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  1. goromajima24
    My sense was that this was referring to loans and the like, not direct funding. But could be wrong!
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    Apparently - from the Welcome page website: "If the Admissions Committee has awarded you a SIPA Scholarship or Fellowship, this information will be included in your admission letter." welp. SAIS it is.
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    Decisions are out! I'm in (keep your volume on! ) Edit....but nothing on funding - so if that's not something that I should expect to wait on, then SAIS it is.
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    Aaand 8:30 has come and gone. So...Friday? Yeesh
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    Whoa, nice!!!! Congrats
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    so we've blown past the last time on here - though early admits' seem like they had their results come in around 8:30 (!) so i guess that's the last hope lol
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    dang, waitlisted from Gtown - so SAIS it is then
  8. goromajima24
    God, this wait is killing me, and I feel like its not going to be till Wednesday...:/
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    I mean its a little bit ridiculous that they can't set hard deadlines - there was none of this ambiguity with SAIS. ("Mid-March" is not a hard deadline)
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    Hmm, things look fine on my end...
  12. goromajima24
    IDK if they still do this, but from the time I applied two years ago, if you don't already know, just make sure your volume is on, but, uh, not too high.
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    I didn't say they lied fwiw - there could've been a bizarre error. I will eat an insect if it turns out we all got rejected. EDIT: I got into SAIS with funding, which folks on here said I should "kiss goodbye". If it turns out I got rejected from SIPA, which the same folks said was more in reach, I will never speak to you people again ?
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    Guys, they've never done it in waves before, and there are enough users on here that its really unlikely that it would just be one guy with an admit if they did. So either they've become SPIA like in terms of selectivity, or the the one guy claiming an acceptance is an extreme outlier.
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    Damn it, so now its time for me to start refreshing my email ?
  16. goromajima24
    Congrats!!!! What program did you apply to?
  17. goromajima24
    me watching mccourt applicants getting their decisions while we wait another week
  18. goromajima24
    I'd still guess it would be Friday, given that they normally drop on Mondays or Fridays, and given that the last couple years have been the 12th and 13th.
  19. goromajima24
    Nah, it means their website infrastructure is powered by a guinea pig in a hamsterwheel
  20. goromajima24
    Just to be clear though, it won't work unless you've received your Student ID, which comes with the link.
  21. goromajima24
    >Please allow at least one hour for security system processing before attempting to login with newly activated accounts. Me:
  22. goromajima24
    Got into SAIS DC! MAIR edit - still have to do baby micro econ course before the fall lmao
  23. goromajima24
    Thanks for this, and thanks @2711383 for your comments as well. Apologies for the lack of response, but to answer a couple of your questions: 1 - Why SAIS? So I'd generally prefer to remain in DC, and I am eager to focus on South Asia and strategy, and SAIS has a great faculty in both. I'd also like the chance to pick up a new language, and SAIS encourages that more than, say Georgetown (where I could get by the requirement with my French, but, uh, don't really think that's gonna be a lifelong choice for me, given the region I want to work in). 2 - Princeton the Pipe Dream Just to be clear, I am aware of how low of a shot Princeton is. But still, I like some of the professors (there are a couple democracy/governance scholars who have worked with NDI as a matter of fact). I also have heard from a number of WWS alum working in policy who highly recommended the school to me. All of this is to say that I am fully aware of my odds, and have a legitimate interest in the program. So my view is that, with all that in mind, why not apply? The worst they can (and sure, likely will) say is no, but then I'm out what, $100? On the low low chance I get in, there's massive upside. Thank you for the points you have raised on how to blunt my own quant weakness. Now, to ask my own question - 1. How quant is SAIS...as of now? When I applied in 2018, the quant-heavy nature of SAIS absolutely turned me off the school, since I made the same calculation you did. However, since then, they appear to have redesigned their MAIR program (https://sais.jhu.edu/academics/master-degrees/master-arts-international-relations-mair), which now simply has econ as a core, rather than a concentration, with the opportunity to select a functional and regional concentration, similar to SIPA. I spoke with a current student at SAIS who confirmed this to be the case.
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    Ok, so suppose I was dead set on applying to SAIS regardless of the internet's opinion this cycle. How would you suggest that I go about trying to blunt my achilles heel that is the quantitative score? Even if we're talking about going from a 1% to a 2% chance of admission. Also, while its wholly tangential to my question, I'll set a marker here, actually - based on friends with a similar profile who have studied at SAIS, and that I apparently fall fairly comfortably within the median of their class profile, I think I have a much stronger shot than you're giving credit for. An uphill battle, for sure, but I'm not willing to concede it.
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    So I actually applied to grad school a couple years back, as I was wrapping up undergrad. I applied to GWU, SIPA, Tufts, and HKS (lol), and got into all but the last one, although I ultimately decided not to go. As you might see below, I have traded around a couple schools from my original list for this go-around, and I was looking for guidance on my application materials. In particular, I am concerned about the strength of my quantitative application for SAIS, and, er, the whole thing for Princeton. If anyone could provide advice, I would greatly appreciate it! Applying to: SIPA - reapplicant (MPA), SAIS (MAIR), SFS (MSFS), and the school formerly known as WWS/MPA Undergrad institution: GWU Undergrad Major: International Relations (International Politics/Asia), Political Science Undergrad GPA: 3.47 - held down by one awful semester that is a result of personal circumstances - explained this in my essays last time and I suppose I can't have been too penalized for it. Years out of undergrad: 2 years Quant Background: Yeah, so this is why I'm here, actually, since the answer is "not much" - I have the two econ courses + Development Economics, and then Game Theory, and then a stats based math course. No calculus above the HS level. I have done financial analysis work at the programs I work at since college, but I would regard this as the weakest component of my application materials. Relevant Work Experience: 2 years full time post undergrad; working for NDI in DC. Additional 3 years via internships in college, fwiw, working on refugee issues, as well as the obligatory GWU Hill internship and some campaign/domestic policy work to round it out. GRE: 168V/160Q/5.5W Strength of LOR: Quite strong IMO - can get one from my previous two bosses, and scrounge up two strong ones from professors at GWU (including an econ one, who I will absolutely be asking for the quant heavy one). Strength of SOP: I think I have a good mix of experiences that I can talk about - the challenge is explaining why I am going from a more human rights background to an International Security program, and my goal is to focus on how the work I want to do requires an understanding (and policy management) of the drivers of conflict, from the local to the great power flavors. I think that the country portfolios I have worked on provide a strong basis for me to convince the admissions department. Extracurriculars/Leadership: Little bit of leadership experience in college, worked on a research project for a think tank, and volunteered time on a POTUS candidate's campaign on the policy side.
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