The_Immigrant_Albatross

You'll be informed about financial aid and scholarship separately.

Congratulations! Which course did you apply for? After I heard back on my scholarship application (around 20-25 Feb), I wrote to them asking about my application for financial aid. I got a response immediately stating that the admissions/selection committee would sit on 1 March and that the decision would be out in the following week. And that's exactly what happened!

I heard a month after my acceptance (1 February >>> 2 March), but I don't think it's a fixed timeline. From what I understand, it depends on when the admissions/selection committee sits to decide on applications that determines when you'l hear from them. Do write to them via email and they'll tell you when you can expect to hear back on your application for financial aid.

They emailed me around 20-25 February informing me about my scholarship application. If you haven't heard back, do email them. They're prompt to respond with a tentative timeline on when you can expect to hear back on your application.

15th or 16th March.

Still waiting to hear back from LKY and IHEID!

Hey! I have applied to Hertie and LKY-NUS for public policy and IHEID, IDS-Sussex, SOAS and Cambridge for development studies. What about you? Yeah, of course! Tuition fee isn't a lot in IHEID but it's completely offset by the high cost of living in Geneva! And about when IHEID will respond -- there isn't any consistent answer lol. I guess the most common response date is mid-March, so here's hoping it comes by the 15th! Fingers crossed!

Congratulations! Curious cat here -- what's your background?

Hey, I might be wrong but I don't think it works that way. From what I understand, it depends on when the admissions/selection committee sits to decide. In my case, I applied in mid December, got my acceptance on 1 February, and the financial waiver decision a month later on 2 March. I'd emailed them in mid February asking about the financial waiver decisions and was informed that the committee would sit on 1 March after which the results would be announced.

It ain't over until it's over!

Nothing for me either. "Under consideration" since ∞ BCE.

Congratulations! What's your background, btw?

Thank you! Email them, no? They usually respond very quickly!

I got 50% financial waiver (MPP)! Woohoo!

Message one of the admins on the Facebook group? They'll be happy to help or direct you to the correct person(s).

@Kabira@Ranim Munshi@Rikey Congratulations to you all!

Just to clarify, Hertie takes approximately 4-5 weeks from the time all your LORs are submitted (= application complete = passed to the Selection Committee for evaluation) to respond. So for those who applied in the last week of January, you should hear back this week! All the best! Having said that, the Selection Committee might take a little longer now given the higher than usual number of applications received just before the priority deadline, so do expect some delay.

Not yet. Still waiting for their response on financial waiver. Will decide after that.

Yes! All the best!

Got the email around a week ago and had the interview today. NUS doesn't interview everyone before accepting or rejecting them, so even if you did or didn't get shortlisted for an interview, it honestly doesn't mean anything. The final results are expected in April/May and it's not really dependent on whether you had an in interview prior to that. Hope that helps! I have a degree in law + 3 years as a practising lawyer + 2 years working in the education/development sector. What about you?

Ahan, that's what I was expecting! I'm shifting from law to policy, so I thought I'd have to explain it. My interview was just ~10 mins. I was asked the questions from the case study + some subjective connected questions where I had to give my opinion. No personal questions at all, so either my interviewer liked me and didn't feel the need to get into details, or disliked me and didn't feel the need to get into details...

And the opposite is true when it comes to their scholarships! ?

Yeah, just how nobody here has been rejected by Hertie, nobody here has made it through any of their scholarships either, haha! I applied in mid December for the exact same reason! I thought that everything would get sorted by the first week of February (even after adding the extra week to ten days for Christmas/NY). Yeah, I got an email saying they'll respond this week. Let's see, fingers crossed! Where are you from btw? And where else have you applied?

I had my interview today!

Hey, what sort of personal questions were asked? I had my interview today but I wasn't asked anything outside the case study. So I'ma little worried!