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CellucciK

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  1. Well I think that everyone here is confirming how I’ve begun to see the situation. It’s sad because I got into the school of my dreams and I was so excited to begin this program, but I think a one year delay in the long run will be of modest consequence. Just won’t have a PhD until I am in my 30s...
  2. Thanks for the response! To give more context on the job, I don’t hate it at all, it is actually very interesting and I like my coworkers. I just feel very ready to move to the next phase of my life and move into something that I believe is more meaningful. I think you’re right about the deferral policy though. If it’s generous and the classes are online I will probably take advantage of it but I am concerned they will follow HKS in their very strict deferral policy they just sent out.
  3. I finally decided where I wanted to go for grad school (Yale FES) but I am increasingly worried that all classes will be remote in the fall. I have a modest scholarship, but I would be paying a good portion of the tuition and I don’t know if it’s worth paying regular tuition for online courses. i have been very upfront with my job, currently work in finance, about my position and potentially going to grad school. I was in line for a big promotion in September and they are being very flexible and allowing me to decide if I want it up until mid July. I make good money at my current job, but it is a niche role in financial services and something that is largely unrelated to my interest in sustainable development. Do you think it would make sense to delay going for even just a semester or should I just go now?
  4. Turning down my offer for Yale FES so hopefully that means a person can benefit from it!
  5. I still haven't gotten an email, worried that means I got no finaid
  6. Got in as well, waiting on financial aid. I hope we find out soon, I hate this waiting game.
  7. SAIS is generally known in the field as the better school but they are both good.
  8. Accepted to the Yale MESc program!!! Excited to see if I have any financial aid next week, but for now let’s celebrate!
  9. I got into the MIDP program with some money but lowest of all the schools so far... probably will decline based on poor financial aid offer. If anyone knows what Georgetown’s renegotiation process is I would appreciate more info on it but given how disappointing my current package is compared to other schools I don’t see this in my future.
  10. Very helpful thank you! I hope they given generous aid but regardless it’s still high up in my choices.
  11. They just called me! I got accepted to the MPP program with $25k a year.
  12. @Sigaba Thanks for the link, definitely useful information on the basics! I think that I have been able to answer many of my questions through this thread: Hopefully that is helpful to others. If anyone has any input on my specific situation based on how the schools mentioned have handled funding in the past it would be much appreciated!
  13. Hello everyone, I recently was accepted to two of my top choice programs, Johns Hopkins SAIS and Columbia SIPA, and both came with some financial aid. I got $25k a year to Johns Hopkins and $36k a year to Columbia with the potential to get a $12k TA position the second year. I am waiting to hear back from several more universities but I was wondering what people think about trying to negotiate for a higher aid package at Johns Hopkins (slightly higher preference) given the aid I was given at Columbia? How does one go about negotiating this aid and when? Should I e-mail the financial aid department e-mail directly noting my scholarship at Columbia or should I just say that I received a higher aid offer from another school? Thanks for any help on this, completely new to this and I haven't seen many resources on how to best do this.
  14. I got into the SAIS Europe MA program! Funding is pretty good, $22k a year, but that still is a lot less than SIPA's and would leave me with a lot of debt. Decisions...
  15. I haven't seen a post for this yet so thought I would make one. Waiting on the decision, should be coming out today!
  16. It didn't say, it just was in the scholarship letter which is different than the acceptance letter. At the bottom of your account it says "The following letters are available for this account:" and one of them is for acceptance and the other is the scholarship one. Hopefully that is helpful!
  17. Yes they said I got the fellowship in the acceptance letter.
  18. Accepted with $36k a year funding! To the MIA Program
  19. Hello Everyone, I just received a LOR from a professor I really respect and enjoyed learning from and while the content of the LOR is quite kind and speaks to my strength as a student in his class, the letter is only 125 words long. I know that this is generally his style as he believes, most likely correctly, that being verbose for the sake of it does not make for strong writing, but I am wondering how typical this length is for LoRs? I also noticed a grammatical error in the LOR, but I do not know if that matters. If it is a bit too short to be used should I seek out a different person or ask him to expand a bit? Very conflicted with how to proceed.
  20. Sorry for the repost, I switched my Verbal and Quant GRE scores! Program Applying To: MPP, MPA, Schools Applied To: HKS, WWS, UChicago (MSCAPP), Stanford Dorsey Ford, LES, Yale Jackson/FES, McCourt, SAISUndergraduate institution: CornellUndergraduate GPA: 3.95Undergraduate Major: Applied Economics and Management GRE Quantitative Score: 160GRE Verbal Score: 169GRE AW Score: Not sure yet just took itYears Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 2Years of Work Experience: 2Describe Relevant Work Experience: Worked as a research analyst at a financial firm with one year in public infrastructure and one years researching macro-economic trends in Latin America and working with MDBs (World Bank EBRD, IADB, etc). Also worked for a Wind Energy firm in college and started my own non-profit that put solar panels on the roofs of charities.Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): Not yet written but I think that I have a good story that will make sense for those reading it. I have a background in renewable energy and international work and I want to combine the two to do sustainable development. Probably a focus on the policy making side as I do not have an engineering background. Strength of LOR's (be honest, describe the process, etc): Very strong, my advisor and professor who helped me start the solar non-profit, my international political economy professor who I regularly keep in touch with still and my boss who went to WWS and my boss who went to Yale for those two schools.Other: Professional level in Spanish and beginner Portuguese as well. I really like the idea of doing the Yale dual degree with Jackson and FES so I think that is my top choice right now.
  21. Program Applying To: MPP, MPA, Schools Applied To: HKS, WWS, UChicago (MSCAPP), Stanford Dorsey Ford, LES, Yale Jackson/FES, McCourt, SAISUndergraduate institution: CornellUndergraduate GPA: 3.95Undergraduate Major: Applied Economics and Management GRE Quantitative Score: 169GRE Verbal Score: 160GRE AW Score: Not sure yet just took itYears Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 2Years of Work Experience: 2Describe Relevant Work Experience: Worked as a research analyst at a financial firm with one year in public infrastructure and one years researching macro-economic trends in Latin America and working with MDBs (World Bank EBRD, IADB, etc). Also worked for a Wind Energy firm in college and started my own non-profit that put solar panels on the roofs of charities.Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): Not yet written but I think that I have a good story that will make sense for those reading it. I have a background in renewable energy and international work and I want to combine the two to do sustainable development. Probably a focus on the policy making side as I do not have an engineering background. Strength of LOR's (be honest, describe the process, etc): Very strong, my advisor and professor who helped me start the solar non-profit, my international political economy professor who I regularly keep in touch with still and my boss who went to WWS and my boss who went to Yale for those two schools.Other: Professional level in Spanish and beginner Portuguese as well. I really like the idea of doing the Yale dual degree with Jackson and FES so I think that is my top choice right now.
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