mickun88

Hey everyone again. It has been a long time since I left my last comment. Two and half year ago, I was like you, panicking and worrying about the future and not sure which university to pick. Now after 30 months, I would like to share a bit of my experience and hope to provide some sorts of comfort to those worrying and panicking. Don't worry. Beacuse you will be fine and great ! I have just finished my Masters at Sciences Po. I was lucky enough to have a scholarship from the French government. Even before graduation, I had three job offers, two from international organisations and one from the finance sector. Now I am working as a consultant at an IO, specialising in education policy. To my knowledge, the majority of the people graduating from the the schools being discussed here have not had a hard time finding the job that they wanted. My friends from Oxford, LSE, Sciences Po, IHEID, IVY league schools can somehow find something that they wanted. It is very common that they work in IOs, consulting, and governments. I would like to share some of my observations during these two years. Network ! Network ! Network ! and Network ! : These schools offer a great opportunities to network. I got all my job offers through friends. So spend your time partying and networking. There is no dry friendship. Buy a bottle of wine (for Sciences Po fellows) and start drinking. Polish your language skills: Speaking an extra language does not necessarily land you a job. But it is very important to stay competitive. It is not uncommon to have people around you speaking 5 languages fluently. Also you can make more friends with more languages, let alone romantic relationships. Quantitative skills: it is nice to have some knowledge in quantitative skills such as STATA and statistics. The skills of bullshitting or blablablity are important. But back your blablabla with some stats will make youself slightly more convincing. Trust yourself: Do not worry too much. Trust your heart and your intuition. You are much greater and better than what you think youself is. Just work hard, play hard and enjoy. Keep your goals and strive for your objectives. It is all you need. All the best to the people who will apply for the 2017 cohort ! La vie en rose

Thank you everyone for your warmest encouragement. I am under the impression that IHEID prefers relatively fresh graduates with excellent academic and extra curriculum activities record. It made me think of the advice from my master professor. He was admitted to all top tier US schools in economics related subjects, like Harvard, Yale Chicago, Princeton etc. But curious enough, he just applied to 3 UK schools which were Cam, Ox and LSE, and only Ox accepted him and gave him some scholarships. His advice was apply as many schools as possible because you dont know their selection criteria and whether they wil give you money or not. So I regret not listening to him. Over the last years in Argentina, I have trained myself to be a wine expert (to be hoenst just a great wine lover). I can be your guide to some wine tasting events and winery tours in France. Good luck everyone. Hope to see you guys in Paris.

No more torture. Rejected Bye iheid

This is no freaking way u got rejected. I seriously doubt their admission criteria. It seems to me that they want graduates right out of college. I will be joining you very soon. I am quite sure now that they are not going to accept me. Alchyna. We will meet up in PARIS

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It does not matter cuz they are not going to tell us anything. After reading his answer, I now doubt that we are still under consideration is because of the fact that they have not proccessed our applications not because of us being considered for scholarships. This means we may still be rejected next week. Sorry for being pessimistic, I think there is a high possibility that we be rejected or waitlisted. I do not see admission is on its way to us. Under-Consideration people, lets have a nice weekend fearing the bad news that is coming to us on Monday (or next friday maybe).

More confusing news from IHEID. I wrote them an email and it is the answer. Thank you for your inquiry and kind message. I am not directly involved in the admission process so the information I can provide is limited. Looking you up in the system your status is "under evaluation" which means you will still have to be patient a little longer. Decisions should be out any time now and certainly so in the very next few days. Scholarship decision is handled separately so I do not think this should have an impact. Hope this helps. Sorry about stretching your patience so much.

I doubt if it is really true. If they are really processing applications one by one, how could today´s mass rejection be explained?

Paola did say that they needed more time to process scholarship applications. Some MDev applicants received rejection today, it i am not mistaken. So I think for us, the Still Under COnsideration Group, we will possiby receive three different responses : admitted with Scholarship, admitted or waitlisted. It is logical to send all rejections at the same time. However, given how bad their management is, I do not rule out the possibility that they will send out more rejections.

Mine is the same. Under Consideration. Did you apply to their scholarship?

I speculate that the waitlist notice will also come next week.

Did you apply to the scholarship? To be honest, I am afraid that they will still send out some rejections next week. It is what implied in Paula´s message about needing extra time to process applications. I am totally disappointed by their very unprofessional administration.

Paola Eicher Dear Adam, we are still processing the applications. The majority will receive responses today but as we have received numerous scholarship applications we have to study them thoroughly, which will mean that we will need some more days to send out all the decisions. But be reassured, everyone will receive a message to say whether they are admitted or not next week. Fingers crossed to all of you, Paola Eicher I dont know if I read too much between the lines. but I think logically her response is flawed. First, she said they needed more time because there were numerous scholarship applications. Therefore, they needed more time to send out all decisions. It makes sense and it sounds to me like they are processing scholarships decision rather than an ADMITTANCE decision. However, the second part said , everyone will receive a message to say whether they are admitted or not next week. If considered for the scholarship, does it not mean the applicant was already admitted????? Any thoughts?

Same here....... I cant believe it. MORE WAITING IS COMING.......... Did you apply to their scholarship?

man..................... you guys are leaving me alone in the waiting game.. Status of application? : Under consideration Scholarship (decision available in March): Requested - file received : complete

it seems that quite a lot of us have been left for the last day. I dunno if we can get our result tomorrow.

a few more hours to go !!!!!!

I am going to my friend´s farm tomorrow for the weekend. If rejected, I am going to sleep in the stable with the horses.

Lets turn on our pessimistic mode. What would be your reaction upon receiving the rejection decision?

Dear fellow waiting-mates, Now we can say TOMORROW IS THE DAY.

We all look like little kids compared to your profile!!! Dawrf VS Giant Why did you not apply to the dual degree with Havard ???

Very good initiative. I wish previous IHEID applicants had done the same !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Previous schools (name, type): City University of Hong Kong (for UG study) University of Buenos Aires (For master study) Previous degrees and grades: BA in English Studies (Upper Second Class) MA in South American Studies (9.3/10 = Distinction, taugh in Spanish) International experience (countries, reason, duration): One month (each) : Australia, Canada & the UK ---Summer English courses Six months Madrid --- Exchange Nine months Peru --- volunteering in a slum Six months Berlin --- working holiday visa two months Brazil --- field trip for my master thesis two years Argentina --- master degree Previous work experience (duration, type): No real work experience but do have some internships exp 3 months : Large international NGO in HK 6 months : A foreign consulate in HK 1 year : in a Large Latin American NGO in Argentina 3 months : in a prestigious think tank in Argentina Math/econ background: NOTHING. I HATE Numbers !!!!!!!!!!! Languages (how fluent?): Cantonese (Native) --- Mandarin (Fluent with HK accent ) --- English (Fluent) ---- Japanese (Fluent)----Spanish (Fluent) ---- Portuguese (advanced) --- German (beginner, The Germens speak very good English. All my german friends just did not have the patience to talk to me in german. After greeting, they always switched to English) Intended field of study in grad school: South South Cooperation. Long-term professional goals: UN, large think tank, international NGO Schools applied to & results (funding?): Sciences Po Paris & Hertie accepted IHEID and Oxford pending Ultimate decision & why: Any advice for future applicants?

Mych . I agree with your analysis. But I think it should be what happened during the selection process (during jan and Feb). The most hated email that we received the other day telling us that they hoped to send us the decision by tomorrow said they had started to process admission and scholarship result not selection. So I speculate that the delay has sth to do with administration, rather than deciding on giving out offers. My another speculation is that a rejection letter is pretty much easy. I havent seen one but I reckon that it should start with Dear Applicant . So a rejection letter can be mass sent. But an acceptance letter usually contains the name of the applicant. So administratively, there is more work to do. According to the unfortunate scholarship case of Angie and also According to another thread, another applicant also experienced the Under Consideration but Scholarship Refused tragedy. it seems that successful applicants after being accepted internally, will be passed for consideration of scholarship. Again I reckon that there is extra work on it. Thats why it took long time. My wildest speculation is that we will either receive a brutal and cruel rejection or acceptance with scholarship.

I cant believe it. My Status is still Under Consideration........... i fear that a rejection is coming. Is it not too cruel for the first round applicants to receive a rejection at the very last moment? If it is really a rejection, they would. have known it way before as we were already assessed before the second round applicants.Why do they wait for the last moment to send it out????? IHEID dun do this please.

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL !!!!!!!! Congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mine is still under consideration. I hope I will have some good new to share with you guys tomorrow