Katrun

I can't believe y'all are all still waiting to hear back from Geneva! What torture. I haven't heard back from anyone else either. I did do a quick search in the "results search" of the grad cafe where you can see everyone posting their rejections/acceptances/waitlists and it pulls up the ones from Geneva from last year. Every single one is from March 14, all acceptances. So take heart! Good news is probably still coming.

Thank you for the encouragement Molly5000!

Congrats to all who have heard. Sorry about the lack of funding. I continue to wait!

I have several friends who live in the south of France near some particularly good wineries. I'll decide by next weekend where I am going. I am trying not to rank quality and price of wine too highly on my pro/con list

Do you have the link for the admissions results page? I hope they aren't saving the rejections for last.

What program did you apply to? Seems like IDev hasn't gone out yet. Did anyone hear for IDEV?

Well that's encouraging. I guess we will have to wait until Monday to hear then. Congratulations to everyone who got in so far!

http://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/comparison/washington-d-c/geneva This is a helpful link to. You can compare cities to each other and see the average cost of certain things. Make sure you read the fine print though. But what I think we can all take away from this website is how much cheaper a bottle of wine is in Paris/Geneva than in the US.

There are ways around the mandatory insurance in Switzerland too. It depends what type of insurance you have. I have international insurance out of Geneva already from my parents and I had to prove it, but then I didn't have to pay that monthly fee. Look into getting the insurance waived because that would make a significant difference. I had a year long public transportation pass for my city and it cost about 441chf or you could pay month to month 49chf. You will also have to pay a foreigner tax and things like that about 90chf each time. I imagine this would be much the same in Paris. My phone plan was about 30chf per month.

Which program did your SO apply to?

Weird thing happened though. I didn't hear from Brandeis. BUT Georgetown asked me to switch my application to a different program? So now the waiting starts again because my application has been moved to a different admissions committee!

Wow that's late at night East Coast time. It is almost 8pm. Thanks for the update.

I haven't posting as I didn't apply to IHEID, but I feel your pain. I was suppose to hear from three programs this week and NADA. I am happy it is the weekend just so I can stop refreshing my email. Paris is looking more attractive everyday. I'd like to hear from some more students who have actually gone there though.

Did you hear by email?

I am waiting to hear too! No news yet....

Hopefully a week from tomorrow we will all know then!

Thanks for the info! Let me know your thoughts after the student day if you would. There is no feasible way for me to attend unfortunately.

Does anyone know if they normally release it by email or by mail?

I can second everything you said. All the positives you spoke of are the same for me. You concerns are also my concerns. I love that the class is constructed of mostly students from developing countries. I believe that provides such a unique opportunity to learn from them, although it does make it harder for Americans to get into the program. I am still waiting to hear. I think SAIS should let us know next week, hopefully at least!

Congratulations!!! Did you visit Brandeis? I didn't apply to Clark and I don't know anything about it so I don't feel like I have an opinion to offer. If you don't mind me asking, how many years of work experience did you have after undergrad? I hope lala1640 and I hear good news today!

For those of you who have been accepted, is Georgetown your first choice? If so why?

What program did you apply to at Georgetown? Georgetown is the one who emailed me and asked me to switch my application. I haven't heard a peep out of American or George Washington. Tufts and JH at least notified where they were in the application process.

Thank you! Same for you. I keep thinking the same thing. I just want to be able to sort out my life despite the decisions on my applications haha! You are right only a month.

January 7, so 8 weeks is today for me. I am going to send an email and ask if I don't hear anything by the end of today. The waiting is killing me. I got rejected from a program yesterday at another school but "unofficially" and they asked me to switch my application to a program they thought was a better fit. So now my application has gone to a different committee and the waiting starts again haha.

any news??