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It seems those who applied to DC and American citizens who applied to Bologna have their results? But int'l students who applied to Bologna seem to be still waiting (myself included). It might have something to do with the financial aid and scholarships because those are different for international students. Hopefully we'll hear tomorrow.

Nothing yet for me...I wonder if it's because I applied to Bologna and I'm an international student. I hope so and it's not a sign of something worse...

I'm in as well. Congratulations everyone! I got a great offer from AU already so I'm really looking forward to what GW has to say later this week when it comes to scholarships.

Sorry to hear that. I did my BA at AU and I know that they're agressively building new buildings and trying to enhance their image so all of their resources are really directed toward that, and the financial scholarships do not compare well with other MA programs. I guess AU alumni are also not as wealthy as let's say GW's. I'm really curious how Fletcher and certain other programs can afford to offer the amount of scholarships that they do.

In my letter they directly told me about my scholarship and in that section there was also a sentence that said that "the number of students who apply for our merit-based awards is high, and less than ten percent are recommended by our committee". So my guess is that if there is nothing in your letter about funding in addition to the federal student aid paragraph, you didn't get any funding. But hopefully I'm wrong. I was really surprised that I got funding because I knew that AU is really stingy when it comes to money; they just don't have the resources for that.

Got in to AU as well and with full scholarship and a research assistant position! Much more than I expected so I'm really surprised. Congrats everyone!

Accepted with full scholarship and a research assistantship position! It's the International Economic Relations program.

What's up with American/SIS not having an admissions blog like all the other major programs? Not cool (and this comes from an alumn)

Yeah I got a full ride which I wasn't expecting. Korbel wasn't on the top of my list when I applied but the money is definitely making it a very tempting option. Still waiting for the other schools. If I get admitted to one of my top schools (SAIS or SIPA) it's going to be a tough decision.

Got admitted to Korbel. Still waiting for others.

I hope it's ok if I'll revive this discussion about Korbel as it's that time of the year again when people will need to make decisions soon. I've applied to Korbel alongside pretty much all the top tier IR programs (SIPA, SAIS Bologna, Fletcher, GWU, AU etc.). However, as you well know, people have questions about the location - is Denver just too out of the loop and not great enough for networking and internship experience? Also, even though getting a great and right education for you is key, the brand still means something especially if you want to possibly work outside of US one day (as I do). DU and Korbel just doesn't have that appeal in many circles and that combined with the not so ideal location...it's tricky. Do you any of you have any input about where Korbel ranks and if it's worth paying more to attend let's say SIPA or HKS? I have a great chance of getting good if not great money from Korbel so it's just a matter deciding whether these other schools in NY, Boston, DC (and Bologna for one year) are that much better than Korbel that it's worth to pay more. This is of course assuming that I will get in to these schools (I'm not assuming anything, I'm just speaking hypothetically here). Also relevant info: I'm not a US citizen so US govt jobs are not for me (I know Denver has a lot of those). Also, the whole NGO field isn't really my primary focus as I'm more interested in policymaking related to int econ policy. Any other Korbel applicants or current students here?