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I agree with Kadisha. Plus the Admissions people are really nice at LBJ !

Hey ! I received the same fellowship as you two guys to attend the MGPS, out-of-state tuition waiver and 50,000$ award. Really excited about it ! Good chance I will be in Austin in Fall, I don't think anyone will match that up.

Fair enough, I sent my applications with about the same margin.

rich1234, official LBJ admission letters with funding should come out in the next days this week. That's what the Admissions Coordinator told me by email today !

Salut Miskina, Nice to see other French applicants here ! From what I understood in all my applications, we were automatically considered for financial aid in our application at LBJ. The decisions for funding should come out this week as MPPGal was told. No idea on campus housing, I would be interested to have an answer as well !

Nope. But if you look on the result search page, someone posted his admission to the MGPS with this comment : "Funding information will be available in two weeks." I guess, we have to be a little bit more patient.

Also admitted to the MGPS ! Congratulations to all other admitted. I haven't seen any information on the funding on the website though ? Any idea on this ? Is it going to be mailed to us in the next days ?

I received the email as well even though I am not eligible to any of those fellowships. Don't get too excited about this, it was generic

Schools Applying/Applied To: SIPA (MIA), Fletcher (MALD), SAIS (MA), Yale Jackson, Texas LBJ School (MGPS) Schools Admitted To: n/a Schools Rejected From: n/a Still Waiting: All Undergraduate institution: Dual degree in top French engineering schools - Supelec, Paris, and IFP School Paris Undergraduate GPA: 3.5 (but not really relevant considering we're on very different systems) Undergraduate Major: Electrical engineering & energy economics GRE Quantitative Score: 161 GRE Verbal Score: 163 GRE AW Score: 4.0 Age: 23 Years of Work Experience: 1 Describe Relevant Work Experience and International Experience: I have worked one-year full-time in a global energy company in Paris, at the end of my Master. They were sponsoring me for the program at IFP School, giving me full tuition + a stipend while I was studying. I worked as an analyst in the economic studies team within the Strategy Departement. I also was President of a Student Organization focused on international academic cooperation in Europe. I was responsible for organizing a one week seminar with 50 european students from 25 different countries on energy security issues. I have also been an intern at EDF (the French electricity company) for two-month, studying the issues of the electrical sector in China. Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): Finally come out with a strong SoP from my point of view. I have had numerous and significant international experiences, and I'm pursuing this master to gain a multidiscplinary approach on international development issues, with a focus on energy issues. It will definitely complement the technical background I have, which is hopefully an asset, as it will bring diversity to the program. Strength of LOR (be honest, describe the process, etc): Two letters are pretty strong, one from my direct supervisor (who also happen to have recently been appointed Chief of Strategy of the company), one from the head of my program at IFP School. The last one is from my Macroeconomy professor, but it's rather short and very general. It doesn't say much about me, apart from the high grades I earned in this class. And the writing is not that good ... Long story short: Well, I really have trouble judging my competitiveness for entrance in Grad school in the US. Clearly my main weakness is my lack of work experience (only 1 year). My unusual background, with a strong emphasis on energy issues can be an asset though, I hope.