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Ikea will deliver and put together all the items for some extra money, or, if you buy a lot, for free.

Where are you from? If this would be the case, I can take a special kind of "living abroad" health insurance from my own country. This covers everything and is usually much cheaper than regular US insurance (unless you get discount through the school maybe). Maybe you have a similar option.

The MPhil at Oxford that I was admitted into had 80 applicants till now and will admit around 15-18. I have no clue about other programs, because this probably varies. I also applied at Cambridge and was interviewed for the MPhil but still don't have an offer. They said they'd interview all interesting applicants, but didn't tell me how many applied. You do need a first or upper second degree. The person that interviewed me at Cambridge told me that they'll now discuss every student again with the board and determine whether that student has a first or upper second. If I would not have that, they can not admit me (they have some way to calculate my grades into British grades). I have no clue about LSE, but don't all UK schools charge a max of 3390 GBP tuition for EU/UK students? I didn't know that LSE charges 9000 GBP!

But if they do this, can't they send me an email that I'm wait-listed (if that would be the case)? If I'm a clear rejection anyway, they should also just send that and not wait. I mean, if they are sure I won't get in, there is no reason to wait. (I know, I sound like the most impatient applicant now)

I know that I might not be very patient and I don't have good insights on the admission process, but they apparently discussed the applicants and made decisions. I suppose they email/call the lucky ones and just send a generic email to the people who won't be accepted. Why wait with that? Such a generic email seems easy and fast. I suppose they send out all acceptances at once? I kind of want to know where I'll be moving next year..

Why? I just saw Harvard, Stanford and Yale acceptances for my program on the result search. I expect that I'll be rejected by Yale and Stanford, had some hopes for Harvard. However, apparently they decided (or the result search is fake, but that seems unlikely for the 3 universities) and I'm not in. Too bad, that's life, but why don't they send me a rejection?? Is that too much to ask? I just want the confirmation. They admitted people, so what is the use of waiting to send out rejections??? The Stanford acceptances were already a few days ago, so what are they waiting for? I also checked the online application, nothing there either..

How do you mean? I understood that also the Ivies often don't give any funding for Master's degrees. The master's degrees I applied for at Stanford and Columbia specifically said: no funding for freestanding masters. Harvard said: funding is exceptional and rare for Master's degrees and grad school brings responsibilities (of you paying the fees) etc. That means that if I get in, I'm about to pay 30.000-35.000 USD tuition fee. I applied for external funding, but I'm not counting on getting any support from the schools itself. So masters are often partly funded? I understood masters are rarely funded, unless you're in exact sciences. I can't really say anything about how competitive the universities are. This must depend on the program. I can see how certain programs must be really good at certain Ivies, whereas other programs might be better at Oxford or Cambridge. For the master I applied to at Oxford they had about 80 applicants and about 15-18 will be successful. However, the comparable program at Columbia says to admit around 33%. I'm from the EU, so Britain is very very cheap for me. I'm only going to the US if I get the external funding I applied to (and if I get in).

It depends. I can imagine that you'd say that living in New York City (for example) will add to your experience, because such a diverse city will offer you certain things that other cities might not. It will depend on your field of study, but I can imagine that a big, diverse city can be inspirational for some. I just used New York City as an example. I can also imagine that if you'd be pursuing a PhD in Forest Ecology, you'd consider living in an environment rich of forests a plus. I would never though give the reason that I want to be close to my family. I had an interview with Cambridge and I also said that I think Cambridge would be the right place for me (besides the courses and professors that have my interest), because of their college system. This system really adds to the diversity and allows you to meet many people of different nationalities and of different studies. I said that I'd like to live in a internationally diverse environment and that I consider it a plus to live in a college with people from different countries and different fields of study.

It is in uncommon in many countries to start a PhD right after your undergrad. In my country (the Netherlands), you cannot start a PhD without holding a MA or MSc. Furthermore, almost nobody starts to work after completing only an undergrad. It seems incomplete without a master, so loads of people start a master. I'm applying to masters only, not sure yet whether I'll go for a PhD after or not. I'm going for a MA now and after a BSc, MSc and BA it will be time for me to work and earn some good money..

I've got an acceptance email from Oxford around 12.15PM on Monday local time. Seems pretty normal to me. On the other hand, I got an invitation through email for a phone interview with Cambridge around 3.00AM local time (Friday) and Stanford and Columbia have replied to random questions I asked them about my supporting materials (if they had arrived) on Saturdays and Sundays. I guess it depends on the schools, but also on when the person that is sending those things out is working. Apparently, my Cambridge contact person doesn't mind working at night.

I just got an official offer from Oxford and I have till June 30 to respond. I suppose Cambridge's working with the same kind of deadlines. That's nice, no need to worry anymore if I'll get in somewhere and I can wait out all other decisions

Supporting materials must be mailed to the following address: Boston College Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Admissions Processing Center PO Box 229 Randolph, MA 02368-9998 For those applicants who are sending materials via FedEx, UPS, DHL, or any carrier who will not ship to a PO Box, please use the following address: Boston College Graduate School of Arts and Sciences McGuinn 221 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 ????? In any case, good chance they empty the PO box the day after the application deadline and your package will probably be delivered that day in the morning, hopefully before they empty the PO Box.

Is there no express post address given? I had the option for a PO Box a few times, but just searched the websites for a physical address, since I applied from overseas and didn't want to risk anything and be able to track my package. Usually there is an address for express mail somewhere. They must receive mail that needs to be signed for more often.

My first choice is Columbia. The program and the opportunities NYC would give me are great.. I would love to spend some time in the States anyway. I'm applying for a Master's degree only, so the university won't give me funding. I applied for a total amount of 80,000 Euros of funding from my home country, so if I get accepted, I'm only going when the funding will be forthcoming. Living in NYC and tremendous tuition fees will result in huge debts otherwise. I had a really positive interview with Cambridge last weak and I think I make a pretty good chance there, so I'm happy to end up in the UK if I won't get the funding and pay just 3,250 Pounds tuition instead of 30,000 somewhat USD. By the way, I'm not looking at the climate at all. I would love to live in California for that of course! I'm sure I can survive though, after having spent time in Canada.

I applied for the University of Toronto. However, since their application deadline was a bit later, I suppose the decision will be send later as well. It's not my first choice, although I would love to live in Canada again (I've been studying at McGill). Does anyone how it works for US universities with really late deadlines? I applied to an NYU program that had the application deadline set on April 1. Don't they work with the April 15 final decision then? I applied in January for this program, so I hope to hear the decision earlier somehow. Cambridge asked me some questions about the TOEFL. They prefer the IELTS, but I already wrote the TOEFL a while ago and submitted those scores. Their website says that they only accept TOEFL when it goes together with the Test of Written English. TWE is not part of the TOEFL anymore (for more than 2 years, woops, I didn't see that). So the director was going to try to exempt me from any further testing, because I scored 117 on the TOEFL already. I hope that works out, because I don't want to spend another 180 Euros on a test. I don't really see their problems with the TOEFL. Every other university accepts TOEFL scores. Good thing about Cambridge is that they can make you a conditional offer anyway if you don't meet the language requirements yet.

I've always understood that admission committees love improvement Alizarin. So I don't think you should worry about your lower GPA when you just started college. You clearly made up for that.

Most likely, I'll move to Sweden to start a Master's degree there. I did apply there and discussed my chances with the director, because I doubted if I met the prerequisites. He gave me a really good chance to get in and urged me to apply. There's less selection there than at a school like Stanford, but the university I'm applying to is still well known in Social Sciences and International Development throughout the world. It's a two year program and I'll just work my ass off to get a decent job afterwards. The best thing is that there are no tuition fees in Sweden, so I can definitely afford the study without funding or taking huge loans. Living there would only add to my international experience and afterwards I think I can get a decent job in Europe. If I won't get in there either, I'll probably try to do some international work experience at a non-profit organization and after that I'll try to find a job somewhere in London.

I like this topic! Here we go: - Did two studies at the same time (no double major or something, just two full time studies) in completely different fields (Neuroscience and languages, I hold a BSc, BA and Msc) - Studied abroad four times in three different countries - Two independent research projects abroad - Presented the results of one of them on an international conference and received a travel grant to do so. - I have a real high GPA for one of my studies. I am not from the US and we have a different way of grading. If I try to calculate it, it would be 4.0 out of 4.0 (I graduated with distinction), but I'm not sure whether that is possible. It should be fairly high at least. For my other study: my GPA is around 3.7 overall, in my major it is higher. - One glowing LOR from a professor of King's College London. Three glowing letters of LOR, but from professors of less known institutions - I'm an international student, I might contribute to the diversity! - I speak 5 languages, of which three really good - Nice volunteer work and relevant extracurricular activities - Good and relevant writing sample - And the best thing: University of Cambridge requested a phone interview. I had that today and it was so positive. The interviewer didn't say I got admitted, but said that there would be just one last meeting to check if the people that were interviewed would meet all requirements and that, when looking at my transcripts, there shouldn't be any problems with that. I could answer all questions and the interviewer complemented me on the fact that I really knew what I wanted to do in grad school. - If Cambridge is positive, some other schools might be positive as well Good luck everyone!

Thanks for the reply Rockchalk. That sounds great, I hope Cambridge has a similar deadline. It will allow me to wait out some other decisions of top schools before I reply

Does anyone has some insights into the time you have between the final decision and the day you have to reply to the universities? I know April 15 is the day in the US, but how does it work in the UK and Canada? I just had a phone interview with Cambridge (UK) and the person I talked to was really positive and although she didn't say I was in, she said that "she didn't see any problems". However, I applied to 8 schools in the US, UK and Canada and I would like to see were (if) I get in and compare. On the other hand, if Cambridge is making an offer next week or something, it seems like I cannot wait till April 15... (maybe they aren't going to accept me in the end, but let's stay positive) Anyone who knows if the UK also has some kind of deadline or how much time they give you after making an offer? I can't find it on their website. (my first post on this forum, yay!)