Samdaman164

I tried. The grad admissions office told me funding was final. 
And I have a couple offers where I know I am not going for various reasons. Probably should decline them sooner than later but I haven't yet ?‍♂️

Does anyone know if GWU Elliott negotiates on funding? 
I'm also considering declining an offer or two. Is it too early to do that really?

I saw a few people had heard regarding the MGA and MPP, but not a significant number. Thinking about reaching out for a timeline. I am an international student (USA) and this is the last school I am waiting on. 

I think they released decisions March 4 2020, which was the first Wednesday. Fingers crossed it is the same timeline this year.

I think they released decisions March 4 2020, which was the first Wednesday. Fingers crossed it is the same timeline this year.

Program Applied To: MPP
Schools Applied To: Harris, McCourt (evening program), Sanford, Trachtenberg
Schools Admitted To: Harris(~40% funding), McCourt(~33%)
Schools Rejected From:
Still Waiting: Sanford, Trachtenberg
Undergraduate GPA: 3.54
Undergraduate Major: Economics & Psychology
GRE Quantitative/Verbal/AW Scores: 155/162/4.5 (only submitted to McCourt)
Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 2.5 (3 by the time program starts)
Years of Work Experience: 2.5/3 - 3.5/4 if you count econ research assistantship during undergrad
Describe Relevant Work Experience: First year was at a nonprofit research organization, mostly education (intervention/implementation) related research, lots of data work. Last year and a half in the federal government. Still mostly data heavy policy research, but more directly related to the policymaking process.
Strength of SOP: Good, but definitely could have been better. Waited a bit too long to get started on most of them. Even still, think it gave a good overview of what got me interested in policy, how my work experience has built on that, and why I feel getting this degree is a necessary next step in my career.
Strength of LORs: Probably very important to my application. My current supervisor, a senior colleague I work very closely with on issues I'm interested in (and mentioned this interest in my SOP), and a professor I worked very closely with in undergrad.
Other: Honestly was pretty shocked to get into Harris (didn't even submit my GRE - although I did have A/A-'s in quant classes - Econometrics, Micro, Macro, stats - which I think helped). However, heavily leaning toward McCourt as I plan to keep my current job and do school part time. Hoping to get some more funding from them, though, so any tips/insight on negotiating is welcome!

Love getting promotion emails from a school I didn't apply to at 5pm... ?