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Thanks for the response. I'll definitely be doing some more research on this.

Oh wow, I didn't know Penn Fels had such a bad connotation. If I wanted to work at a federal agency in Washington DC would it be better if I went to UW Evans MPA/Brown Watson MPA over Penn Fels? I got full acceptance to UW Evans and waitlisted for Brown.

Can I ask when you heard back from Penn Fels? They are the only program I'm still waiting on.

Just got my acceptance email! 11:56 AM EST 3/10

Small update to those of us who are still waiting. I emailed Evans asking about when they expect decisions to be released for the MPA program and they said: Hello, Decisions are being sent out this month. Best Regards, Evans School Admissions Team So hopefully they will be released sooner rather than later.

I applied in mid October and haven't gotten a decision yet

Thanks for the answer. I have at least one other acceptance so I will probably go with one of those. Thanks again!

Hey all, I applied to American University for a MPA and got an admission decision in November of last year. The admission decision reads "The Graduate Admission Committee of the School of Public Affairs (SPA) at American University has reviewed your application for admission to our Master of Public Administration for Fall 2022. While we see that you have strong potential as a candidate, we recommend that you join the program at this juncture as a non-degree student. This status will give you the opportunity to demonstrate your academic propensity in graduate level coursework. Students enrolled with non-degree status may take up to 12 credit hours per semester that can be transferred into the Master of Public Administration at program with solid academic performance (3.0 or above cumulative GPA) and progress. These criteria will also be applied in rendering full admission to the program for subsequent semesters. We trust that you will consider this invitation as our interest in having you in SPA coursework in the Fall 2022 class. We stand ready to offer you resources to be successful in your first semester with the intention of welcoming you to the SPA community as a fully admitted student very soon." I talked to an advisor at AU and they said that I would be taking MPA courses with other students and that after achieving a 3.0 gpa at SPA I would be able to become a fully admitted student and my progress in the curriculum would carry over. So I guess my question is...did I get accepted to the school or is this a polite rejection? Their website states that pretty much anyone can be a non-degree student. Additionally, if my other options for masters school don't pan out would this even be a smart thing to do? I would still be paying full price as a non-degree student and it just seems risky. Has anyone else gotten a letter like this? Would love to hear what y'all think.