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@Lud: I'm doing DevStudies, how about you? Yea, I agree that grades aren't the most important part, but one can't overlook them either. My undergraduate GPA is quite high and I don't want the graduate GPA to appear lower (even though it's not, just different systems and weird conversion scale) @Toni: Thanks for your reply! If possible, can I ask about the situation with financial renewal for 2nd year of study at the Institute? Is it easy or difficult or somewhere in the middle?

Dear all, I am applying from abroad to MA programs both in America and abroad in Development Studies and Sociology. A potential advisor from a top choice program has been in email contact with me and has helped me tremendously (advices, etc.). Yesterday I emailed him after submitting my application just to say thank you, and he emailed back and said he would be in my area (Eastern Europe) doing fieldwork in early February, and would like to meet with me. I'm extremely honored by the offer and have let him know right away I would love to meet and chat. At the same time, I'm very nervous about the meeting. I don't know if it would be like an informal interview, or more of a casual talk. Any advice on what I should prepare going into it? Thanks! Oh and by potential advisor, I mean that all the institutions I applied to have PhD offerings and I have indicated my interest to continue to the PhD after the MA.

Can someone who has studied at IHEID comments on the grading system? They said that it's hard to get a 6.0 but then a 5.5 automatically translates to a B+ in the American system. Ultimately I want to pursue a Ph.D. and am afraid this grade conversion might not look good for my application.

Just called. They said the decision for the scholarship won't be available till March..

Heard back today.. not so sure about the scholarship though. It'll be brutal if we have to wait any longer for financial aid. I can hardly focus on taking finals...

http://graduateinstitute.ch/students/infoadmin/statetudiants_en.html Hope this helps. Good luck everyone.