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@Merantau ah okay, so they didn't send you/you didn't fill in the Award Appeal Form? Because for me (and I suppose a lot of others), we were asked to fill in the appeal form by April 15. They said they'd get back to us after that, so that's why I'm wondering about the result of the appeal. Thanks a lot anyway, and hope that you'll figure out this financial ordeal soon

Thanks, @ArellaV, for sharing with us the result of your financial aid appeal! That's awesome and encouraging news, given they say how "appeals are rarely granted". Since I haven't heard from them yet, just wondering, did you and @Merantau receive your result via email from the FinAid office? And I supposed that you guys also paid the enrollment deposit before April 15? Fingers crossed I'll hear back from them soon. Thanks again in advance for your insights!

@Merantau Thanks and congrats to you too! Excited that you are also in the HRHP track, hopefully we'll bump into each other in some of the classes. My intended specialization for now is Management (since I hope to learn more about program design and M&E) But that might change - so many interesting things going on in other specialization as well. What about you? @ArellaV thanks for sharing your experience. Seems like the system is somewhat rigid and there is no/little wiggle room. I also emailed the FinAid office about the appeal amount. From their reply, I got the impression that it doesn't matter the amount we requested, it all depends on the availability of funding (which might be small and incremental). So I suppose you could lodge any number that is within reason. Hope that helps

Hi everyone, congrats to those who have been admitted to SIPA! I got into the MPA program with the HR/HP concentration and most likely will attend this fall. Just out of curiosity, has anybody been successful in getting a response from Grace Han? I met her in person at a grad school fair last year and was given her personal contacts. I've been trying to contact her via her personal email about several issues (dual degree/fin aid appeal) but so far no response. I know there are dedicated emails and offices that take care of those issues but it has been rather impersonal and the responses they gave me have been generic. So in case you guys have any better/different experience, it would be nice to know. Thanks a lot in advance for any insights!

Hi @nahuja32, I wonder if you could also forward your 2 cents my way? I'm also deciding between McCourt's MIPD and MSFS and understand that each program has a slightly different focus. Though I'm trying to understand where that slight difference would lead to in terms of career prospect in the future. Thanks a lot in advance!

Hi @cbx2v, I'm also accepted. Though I have a small question, hope you don't mind. Was the financial aid/scholarship mentioned explicitly in your letter? My acceptance letter doesn't mention anything about it, so I assume it means that I didn't get any funding? Thanks a lot in advance.