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Hey yes they do. Last year I received funding from them as a John F Kennedy Tuition award that wasn't linked to any specific scholarship or fellowship program.

Schools Applied To: HKS (MPP), WWS (MPA), Duke Sanford (MPP), Columbia SIPA (MPA-DP), USC Price (MPP), NYU Wagner (MPA), UPenn (MA in Nonprofit Management), Oxford, Cambridge, Yale Jackson Schools Admitted To: HKS ($$), Duke ($$$) , Columbia SIPA , UPenn ($), USC ($$$) , NYU ($$$) Schools Rejected From: WWS, Yale Schools Waitlisted: Oxford Still Waiting: Cambridge MPhil Undergraduate Institution: New York University Undergraduate GPA: 3.93 Graduate Institution: N/a Graduate GPA: N/a GRE Quantitative/Verbal/AW Scores: 160/163/5 Years Out of Undergrad: 2 Years Out of Grad: N/a Years of Work Experience: 4 (2 full time, 4 part time) Describe Relevant Work Experience: Founder an CEO of an education nonprofit in India, International volunteer fellowship in India at an education nonnprofit, work with a plaintiffs rights civil law firm in New York Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): Strong. Started with an individual story of a person frrom teh community I was serving in sophomore year. Tied that to my journey of founding and leading a nonprofit in India whose purpose directly addressed the issues raised by the individual mentioned before. Elaborated on my experience in the education policy/public service sphere through college and after. Clearly identified gaps in my knowledge and the challenges faced due to those in my professional life. Mentioned specific courses at colleges that would help me fill those gaps. Strength of LOR's (be honest, describe the process, etc): Strong. 1 academic recommendarion from college policy class professor who is also a WWS alum. 1 rec from my direct supervisor at the law firm who is a Harvard Law alum. 1 rec from the head of HR at my own company. I believe the strength in my LOR's came from the diversity of prrofessional backgrounds of my recommenders. I also asked them to be specific and give examples throughout the rec. As of now I am trying to pick between Harvard and Duke. Duke has given me a 75% scholarship whereas HKS is at 40%. However, HKS has more flexibility in its program and it has been a dream school. Given the scholarship offer by Duke, it will be hard to turn that down. Still in the process of deciding. FYI I am an international student.

@FraiserFanNYC @ch442 I’m in a similar situation. 20k per year from Harvard but 37k per year from Duke. So I’m wondering if the loan difference is worth it if I commit to Harvard. What factors are you both considering as you make this decision ? Also it’s crazy that they won’t negotiate even a bit or try to match other offers.

I got in with 20k. But I have an offer of 37k from Duke so I am not too sure right now about where I will be going. If anyone has any insights that would be super helpful!

Can I jump in on this train as well haha!

I'M IN!!!! I cannot believe it!!!

If it wasn't going to come today 1) there would've been a blog post 2) there wouldn't have been glitches on the MYFAID page. I think they still will be out today but just later than usual

True...at this point honestlt i dont know if it will be 1pm.

thats what i think!!

I am still able to log in. @indianIRguy was having the same issue

I still think this is a good sign !

I'm dying haha, Yall are hilarious. I do hope we all get good news and actually get to meet each other

Maybe a good thing lol

Same!! Mine has changed too. Can everyone on here check ? Has everyone's changed?

I'm watching pandemic haha