Applicantfor2016
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On 3/10/2016 at 8:35 PM, sparkleandshinegirl said:
Hi All, Yes all fellowship decisions have been made. Including IFP
Really? I applied but have yet to hear back anything from it. Wouldn't they send a notification, one way or the other, about it? Seems odd
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I was accepted back in December but have yet to hear about funding- anyone else in the same boat?
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Several of the schools i am applying to (SAIS, SIPA, Fletcher, etc) offer "Early Notification" deadlines to hear back by December. They are all non-binding, however, am I only allowed to apply to one of "Early Notification"? I have not seen that specified anywhere.
I remember in Undergrad, you could only apply to one school "Early Decision", however, that was a binding decision; this is not.
Please let me know ASAP because the deadlines for these are approaching in the next week!
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Program (MPA, MPP, IR, etc.): MPA, MPP, MIA
Schools Applying To: SAIS, Georgetown, GWU, SIPA, Tufts, Harvard,
Undergraduate institution: Top 25 Private Liberals Arts College
Undergraduate GPA: 3.33
Undergraduate Majors: Double Major: Russian & Eurasian Studies + International Political EconomyStudy Abroad: Russia- 2011; Ukraine- 2010
Participated in: Middlebury Davis School of Russian Immersion Program
GRE: 162 V, 158 Q, 5.0 W
Age: 26
Years of Work Experience: 3
Describe Relevant Work Experience:The summer before I finished college, I had an amazing internship working at AT&T's External Affairs department for a person very high up in the company.
After college, I obtained an internship at one of the most prestigious think-tanks in Washington during the Fall of 2012. After that, I obtained a research assistant position at another top think tank in Washington DC. After my year in DC, I joined the Peace Corps and am about 18 months into my service.
Languages: Advanced skills in Russian, Intermediate skills in Georgian
Quant: My Quant experience is low and I am not a stellar math student. Though I do have experience as I did take multiple economics courses in college.
Strength of SOP: Currently writing my SOPs right now. I feel that I am writing a very clear, very defined purpose of my graduate studies and I think the uniqueness of my vision for the future might make some of the schools strongly consider me.
Strength of LOR: I will have strong recommendations from a professor and two from professionals, each of whom has worked with me in very different capacities.
Concerns: Obviously, my GPA is a little low which does worry me. However, my GPA got stronger every year of college and I made the Dean's List my senior year. I did not really mature or come into my own until about my junior year of college. I think I compensate for the low GPA by my strong GRE scores, relevant and interesting work experience, LOR and my SOP.Other: While I am aware that perhaps my application might not be competitive enough for some of the schools to which I'm applying, I do have hope that one will overlook my undergraduate GPA and accept me based on the strength of the rest of my application.
Georgetown MSFS 2016 - Discuss & Debate
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I was accepted too but my admission letter did not say anything about funding--does that mean i did not get any or will I potentially receive an update on that later?