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  1. Thanks Dpgu, you've really summed up the issue very well. I agree on all counts. I am definitely drawn to AU but I still want to make some kind of a rational decision and not totally go with my gut. It seems silly to turn down 20% of my tuition and take on loans to go to a school I *feel* better about. On the other hand, I feel like with this kind of decision, you shouldn't be "settling" for anything and you should choose the best fit for you. I wish I had more time to decide -- I've been working 2 jobs for a few weeks, and the deposit is due tomorrow.
  2. Hey everyone! Sorry I can't read through all the posts here but I was looking for some advice. I know most of you applied to schools in Europe but I am looking for opinions on these three schools, which I got into: University of Denver George Washington University American University American is really the school I am drawn to, but Denver has offered me a scholarship and GWU seems to have the best reputation. Does anyone have any thoughts or advice about the reputation/ranking of these schools? I want to go to a school where the degree will be respected in the field and by potential employers. Thanks for any advice and congrats to all.
  3. Can anyone recommend to me any resources for finding ALL ID programs and whether or not they offer funding? I can't find any information on rankings either, except for whatever is quoted on their own website. What I've found so far: GWU Georgetown American Clark Brandeis Univ of Denver Columbia Harvard SIT Boston U Monterey Inst But several of them are very vague on whether or not they have fellowships. Are there any I'm missing? Any opinions on programs and their funding?
  4. Hey everyone! It was so interesting to find this thread because I wasn't even considering programs in Europe. I, too, am completely broke and I figured international programs would be impossible financially. I looked into Sciences Po (I am a francophile) and it does seem feasible with the right grants. Could anyone explain to me which programs (that are well-respected) have the possibility of full grants for international students? I'm American. A lot of you guys are talking about the one in Geneva and ones in Denmark and NL but are there grants available there like the ones for Sciences Po? I was looking at programs in the US and many of them are focused on economics and require as prerequisites courses in micro and macro economics. I've never taken econ in my life and didn't even take any sort of math in college. My background is in Anthropology and African Studies. I'd like to hear from anyone else applying to US programs. I am really attached to American University and I can't find much else.
  5. I just got my last rejection today. What a heartbreaking experience.
  6. Hey everyone, I just want to share my story here because you're among the few who could ever understand. My 3rd recommender's mother passed away I think last November, but she stressed that she was still committed to completing the recs for me. She stopped responding to emails once my final deadline passed (2 Jan), and last week I broke down and called the department she's a professor in at my alma mater. I asked the secretary to call her cell/personal phone for me, and just mention my name to her and that I was waiting for my recs. The secretary came back on the phone with me and said he'd just talked to my recommender, and that she had asked for my number and said that she would call me back. No call. And this is a woman I studied a lot with, and really felt like I clicked with, and she had said to me she would be "honored" to do my recommendations when I originally asked her. I had that same panicking, horrible fear that every school would just reject me because my app is incomplete, so I called one of my top choices, and they said that my app will be considered even without the third rec. For those still stressing, maybe you should call one or two and see if you still have a chance somewhere. I haven't called anywhere else but that one school because I try not to get myself down about this, but it's really comforting to know that I'll at least be considered at one of the places I really wanted to go. On getting a third rec, I've mostly given up.
  7. I just had a thought of giving Kiva gift cards, though they cost $25... is that too much?
  8. Everyone talks about the waiting game (for decisions), but I'm really just waiting for all my apps to be submitted, and then I can move on with my life!
  9. I studied intensely for 3 weeks and I got 168V, 162Q on my first try. To put this in perspective, my last math class was in 11th grade 6 years ago. In HS, I got very high scores on the ACT (cumulative in 99%ile), but I [comparatively] did horribly on the SAT, twice. I got in the low 80s percentile-wise on both V and Q on the SAT on both passes. GRE being from the same company as the SAT, I knew I needed to study hard. I actually couldn't believe how well I did; I thought I was cursed for ETS' testing style.
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