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Well this is the program I am going to attend and you summed it up perfectly! I couldn't have said it better myself! Ok now I am jealous that you are getting basically a full ride! Congratulations that is quite an achievement LSE is tight on the purse strings! I am still here trying to figure out how I'm going to make this happen and go to London in a few months... stress of admission season has been replaced by the stress of OMG how can I afford this! Glad we will be in the same program and to all future LSE Development Management students here is the student group on facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/599291873502624/

Well make some space for me aboard the LSE train because I'm in too! I was waiting for a final scholarship decision from Sciences Po but I have been waitlisted so LSE it is!

Once again congrats Angie! Can't wait to hear your FINAL decision he he he...

Wow I can't believe you are turning down a fully funded program! Well I guess you are doing what is best for you, happy to know you have made a decision. I too am leaning slightly towards LSE right now but I haven't made a final decision yet. For all future LSE students this blog giving tips to new LSE students might be helpful to you, especially if you've never been to London before! http://onelse.com/

I agree with everything you said except the LSE part where internationals pay way more. Actually for a lot of popular taught graduate programs overseas and EU students pay about the same, it is the case for my LSE program. It's expensive for everyone!

Oh wow that's a tough position to be in, what are you going to do kitty? I'm surprised they told you that you don't really need micro and macro to get into a political ECONOMY course, to me that goes without saying! Yeah you are right about the double degree it doesn't sound positive... But you should see the bright side in this because instead of bluntly rejecting you, your profile is so strong that they would love to have you in another program. If there is any other program you would consider then let them know, if not then stick to your guns and explain the misunderstanding. I hope it works out for you. Good luck!

Sorry to hear that Carefree! Just like Mych said we are all here to help if u need insight/advice/cheering up u name it! We all know how tough admission decision time is, so we are all in this together!

Did anyone from the IHEID rejection fiasco get this lame apology email: Let me express my deep regret as director of the Graduate Institute for the unfortunate incident that occurred on Friday. This mistake should not have happened and I feel very sorry that it caused you and your relatives to have such an emotionally disturbing experience. Thank you for your understanding and my very best wishes for your future endeavours. Yours sincerely, Philippe Burrin

LMAO ok this random analogy cracked me up... hilarious! Thanks for the laugh kitty god knows we need to lighten up a bit!

Yes I've been taking immigration rules into consideration and boy! I thought the US was complicated and here I am reading about UK student visa rules and it is daunting... I mean taking on loans and such to afford tuition and not even being given the chance to work a year or two before being asked to leave really sucks! If a great professional opportunity comes knocking, you want to have the possibility to take the job or else why pay through the roof for a top tier school?! I now have to look closely into French student visa laws..... It used to be that the more qualified and educated you were, the more international mobility you had. How things have changed...

For all non EU students considering studying in the UK I came across this interesting but quite scary article about working post graduation: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/sarah-pilchick/new-visa-rules-hurt-forei_b_1838560.html

First off sorry Mickun Oriole and swissfrog about your rejections. I'm quite shocked you all got rejected to be honest. I really thought still being under consideration meat you still had a chance. Oriole thank you so much for all this info about LSE! Now that most decisions are in weighing pros and cons will be the next phase! Glad to see ur friends have a balanced opinion it'it's not all hate everything about the school or vice versa.

Oh man sorry Mych! I hope it was not your top choice! At least you know you are not the only one we're all in this together!

Thank you mickun! And thank you to all those I've been talking to from early on in this thread and our one and only OP Angie for creating a thread where we all found each other! I'm so glad I stumbled upon this thread and I hope next year's students will come and read this and see that we have been through everything together: the ups, the downs, the rejection, the anxiety and of course the joys! I guess maybe because I have all you guys and I know I'm not just alone in this agonizing process... it makes everything easier! Mickun, my guess is also that they are looking for more recent graduates for the Mdev, it is after all a 2 yr program which is a long time for someone like me who has been working already for several years. But one can speculate all day for the reasons of rejection! I too have weaknesses in my background so who knows... But my impression was that it was not as selective as Sciences Po or LSE. It seems like they did try to keep the size of interdisciplinary programs to a reasonable amount this year. I'm sure those still under consideration have a good chance of being accepted! I can't wait till next week until Mych, Mickun and everyone else still waiting gets their decisions and we can start weighing pros and cons by program!

Thanks Mych! Well thankfully I have great options so the blow is not that hard on me! Don't get me wrong it's always disappointing to get rejected but I'm going to have huge slices of cake tomorrow ha ha ha I'm not sure yet what I will pick I'm waiting for a scholarship decision from Sciences Po and I will go from there! You know I just wish they had put me out of my misery sooner! It's not the rejection that was most painful it's the endless waiting