atlantisliv

I'll be going to Sciences Po later this year. While my emails to Accueil Administratif have mostly gone unanswered, they've been fantastic over the phone. Yes, the process is slow and absurdly disorganized, but things do keep moving. Do call them with your concerns; you might find that what's *actually* expected of you or how something is done varies quite a bit with what you read on the website.

Still waiting on Emile Boutmy. I called Admissions the other day and spoke with someone who was rather nice but hadn't a clue as to when the results might be out. She said that I'd know by the "by the end of May", which, I suggested, was perfectly absurd given that that's the deadline for responding to the offer. —"Well, you could just accept the offer now," she said, "and if things don't work out with the scholarship, decline it again later." There must be, I thought, some twisted logic to this that I wasn't seeing. —"Is there a benefit to accepting now versus later?" —"No, not really". Ah bon. "You might hear earlier, too, though". So I'm a wee bit annoyed. They have to be aware that a lot of us are holding out on other things until we hear from them, right? That planning the next few months is that much more complicated without knowing for certain if we are actually going to Sciences Po. I'll take May 10 as the next milestone based on what mwalk9682 was told.

Wow, sorry to hear that. Sciences Po's loss, I should imagine. Did you let them know of this? For a grande école proud of its politique d'ouverture internationale (which, to be fair, is very impressive), it would seem like something they might want to work to improve. Where/how did you hear of the March and April dates for the scholarship results? And where did you decide to go instead?

@Decaf: Any updates? "Admissible", I think, means that your file has passed preliminary screening and will now be considered by a jury of some sort to actually make a decision. Have you received your decision yet? I was admitted to Sciences Po last week and am, like lecorbeau, waiting on funding. I recently learned that recipients of the Emile Boutmy scholarship will be notified in May. More waiting, then...