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I'm super anxious for the next week. The rejection from Northwestern really made me feel like I'm on a thin ice. Good luck to everyone waiting here

I haven't heard any of these rumors, could you please tell a little bit or send a link?

That was my initial thought, but somebody here also confirmed an American Politics acceptance the same day.

Thanks for the info, fingers crossed!

U Toronto and UBC. Toronto is a very good fit, UBC is not that much. But Vancouver is one of my and my wife's top choices to live in, so I wanted to try

I pretty much lost my hopes for Northwestern, they don't seem to send admissions on different days. 12 American, 2 Canadian more to go.

Also, I've heard that NYU may send out the decisions next week (I'm a master's student here and overheard a conversation).

For the Northwestern posters, has your application page also changed, or is it still "submitted"? Harvard ones look like trolls.

They should be sending more than 7 because many people who are admitted do not accept the admission offers as they get admitted to other places as well

Comparative

Is your sub-field theory or something else?

You should also be talking about your writing sample. Schools want to see that you can research.

What do you think about the Berkeley entries? Troll or real?

Does anyone have specific information about Bensonhurst? I heard it's very diverse today, but none of the sources that I have found were written by people who are living there, nor up to date. Would appreciate some info, especially for around Bay Parkway

Hey I am also a Fulbrighter and they said that we'll be receiving $2000 per month, and the total budget for 10 months (I guess including insurance etc) is $27.500

Hey everyone! Trying to get information about housing in New York gets complicated as there are people everywhere, arguing nowhere is safe in New York. Considering my housing experiences, I have always seen that these "unsafe" arguments were never true. But I still wanted to ask here, are there any specific areas in New York, including Queens, Brooklyn, Jersey City etc that you would avoid, or you would say unsafe? Thanks!

Hey that's very informative thanks! Do you think that would it be good idea to couchsurf or find a hostel or something for a week and look for opportunities? I mean, would a week be enough to find something nice or do I need a longer time? I know it can happen even in a day if I can find the correct thing, but still I'm talking about the averages now

Hey thanks! Probably I'll try to arrive a bit earlier, find couchsurfing or find a room for a couple of days and search for the places. That seems the best in the middle of all scams. But, do you think would it be harder to find an affordable room in August if I do what I have in my mind? Could someone explain the pros and cons of living at New Jersey vs Brooklyn please? After the last post, I checked Jersey City, prices seem much lower, and the distances are pretty much the same. I wonder what would I miss.

Hey everyone! So I have been accepted for a master's degree at NYU and I was looking for accommodations. But the thing is, I will be paid $2000 in total for my living expenses, and therefore accommodation looks pretty difficult for me right now. What do you think about whether I would be able to find a room in a shared flat for $600-$800? Or, what would you recommend? A single room would be enough for me, I am pretty much used to living with people, but I just don't want the place to be further than 45 minutes to the school. I'm an international, so I am pretty new about on this stuff. Thanks in advance!

Thank you for all information, I will keep these in mind definitely and search on NYU's MA program more elaborately. But I still have to think about alternatives of NYU in any case as it is not certain they will offer me an admission so in this case, I am still not sure if American SIS would be a good choice or not. On their website they stated that 2% of the MA graduates seeked for further education, but there is no information on where these people went, or what did they do. I would normally contact the university for some information but contacting is also forbidden. Therefore, I would really appreciate any idea from here

Thanks for the answer. Ugh that is getting more and more complicated. Any other ideas?

Thank you for the answers. Nyu is definitely my top choice, I really hope that they would offer me an admission. But why I said withdraw is that in accordance with the scholarship rules, I won't have the chance to accept the offers coming from the New School and UIUC if American University SIS offers an admission to me and NYU rejects me. Or for example if NYU offers an admission, they will directly withdraw all other applications. So, they really narrow down our selection process after the application process. Therefore I thought like withdrawing might be a good option if American SIS would not be a good fit for me.

Thanks for the answer, all costs of the programs and the living expenses will be fully covered by the scholarship.

Hello everyone! I am an international Fulbright scholar for master's degree, and IIE applied to American University SIS - Comparative and Regional Studies MA program in behalf of me, and my advisor stated that I have a good chance of getting an acceptance from there. However, I would like to pursue an academic career, and I actually saw that American University's program is much more towards professional work life, rather than academic path. As an international student, I wanted to hear comments of you people What do you think? would studying at American University SIS deflect my academic career aims, meaning I should withdraw this application, or shall I just still keep it as an option? I heard that it is one of the best international relations programs there, but still I have my doubts about the career path. Please note that the scholarship is only for MA programs, and therefore I am not looking for PhD programs for now. I will be pursuing a PhD degree after my master's, that is for sure though. Cheers! Edit: Here are my other applications: 1- NYU Political Science 2- U Washington Henry M. Jackson - International Affairs Middle Eastern Studies 3- American SIS 4- New School - Politics 5- UIUC - Middle Eastern Studies