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Today I finally received my official letter and admission packet from SSP. Despite being a fairly thick mailing, there was no mention whatsoever of the following critical details: Merit scholarshipsFinancial AidDeposit amountProtocol for accepting/declining admission (website, forms, etc)Deadline for making matriculation decision They did, however, include a nice flyer on the Women in International Security (WIIS) program. I guess this would be helpful, if I was eligible Do we have clear answers on any of the above questions? Does anyone else get the felling that we are dealing with a fairly amateur operation here?

Unfortunately, I think its safe to assume a wait list decision or worse. SSP already hosted their live web chat for admitted applicants on March 24. It seems that Georgetown is needlessly and infuriatingly slow in communicating wait listed and rejected decisions. You could call if you want, but you probably won't get a straight answer (as has been the experience of those in the MSFS forum)

The "email wave" she was referring to was the set of MSFS acceptance letters released electronically on March 16. If you check the MSFS results page on this site, you will see a string of acceptances reported on March 16 and 17 (depending on whether one was awake when they received the email). I'm sure that the person you spoke to from Admissions was not lying when they said that "just because you did not receive an email does not mean that you had been rejected". A wait-list doth not a reject make @DL2K10 - I feel your pain. This is a heinous way to go about the admissions process, particularly because it seemed clear from the tone of the admissions letters from March 16 that all decisions (regarding acceptance) had already been rendered by that point. The letter reads "The faculty, students, visiting scholars...who served on the MSFS Admissions Committee reviewed the academic and professional credentials of nearly 1,200 applicants..."). I'm sure this is why Georgetown receives such low marks on admission boards like this one with regard to their handling of the admissions process. Hope you are wait-listed and can take my spot

I don't mean to be the bearer of bad news, but I wanted to provide a bit of a reality check to aid those of you still waiting for an MSFS decision. Those who were admitted to MSFS recieved their letters of admission on March 15 via email. On March 16, large packages were sent with paper admissions letters (dated 12 March), merit funding information, conditional admission information, enrollment guidelines, etc. The admissions letter made it clear that they had processed all admissions decisions. Most importantly: TODAY, March 25, MSFS is holding two live chat sessions for all admitted students. I would be very very surprised if anyone who did not receive the initial email will get a decision beyond wait list or rejection. I find it impossible to believe that MSFS would schedule an online chat session today and rely on snail mail to make sure admitted applicants were aware of it. I say this only to urge those of you still holding out to begin focusing your energy on evaluating your other options. I also assume you have recieved vaugue response from the Georgetown Grad/SFS admissions department becuase they have multiple programs (MAGES, SSP, etc) releasing decisions at different times. MSFS, however, does not appear to be releasing information in waves (a la SIPA). As you can see from the traffic on this site, no one has registered an admit since the initial March 15 email (or there abouts). All of this said, I will not be taking my offer of admission at MSFS, so best of luck to all of you on the wait list!