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@MJA87 I don't know if it is too late to say this, but last week I have declined my offer (which included a substantial yet not total funding), so if you haven't done so already I would suggest trying to negotiate for more funding (explaining them that they are your first choice, etc). As chocolatecheesecake commented before, I think that Sanford is open for "negotiating" funding fellowships/awards under the right circumstances. I also believe that I am not the first nor the last person that will be declining a funded offer to this school, therefore some other funds may have become available (OMG I sound like a letter that they sent me from Ford when I asked for more funding) @all Good luck with your decisions (if you haven't done so already) The April 15th week is this one! lol Cheers

Greetings! Anyone accepted/ thinking seriously about the MIEF Program? I've been admitted, and its high quant focus + short period + a nice financial offer are attracting me. Would love to discuss about it either here or privately Hit me up if you are in a similar situation Thanks a lot! Good luck in your decisions guys and girls!! Cheers!~

@oscarsson CongratS! I have also been accepted to the MPA-DP, my letter of acceptance states " "In a few weeks you will receive specific information on the cost of attendance and possible sources of financial aid. " Dunno if all are similar, but I guess that we will have to wait some more time to hear about funding Good Luck to everyone else!! Cheers! Edit: there seems to be some people in the results section that have already been notified about financial aid (excellent packages of 50K, 70K...) Hope that SIPA shares more of those Benjamins!!! hahaha

Greetings Everyone! I just received an acceptance for the MPA-DP Program, I have applied by the "standard" deadline. I have not received any funding information in the acceptance letter though. Anyone has any info regarding it? Does the financial aid info usually comes in the acceptance letter or in a different letter? Thanks in advance for your feedback, good luck to everyone else! It seems that the acceptance week has begun!! Cheers! Edit: I correct myself, the excitement of the acceptance made me overlook the following statement on the acceptance letter: "In a few weeks you will receive specific information on the cost of attendance and possible sources of financial aid. " Seems that we have some more time in the waiting game!!!!!

Wow, thanks David for such great and comprehensive response; as a MPA2 candidate I'm grateful for your insight. To the administrators of the forum, if you can make the above post sticky for future applicants, it would be wonderful To everyone else, good luck! The wait is almost over!! Cheers!

Greetings! Adding my 2 cents: If you are not concerned about credit-bearing and your only goal is only "refreshing" or "getting a solid introduction" of the courses, I would suggest any Open Course platforms (MIT, Harvard, Princeton and many others have their own platforms), also Coursera and similar are popular options.

Hello everyone Accepted to the MPP via website with $$ around two hours ago Congrats to all who got in Good luck too everyone else Cheers!

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Hello everyone! Over here another Duke hopeful sharing the anxiety for the MPP admissions results. Trying to take away the anxiety I was checking the views for my optional essay video through Youtube Stats, and I got 3 views from NC. I am assuming all of these come from the Ad Comm. I am wondering if this is a good or a bad sign (only people with the link can actually see the video based on the settings that I have imposed, therefore I only have my views and these 3 views from NC) Has anyone else submitted a video or a presentation as an optional essay? Have you had more views than these? Less? Thanks in advance for sharing! Good luck to you all! Cheers!!!

@OneLove21 Indeed one of those acceptance posts is mine. @everyone Just as a sign of encouragement for everyone that has not received anything yet. In the acceptance mail, they attach a youtube "welcome" video only accessible trough a link (as per youtube settings) and until a few minutes ago, said video has only around 40 views. Assuming that some people have seen the video, some others haven't and some others have watched it twice, I would deduce that only a small portion of the acceptances have been sent out and this is only the first batch; therefore expect good news coming to you soon!! Good luck to you all! Cheers!

@kingthearab @OneLove21 I have applied and been accepted to the MA in Global Finance. Trade and Economic Integration. My admittance letter states that I am being offered the Korbel School Merit Scholarship. I submitted my application around Dec 25 Good luck to you all!

Greetings I wanted to comment that I have received an acceptance letter along financial offering from Korbel a couple of hours ago. Therefore keep checking your mail for good news. Good luck to everyone! Cheers

Greetings everyone: Hope that everyone is doing well and enjoying rather than suffering throughout this waiting season! I have received very positive (yet not definitive) news regarding my application to SAIS' MIEF program and I have also applied to Fletcher's MIB As everyone knows, these programs are similar, yet fundamentally different to typical MPA/MPP programs. However besides a couple of posts in this Forum I have not found further opinions and impressions about these programs. I would like to respectfully ask your input regarding them. Definitely, the ultimate answer will rely on someone's interests and terminal objectives. In my case I have a mixed experience in the public/private sector and I am interested on working in Financial Policy in a Multilateral institution or similar; despite that I would kindly ask your perspective in these programs, their potential and if you had any experience with them Thanks in advance for sharing your opinions, good luck to everyone in all your endeavors. Cheers!

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