Anthony Lee

I think taking out hefty loans can be risky right now, given that the economic recovery is not guaranteed, so you are forgoing income AND taking a risk that you will be able to find a job with your new MA. Your argument is plausible but it rests on whether the ROI for the MA is indeed as desirable as you put it to be, given that the world after this pandemic will be much changed and the immediate relevance / recruitability of the degree cannot be ascertained (imagine a curriculum that teaches international trade in particular ways when trade is going to be fundamentally reconfigured), not to mention the unpredictability and fluidity of today's world such that an improved job market in 2022 summer is not guaranteed - many scientists and experts are predicting that the pandemic will wear off only in 2022 , so you might be looking at cycles of recessions and retrenchments, and uptick in certain industries (healthcare etc) over others (consulting - which is a common destination for SAIS MA grads). So after considering all of this, would one forego possible income (even if lowered income AND take a hefty loan?) - that's something only the individual can answer.... People are already making projections that this will not be a pause, but will be a contraction almost as comparable as the Great Depression: https://www.ft.com/content/e626cc6f-5aa9-4dae-b6a0-175b92aa126d https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/greater-depression-covid19-headwinds-by-nouriel-roubini-2020-04?f

I applied for the cert + MA , so my second year is in DC.

Yup!

"If you have applied for financial aid, you will receive communication from the Office of Financial Aid today regarding a possible financial aid award. If you submitted the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by February 15, your award letter will include federal aid. If your FAFSA has not yet been submitted, award information will follow within two weeks of receipt of the FAFSA. Please add saisfinaidinfo@jhu.edu as an approved sender in order to prevent your Financial Aid award letter from entering your spam or junk folder."

No i kept refreshing the portal LOL and then suddenly the letter was there

Just got accepted on the portal too! Certificate (HNC) + MA! : ) am not drunk am pretty sure it's real HAHA

Hahah i love how you are so drunk but you make it a point to go to grad cafe to reply LOL

The Hopkins Nanjing Centre 2020-2021 FB group was created yesterday too: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1116207448718613/?source_id=1748013752118857

Hahaha they have already prepared the admitted students website since yesterday: https://sais.jhu.edu/admit/congratulations-admitted-students/washington-dc https://sais.jhu.edu/admit/congratulations-admitted-students/hopkins-nanjing-center https://sais.jhu.edu/admit/congratulations-admitted-students/sais-europe

Yup, got offered the Global MPA a few days back : )

I got offered the MSc in MMES woohoo!

All the best everyone : )

My friend who got waitlisted for RSEA last year got the email on 13 March. According to these forums, it seems that those who were accepted to RSEA under the chairperson got their emails on 1 March (which would have been the equivalent of the Friday that just passed). Perhaps those who are getting notified of admissions but not under the chair might have to wait for mid-March. :o p.s. fellow RSEA applicant here, waiting!

Cool , congrats! Was this for the MPA program? Which program?

Lol yes i think this is more likely. I made a single application but had 1 new section created - exactly the same as the one i submitted. Since I applied for the certificate + MA, and since it is explicitly stated on the website that both are evaluated separately despite being 1 program, I reckon they close it once one side has finished their evaluation. 1 of my 2 sections was closed first, the other was just closed - 2 days later. So it is likely that both the MA and the Certificate side have come to some decision - hopefully it would be a positive on both sides