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  1. 2 minutes ago, Enkay said:

    Oh wow when did you hear about the aid? I am yet to receive and was told if I don’t get any after March 28th, it means I didn’t receive. Was the aid recently given or it came with your offer letter? There’s a WhatsApp group though 

    I got a separate email from the program with my aid award letter 3 hours after the initial email saying I was recommended for admission. Could you send me a link to the WhatsApp group?

  2. On 3/9/2022 at 6:18 PM, dev0900 said:

    Program Applied To (MPA, MPP, IR, etc.): MA, MSc, MIDP
    Schools Applied To: GW Elliott, Johns Hopkins SAIS, American SIS, Georgetown McCourt, UC Berkeley, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, London School of Economics, Queen's University Belfast, University of Sussex, SOAS University of London (deferred '21 offer)
    Schools Admitted To: Georgetown McCourt (28k), UC Berkeley (8k), GW Elliott (34k), Johns Hopkins SAIS (50k), American SIS (34k), Middlebury Institute of International Studies (18k), London School of Economics (waiting), Queen's University Belfast (4k, waiting on additional scholarships), University of Sussex (0), SOAS University of London (4k, deferred '21 offer)
    Schools Rejected From: None yet
    Still Waiting: UC Berkeley, Georgetown McCourt
    Undergraduate Institution: R1 state school
    Undergraduate GPA:  3.9
    Undergraduate Major: International Studies and Arabic
    GRE Quantitative/Verbal/AW Scores: Didn't take it
    Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 3
    Years of Work Experience: 4
    Describe Relevant Work Experience: Relevant federal government work experience, numerous internships and volunteer experience with regional studies centers, nonprofits
    Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): Pretty strong I think, worked on it for a couple of years and had the help of a fellowship advisor since I applied for some national level fellowships which are a long process.
    Strength of LOR's (be honest, describe the process, etc): Pretty strong I think. Professors I have a good relationship with and my government supervisor for some schools.

    Updating this - in at Georgetown and UCB. I'm leaning towards LSE, SOAS, or QUB mostly, but I'm nervous about it not working out somehow (visas, student loans, not sure, I'm just anxious). Probably going to decline SAIS today and potentially UCB as well. I was very excited about UCB but over 100k in tuition and only 8k aid is just not doable. 

  3. 40 minutes ago, calpat33 said:

    Do you know if there's a group for admitted students at LSE? I haven't seen anything.

    I just looked and found a group on Facebook, LSE Postgraduate Offer Holders 2022/2023. What's your program? Mine is Development Studies. 

  4. Program Applied To (MPA, MPP, IR, etc.): MA, MSc, MIDP
    Schools Applied To: GW Elliott, Johns Hopkins SAIS, American SIS, Georgetown McCourt, UC Berkeley, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, London School of Economics, Queen's University Belfast, University of Sussex, SOAS University of London (deferred '21 offer)
    Schools Admitted To: GW Elliott (34k), Johns Hopkins SAIS (50k), American SIS (34k), Middlebury Institute of International Studies (18k), London School of Economics (0), Queen's University Belfast (4k), University of Sussex (0), SOAS University of London (4k, deferred '21 offer)
    Schools Rejected From: None yet
    Still Waiting: UC Berkeley, Georgetown McCourt
    Undergraduate Institution: R1 state school
    Undergraduate GPA:  3.9
    Undergraduate Major: International Studies and Arabic
    GRE Quantitative/Verbal/AW Scores: Didn't take it
    Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 3
    Years of Work Experience: 4
    Describe Relevant Work Experience: Relevant federal government work experience, numerous internships and volunteer experience with regional studies centers, nonprofits
    Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): Pretty strong I think, worked on it for a couple of years and had the help of a fellowship advisor since I applied for some national level fellowships which are a long process.
    Strength of LOR's (be honest, describe the process, etc): Pretty strong I think. Professors I have a good relationship with and my government supervisor for some schools.

  5. I’m wondering if anyone has recently heard anything from the SOAS funding office or has advice on what I should do? I decided to commit to the school a little late and am an international student coming from the US. I sent in my US student loan application to SOAS’ funding office 3 weeks ago and have heard nothing back from them at all yet. I’ve tried to ask other offices about it and they refer me back to the funding office. I am waiting for them to tell me how much in student loans I’ll be able to take out before paying the deposit, starting my visa application, and securing housing for this fall. I didn’t think it would take so long to hear back and I’m getting worried about the timeline of being able to attend this fall. Any advice?

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