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Yeah the phone drones will not be of much help. But I do know some people on the inside who are helpful enough to pass on some information.

The final authority on all decisions is the President's Fulbright Commission's. So the decisions will come from the US.

You know I got lucky again. Packages will be sent out before the end of the week for remaining applicants (supposedly). Oh, and for those lucky enough, you hopefully be happy with your aid packages.

I think I am actually beginning to find this disconcerting for once. It definitely ranks low in terms of first impressions. If they don't send the results by the end of the week, then they are essentially giving us less than two weeks to decide. I mean look at the admitted students day - the day before all decisions are due. I am seriously thinking that if I do not get the official notice in the mail by Friday that I will reconsider SIPA as my top choice for the fall.

Haha sorry I misread. I thought you were referring to spots at WWS opening up. I didn't apply to HKS Too bad there isn't a referral system where someone who turns down a spot could nominate someone else.

Wouldn't their decision to go to WWS actually work against you since their spots would not open? For what it is worth, a spot just might open as I am still teetering back and forth on my decision.

SIPA has made the rest of the decisions. They just need to wrap everything up and sent out the responses. I know this because I got past the student phone drones on Friday. Oh and a few more students will get fellowships so hold tight!

Sounds like we had similar ideas this application season. I also applied to PH schools. How did you fare with your applications, and have you decided where you will attend?

Congrats to all who got in. Don't you just love it when schools catch you off guard?

I have not heard anything yet unfortunately. I will ask again when I go to the student's day this Friday. If I have nothing by then, I will unfortunately have to decline my admission and reapply at another time.

I say go with the school that gives you the best financial package. There is no point in accruing a heavy debt load for the degree, especially since it may affect the types of jobs you will look for after graduation. Fletcher is a good school and has a nice alum base in the DC area, and they are tight knit from the ones I know. Besides for purposes of networking, you could always do an internship in DC during the summer if it is possible.

Good point Rutabaga. Are you bound to the NC area? You may want to consider branching out and apply to other schools that do not require a masters before going for the doctorate.

If you ultimate wish is to get a PhD, then go for it. You could always apply for a few MPH programs as backup. I think your credentials are perfectly fine and if you are really a male nurse, the schools would sop you up like bread sopping up soup I only have one year of "proper" public health experience and two years of auxiliary health experience and I was successful in being admitted to a doctoral program this season. My ultimate goal is to do something like what I am doing now: working with people. Direct practice so to say. I always worried that having a doctorate would over qualify me for what I wanted to do. I would suggest you tack on courses and projects in program creations, evaluation, and grant writing during your studies. That way you will be able to create a program and define your role within it. That has been my saving grace recently. And besides you could also teach with the doctorate. So go for it!!!

Silent on my end as well. I am a bit disappointed that schools would give applicants so little time to mull over decisions. If it is anything like the other school at CU I applied to, they already made their decision, but just have not communicated it to you yet. Disappointing really. I call it the "top" school effect, where top schools figure they can do this because they figure if you get mad and turn them down, there would be a slew of others ready to jump to the admissions decision.

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Depending on the city, $700 seems reasonable. You will also need to factor in utilities. Depending on your gas and electric use, around $70 to $150 a month. But you should check the local utility company for their average rates based on usage. Do you have the opportunity to work the summer before you start? Savings from that may help alleviate some of the initial moving costs. Also, you may want to ask friends and family if they could pitch in for, or donate furniture. Check with your university on sites to go to where students sell furniture for whatever reason. You could catch a lot of beginning and end of the term sales on items.

I believe I handled it.

Assuming you are talking about Teacher's College, then yes other departments within Columbia. Depending on what skills you have or what you can do, you could see if any other departments would be willing to extend an x-ship to you in case funding at the school does not work out. I have known quite a few people to do this successfully.

I sent a request asking for my decision. We will see if they bite :twisted:

Ugh that eight ball again. Well it was on the money about that hot date I had, but it still sucks :roll:

I spoke to someone at the school about it. And I didn't say special funding, just a lot of funding. Good luck to you too in the process.

Thanks for the link. It is interesting. Either way good luck! It seems like there will be quite some competition since a lot of people are interested in the concentration.

I saw a couple instances from last year on the board where folks were turned down from WWS but taken in at HKS. While we are at it, did anyone here apply for the IGA concentration at Kennedy? I did not see that option until early this year even though it was offered at the beginning of the school year. It carries a lot of funding with it.

Boy do I feel stupid. Until your post, I was reading the 13 deferrals as 13 applicants waitlisted. Man I need to knock some sense into myself :!:

You should be able to do the loan part yourself. I was messing around today and logged into my account on Syracuse's myslice system. I still have not received a financial award notice, but it gave me the option of choosing various types of loans and even a breakdown of costs for the degree. If you received your SSUID number already, then you should be able to create an account in the system.