total cost of the MALD degree would be about 110k, including room, board, books, etc. I'm excited to see people's input here. Yale doesn't seem to be as highly regarded professionally at Fletcher, and the Jackson Institute is relatively new. But it's Yale we're talking about--so that counts for something! I wonder how employers would react to degrees from each institution. Yale's small cohort seems to be an advantage as well. Overall I don't think that Yale is a good choice unless you know exactly what you want to do and how you plan to do it--the curriculum is very unstructured, and MUCH more flexible that fletcher's. Coincidentally admit weekend falls on the same dates for both institutions. Will you be attending either? And if you don't mind me asking, why did you say no to SAIS?

Anyone else offered a travel stipend to visit campus for admitted students weekend? Wasn't planning on going, but I'm now reconsidering!

Everyone is finding out about financial aid! Anyone admitted to SAIS Europe hear anything yet?

Not to hijack the thread--but I was also admitted to Bologna and received an email saying that financial aid was still under consideration. Did you also get this email, or did they provide you with additional information in your acceptance email?

I can't justify spending that much on a master's degree with a low ceiling for potential future earnings... but I'm in the same dilema. Haven't heard from SAIS about $ yet but I don't expect them to match Fletcher's offer, which would leave me 80k in debt upon graduation. Curious to know what others think about this!

FAFSA is not the same as financial aid. FAFSA is for federally subsidized loans, your scholarship from SAIS, if I understand correctly, has nothing to do with that.

Same here, a scholarship is nice but I'm not convinced that this degree is woth $80,000+ in loans.

In with a partial scholarship.

In a follow up email from the Bologna admissions office 10 minutes after the acceptance email.

The acceptance emails came from the Bologna campus right as the workday ended. I'm sure DC emails will come shortly! I'd also speculate that if your email hasn't come yet that you've been placed at the DC campus.

Why not? Honestly for me the only way I'll attend is if financial aid is very generous. Here's hoping that we both receive good news in a couple of weeks! Applied for the MA, and will be attending open house in DC on April 6-7th. Hope to see some of you there!

Didn't do an interview, but I'm confident about my chances. It all comes down to financial aid at this point. Good luck to all!

Emails are out! I'm in at SAIS Europe! No news on financial aid however. Hopefully we'll hear more this afternoon. EDIT: No further financial aid news until the week of the 21st!!! UGH! Anyone else in the same situation?

The student who was assigned to you is probably busy. Don't worry, you're already in! The hard part is over! I applied from abroad and would be surprised to get an international call from a current student... Would greatly appreciate if anyone who does speak with a student/admissions could share info! Did you all already reply to the initial email?