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I'm out. So irresponsible for them to not send out the decision letter, we've got only a month left until the general April 15th deadline. I just paid my deposit to LBJ, good luck everyone.

I got nothing, are they going to let us know today or what? I did see them post a new status about the open house on Facebook and I'm running out of patience. This is crappy.

Any updates? If I don't see an email tomorrow, I'm done.

I was just about to go to bed and your post got me all excited. Still no decision letter here and 3K for a year? That's nothing. Wow.

Good luck to you too! I see that you've applied to WWS - fingers crossed for you, it's a fantastic program with generous funding, I got rejected last year lmao. Unless CIPA magically turns around, I'll probably go ahead and pay my deposit for Austin on Friday. I'd been fine had they showed an effort in attempting to communicate with us, it's a no-brainer that staff has very little power over what really goes on behind closed doors, but I think CIPA really dropped the ball on this one. They could've sent out a short and generic email blast to let us know that due to many circumstances that are beyond their control, they won't be able to give us an update until later this month; instead, they chose to dodge our calls and ignored our questions. My cousin went to Penn and he worked at their admission office for 2 years after he graduated in 09, and yes they are totally short staffed, but despite the number of requests they get, they still make a point to respond to the best of their abilities. I thought CIPA has a very personable culture based on the promotional pamphlets I read, but after this whole ordeal, I'm not impressed.

Hands down LBJ for sure. I didn't expect them to be this generous - I was really shocked that they are willing to cough up almost a full ride. AU didn't give me any funding, McCourt offered me up to about 18k a year, and Trachtenberg is handing out 6k per semester, that's definitely not enough to live in DC. I applied to Cornell too because I heard that they are pretty affordable compares to the rest of the ivy and but their admin office sucks. I'd love to go to Harris, but they are stingy on $, so I'm not hopeful.

@tristatequeen Thanks and yeah, my friend and I both called her before but she was telling us how she's no longer involved in the admission process this year? Everyone that we have spoken to in that office all recommended us to contact Jennifer. @LibbyCreek No one seems to know what's going on this year and I can't figure out why is it taking so long for CIPA to get back to us. It's just such a bummer that they won't address any inquiries. I got into LBJ with a hefty financial aids package that will take care three-quarters of the costs, but Cornell has always been my dream school. I'll be pissed if they release the decisions in early April to those of us that have been waiting in the dark for over two months.

@IRDWDTU, same here! I'm quite irritated with them as well. I haven't heard a word from CIPA but I keep receiving their promotional blog posts lol. Who did you email? I wrote to Jennifer and she never responded, that really rubs me the wrong way. Wasn't she supposed to be our point of contact during this process? I've started to think that maybe I should write to someone in their department that is actually in charge. I felt like if you can't deliver your promise to release the decision on time, sending out a short note to keep us in the loop would've been nice. Otherwise, why bother to even include that statement on the checklist? Delay is certainly understandable but dead silence is not cool. I expected more from Cornell, yet they seemed to be the only school that has a aloof attitude towards its prospective students; even bigger programs like American, SPEA and UT Austin for example, answered my questions and gave me an update about my status within 2 to 3 days. I also applied to McCourt and when I had some issues with my transcripts after the deadline has passed, their staffs were very easy to work with and informative. I can't say the same about Cornell.