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Cossack

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  1. I'm already looking at the course bulletin for fall 2011 to see how to set up my life around it. Most classes are Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday it seems. Anybody know what "R" means in the class meeting time for some classes (for others it lists the M, T, W, etc. - day abbreviations next to time)?
  2. Madrilena congrats to you too! I now have an excuse to get drunk haha
  3. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! INN!!!!! but no $$$, meaning 12 hr shifts at work for the next 5 months are coming, oh well, i'm ready no email yet, checked the appyourself page at 2:55 p.m. EST (NY time) my number 1 choice
  4. so this thing effectively drags into the next week...
  5. i mentioned in my SOP that i'll be working a part-time federal job while in grad school, maybe shouldn't have done that lol
  6. someone on results survey just posted that they got a fellowship
  7. Oh nice, almost by April.... what were they doing between the 7th of January till now may I ask
  8. Sucks to hear. Did they mention anything else, like reapplying etc? also could you post your stats?
  9. So they never send the letters over the weekend?
  10. That's what I thought lol... or at least wait=acceptance.... but it might be a cruel joke haha
  11. from the blog: "We don’t publish all our decisions in a single day, so if yours doesn’t happen to be one of the first to be finalized, hang in there. Waiting isn’t easy but sometimes “it’s” worth the wait." Waiting.... Yea and what the hell were we doing before? staring into space? lol
  12. Prepared for the bad news, but hope a good thing will happen.
  13. Just got the email. Nope. Not surprised though. Congrats to those who got in.
  14. Fellowships and scholarships should cover some portion of the debt.
  15. I'm in the same boat as you man, int. security, fall 2012. Your GRE is insane, and the fact that you teach English in China and wrote for trade journals is extremely beneficial. I think you have a chance at all of them. What I think adds tremendous weight to any application are the personal statement and policy memo, where applicable (at least from what I've researched and heard).
  16. Hello, could anybody put in their 2 cents about my prospects for SIPA, WWS, SAIS and SFS schools? My number one choice is SIPA. WWS and SAIS are tied for 2nd place (depending on $$, since I cannot afford to move out of state without a significant scholarship to live at a school). Field of study: Int. Security, Conflict Resolution Stats: UG GPA: 3.6 B.A.: double major in History, Political Science Coursework in statistics, macro and microeconomics (3 classes) GRE: 680 (math), 670 (verbal), 5.0 (writing) Currently work at Dept. of Homeland Security (6 months) 2 internships in non-profits in NYC (human rights focus) and D.C. (U.S. foreign policy focus) 1 law firm internship All above work experience amounts to a little over 1 year. Written/oral fluency in Russian (native) and French (intermediate). Int. experience: grew up in Russia, lived in U.S. for the last 10 years; tourism to other places other than that. --------------------------- One of my letters of recommendation is from a non-profit director who is a SIPA alumni, don't know if that greatly affects/reduces chances. My biggest concern, however, is work experience. I've been 1 year out of undergrad and haven't amassed the work years that most people in those programs have (even though about 10% of incoming class is straight from undergrad). Also, all the schools, and especially SIPA and SAIS, value people strong in economics, statistics and general quantitative stuff like calculus. I hated anything quantitative my whole life (I'm more about analytical thinking, writing essays, etc.), but took a few courses in economics in college and precalc in high school, so don't know if my quant skills are strong enough. If anybody has useful input, please share.
  17. Hi, I'm planning to attend Columbia's SIPA MIA program in a few years (because straight from undergrad they won't take anybody apparently) and have a dilemma about which concentration to take: International Energy Management & Policy or International Security Policy? My undergrad degree was in Pol Sci and History, and I've always been interested in international politics (esp. considering my upbringing abroad), so International Security Policy curriculum looks very familiar. However, I do not want to work for the government or an MIC-type private contractor company, do not want to work in intelligence of any kind, etc. Also, I want to try something new (not dealing with strictly int. politics), so Energy Management sounds interesting. The problem is, I have no knowledge about the energy industry, so would it be smart for me to go for that concentration?
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