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Checked the portal and decisions are out! Unfortunately wait-listed but not heartbroken as I received funding from SAIS. Best of luck to everyone else!

Have you looked into the cost of flight cancellation insurance? It usually runs $20 - $40 domestically and may be the best option of hedging your chances. Book now and cancel if needed.

Admissions started sending out Facebook invites yesterday to admitted candidates. The membership has continued growing today, so I think the invites are still going out. Make sure your Facebook email is linked to your application email.

Accepted to MIEF and their MA program in DC. Received a $30K fellowship for MIEF but I have not yet received anything for the MA. A quant-focused 11 month program is very enticing so I'm extremely excited for the funding. Is anyone else considering MIEF?

No email but I checked their website and received admission with $16k/year in funding. Very excited and will definitely be an option depending on further decisions.

Program/Institution: GW-Elliot, SAIS, American SIS, Fletcher MALD, GTown MSFS Interests: Economic Policy Analysis, Foreign Service Undergrad Institution: Top 25 Public University (U.S.) Undergraduate Major: B.A. Spanish/International Trade; B.A. Political Science Undergraduate Minor: Economics Undergraduate GPA: 4.0 Quantitative Courses: 8 courses in economics (4 400-level including 2 intl); 200-level calculus course GRE: V: 163 Q: 161 AW: 5 Age: 25 Years of Work Experience: Three years at a Fortune 25 company. Have held a variety of roles including sales, consulting, and data analytics. Work has all been with small-business domestic healthcare. Languages: English is my native language. Studied Spanish for 9 years and can read/write at a very high level but can only speak/listen at an intermediate level. Studied abroad in Spain for a semester while living with a host family. LORs: One from my current manager of 2 years and one from a senior lecturer of Spanish at undergrad. I have not kept up great relations with the professor but she reached out in the early Fall inquiring as to how I was doing and my future plans (prior to asking her for a LOR). Concerns: I have no international work experience other than some undergraduate research, and outside of my economics courses I do not have a robust quantitative background (no statistics, etc.). I am looking to leverage a Masters to pivot from domestic healthcare work to international policy, but my current work experience does not directly align with this goal.