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I've decided to accept my admission to LBJ. Anyone else here going? Also, I've read that people "negotiate" their fellowships ... I can't decide if that sounds like a good idea or an absolutely terrible idea. I feel like 75% tuition is already stealing lol. Anyone have experience with negotiation? @isalilypeter I feel you. I'll note that the deadline to accept an offer of admission is April 15. Maybe they'll be letting people in all the way up until then, depending on how many people accept. Plus, I've definitely read that even the first wave of admissions for LBJ can be a week or a week and a half.

@Cole_Wilson I applied for MPaff, non-DC track, with all my materials being turned in on November 30. On that day, MyStatus said "Your file has been forwarded to the graduate committee for review." I got my acceptance letter last Thursday.

I got my funding today! 75%. Combined with another bit of money I already had from AmeriCorps, my tuition is paid for! Now I just have to figure out how to buy groceries and gas ha.

Hi all! I got an acceptance letter yesterday. Mine also said I received a fellowship and I'll get details on it within a week.

Hi, I’m hoping to get some insight into what I can expect. Intro: I’m applying to MPA programs after 12 years in the work force, with limited relevant experience. I am currently serving a year in AmeriCorps, working in a supportive housing agency. I worked for five years as a journalist. I worked for four years in marketing. Then I had a home organizing sole proprietorship. My goal is to work on policy related to poverty and inequality, hopefully in government. I would love to work on housing issues, perhaps at the local or state level. My hope is to do policy analysis. My motivation is not my work experience, but the intellectual journey I’ve gone on as an adult trying to understand the world I’m living in. I read deeply and broadly from an incredible variety of disciplines, and I am more intellectually curious than anyone I know. Also, I am motivated by my personal experiences. I’ve experienced poverty myself, despite having a college degree and jobs that look good on paper. I am a white woman with a cognitive disability (ADHD). Applying to: LBJ School at UT; University of Colorado Denver Undergrad Institution: Top-ranked regional university Undergrad Majors: Journalism and English Years out of undergrad: 12 years (33 years old now, 34 when I hope to begin) GPA: 3.77 GRE: Verbal-170, Quant-162 Quant Background: None. Relevant Work Experience: 5 years in municipal journalism, 1 year (currently) in AmeriCorps Research: None Honors/Awards: I had about 30% tuition scholarship for undergrad all four years, from the university. Extracurriculars or Community Involvement: Political campaign volunteering, volunteering at a homeless navigation center Strength of SOP: I’m a good writer, but I don’t have a ton of actually relevant experience to draw on, so we will see. Strength of LORs: All three of my letter writers believe in me intensely and write well. None of them are well-known. One is my undergraduate student newspaper adviser, one is my boss from when I worked in marketing, and one is the volunteer coordinator at the homeless navigation center where I volunteered prior to entering AmeriCorps (I also wrote white papers for her organization, as a paid freelancer). Concerns: I know I'm not a real candidate. I am just a middle-aged adult who found her purpose too late. I’m hoping it counts for something that I found it at all. I’m doing the best I can. I’d love any ideas on what I can do, if anything, to become a real candidate. Thank you for your insight.