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You might just be still on their prospective students email list / slipped through the cracks of how they organize their listserv somehow. As long as you're positive your materials are submitted I wouldn't worry. Can't hurt to email and confirm though - you could unsubscribe from the emails but make sure you don't accidentally unsubscribe from important ones like admissions decision and etc

Here it is! FB group for admitted students - NYU Wagner Fall 2021. Looking forward to connecting and congrats everyone! https://www.facebook.com/groups/190324186195289/

Here it is! FB group for admitted students - NYU Wagner Fall 2021. Looking forward to connecting and congrats everyone! https://www.facebook.com/groups/190324186195289/

Also, regarding online/in-person class format for the Fall, I got this email from admissions team: "At this time I am hearing we will be on campus for the fall, but that depends on final approval from the Los Angeles County Department of Health. We will continue to monitor developments and update our students as we get closer to the fall semester."

Here it is! Looking forward to connecting with you all, and congrats everyone again! ? FB group - USC Price School of Public Policy - Admitted Prospective Students - Fall 2021 https://www.facebook.com/groups/1823273361175281/

Would anyone be interested in a "NYU Wagner Fall 2021 Admitted Students" facebook group or something similar, so we can get to know each other? I could make one and maybe the admissions office will help share it out It sucks that the admitted students events will have to be virtual again this year.

Would anyone be interested in a "USC Price Fall 2021 Admitted Students" facebook group or something similar, so we can get to know each other? I could make one and maybe the admissions office will help share it out It sucks that the admitted students events will have to be virtual again this year. If I set up a very casual (masked) admitted student meet-&-greet at a park near campus, would people be interested in attending?

I just got an email saying I've been "recommended for admission"! (this is for the MPA)

I got one as well. Thanks for this!

definitely on like my 7th time checking the forum today... GradCafe is poppin' today lmao

also me, after a notification to check the portal comes in: if i don't open it i can't get rejected... ? good luck this week, everyone! remember to breathe

Just got in!!!!! Got an email to check the portal. Congrats everyone!

i thought about it.. ?

It's gonna be okay, guys. They have to let us know, eventually..

It's gonna be okay, guys. They have to release decisions eventually.

Very cool. Not super familiar with media or communications studies, but in general for PhDs and tenure track positions, I've heard it's really important to get research experience to make you as competitive as possible. Again I'd recommend interviewing PhD students and tenured professors within the academic fields you're interested in... as a student though I always appreciated professors with industry experience, since I never aimed at ending up permanently in academia myself.

Hey - I'm not sure I can speak to this, since I'm not sure what fields you're interested in. Are you trying to ultimately end up in academia teaching or doing research? Or are you planning to return to industry after completing your PhD? Is your current job in relevant to your fields of interest? It also depends on the funding package for your PhD and whether you get additional fellowships, stipend, assistantships, etc. If I were you, I'd do a ton of informational interviews with mentors and people whose jobs you're interested in. They'd be in a better position of telling you, making projects for the field, etc.

I'm not at all familiar with your field, but think that the internship sounds harder to come by than grad school --- they already signaled they want you, and the opportunity is a very valid reason to defer. If they want you, they'll wait for you. Schools deal with deferrals all the time. This internship would make you an even more valuable and experienced candidate for grad programs, PLUS you can make money (assuming it's paid), which I think is a win-win. You can take the additional time to research programs even more deeply if you feel like you need to, apply to different ones if you develop new research interests or learn about new ones through your internship PI.

I posted a similar question awhile ago (you can see on my profile) - and overwhelmingly, I got the advice to take the job. Take the job. We're entering a recession and good jobs (especially at employers you like) will be hard to come by. It is not a good time to take out a big loan. Also your program experience is likely to be funky with the possibility of classes still being online-only. NOT worth the cost of Columbia tuition IMO - networking and in-person interaction is one of the biggest draws of Ivy league programs. Is there a possibility your employer can contribute to tuition reimbursement if you go to grad school later? Or a way of working and doing your program PT (that comes with its own opportunity costs of not being a FT student)? Work experience will almost always trump schooling. If the job offer is salaried at $100K you'd be veryyy silly to turn it down to PAY to learn. Remember, you're not just paying tuition and living expenses, you're also losing out on 2+ years of income. Given that you JUST got out of undergrad, you're at a big disadvantage compared to other people in the market. Unless you're planning on trying to end up in academia, grad school will end sometime, and you'll have to return to the workforce (the "real world"). Grad school will always be there, and you'll be an even more competitive applicant with more time and experience under your belt. Who knows, your interests may change with more time in the field, and you may realize that you actually want to look into other grad programs! A lot of people go to grad school to pivot or try to launch and get new employment opportunities after they graduate. It doesn't make as much sense for you to go to grad school and just end up in the same place you were before. Take the job take the job!

I've heard of and read parts of each of these during my Poli Sci undergrad, so glad to hear I'm not completely off-base!

Hi all, I'm new to the urban planning and community economic development sphere, but it has come up in my work (government grantmaking, public investments, anti-gentrification organizing) so I want to learn more about dialogue happening within the field as it pertains to inequality/race/equity and how it intersects with other issues (criminal justice, environmental justice, health equity, etc). Never took a class on it in undergrad or anything -- What books, blogs, videos have been most impactful on you as aspiring urban planners? (Currently waiting to hear back from MPA programs, through which I'd hopefully be able to take some electives in urban planning & community econ dev. But don't want to be

hey i am also interested in philanthropy and impact investing. can i dm you to ask you more about your experiences and the factors you took into account while applying?

Hang in there! Have you been able to go to any of the water distribution centers?

Useful graph from NASPAA on salaries of MPP/MPA alumni (3 years after graduation) https://www.naspaa.org/resources/career-resources

Due to the snow storm, power outages, water shortages, and general crisis situation in Texas right now, I'm not expecting any word from them for at least the next 2+ weeks. LBJ twitter said school will be closed through Monday Feb 22 at least, and only core personnel are expected to work.