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  1. Just got an email from SIPA on my awards appeal: they couldn't offer me anything, but told me to apply for second year funding in the spring. Good luck to those still waiting!
  2. Does anyone have any insight into UMD's School of Public Policy? I was offered a full ride there, but my heart is leaning towards SAIS, which I found has a far better reputation and network. But SAIS gave me pennies compared to UMD. If someone can speak to the UMD's reputation, I would greatly appreciate it!
  3. Not sure of exact numbers, but WWS is the most selective out of most top schools since they fully fund everyone. Based on selectivity, it seems to be WWS < HKS < SIPA.
  4. Okay, so back in early December I did an online information session with SIPA, and the admissions staffer who was conducting the session said that the average GRE for both Verbal and Quant is usually in the 75th percentile.... It definitely seemed like she slipped and didn't get the memo that SIPA doesn't release those stats, but looking at comparable schools, it does make sense that SIPA's averages would be in that range.
  5. Hmm okay, so I think I should probably email them and ask if I need to submit a form. Did you receive any funding from SIPA? I didn't, so maybe that's why I didn't need to submit a form. I emailed them asking if they could match my funding offer from SAIS, but I didn't attach my SAIS funding letter.
  6. I asked for an appeal but I never had to submit a form... they emailed me and said they would consider me for funding, and then a couple of days later I got a generic confirmation that they have received my appeal and would let me know after April 15th.
  7. Yeah. When I was applying, my thought process was that if I didn't get into my top schools, at least I would get into a school that I know will be affordable and near a geographic location I want to work in.
  8. I applied to 6 (2 reaches, 2 matches, and 2 safeties). My safeties were based on geographic location and the fact that I knew I would quality for a good amount of funding. My matches were programs I definitely wanted to go to but was still unsure if I could actually get in. My reach schools were schools I knew had a good reputation for academics and good reputation for fully funding their students. I initially had my list narrowed down to 8 schools and even had my recommenders submit the letters to the other 2. But by the end of the application process, I didn't submit them because I knew I could never see myself going to those schools. One of the schools was not in a location I saw myself for two years (I knew I wanted to be in the DC area for networking reasons) and the other was because of the program structure (it required a thesis).
  9. this is the only thing I could find about the future of the program: http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/student-loan-ranger/2015/08/19/public-service-loan-forgiveness-common-questions-answered That was written in 2015, so I'm not sure if there is more up to date info out there.
  10. Not sure if this has been discussed before, but does anyone have any experience or know of people that are doing the public service loan forgiveness program? I assume a lot of people on this forum are looking to enter government service after they graduate, so wanted to know if anyone was considering taking on the extra debt with the intention of applying for this program? I know that you have to make 120 monthly payments, which would commit you to 10 years in that career field, which is a long time. Let me know your thoughts!
  11. $6k per semester. Congrats everyone! More so for being able to tolerate GW's lateness than anything haha
  12. I am also in this same situation! I received a full ride from the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy in College Park, but was offered $10k from SAIS. My dream is to work in international development, mainly for USAID or multilateral organizations like World Bank. But I didn't get accepted to the IDEV program at SAIS, and I am currently on the waitlist. I don't know much about UMD's reputation at all and not that many people on gradcafe have applied, but it is also in the DC metro area so I could potentially do a internship while here (I was accepted to SAIS Bologna my first year so would be out of luck trying to get a semester internship my first year). Anyone have any advice for me as well? It would be much appreciated!
  13. My choice is going to come down to either SAIS or Elliott. SIPA is out of the running because it would be just too expensive. I was offered some funding from SAIS but not enough, and the fact that SAIS didn't admit me to my concentration makes it kind of a bittersweet situation. I'm holding out hope that Elliott will offer a lot more funding for me to justify picking it over SAIS.
  14. Same here. I know I'll have to take out a bunch of loans regardless but it will be nice to know how much (if anything) I'm receiving from Elliott.
  15. I think the funding letters might come out early April? The sole reason for this guess is that Wolcott Fellowship recipients are announced early April. I haven't talked to anyone in Admissions.
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