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I can't say for certain if it was a generic email but it doesn't sound like it since it mentions specifics around your GRE Quant score and years of experience. <15% of their MPAs have under two years of professional experience (from their Viewbook) and I believe they accept few, if any, directly out of undergrad. You can also see their Quant score breakdown in the viewbook: https://spia.princeton.edu/graduate-admissions/graduate-viewbook Since you received full tuition from SAIS, if you're very interested in their program, it sounds like you have a solid option. I personally am grateful for my years of work experience between undergrad and applying to grad school, though, so you may find value in waiting a view years (especially if you were heavily invested in attending SPIA). It seems like you can't go wrong -- it just depends on your values!

Congratulations to those that got into SPIA! Sending good vibes to everyone else -- I hope you get into other great programs :) I honestly didn't think I would get into SPIA and so I'm just now putting the full weight behind this question: if you got into the SPIA MPA and otherwise applied to MPPs, do you think they're equivalent degrees? I'm interested in (domestic) policy analysis, not public sector work, which is why I had focused on MPPs. I applied to SPIA's MPA because I have ~6 years of work experience in the private sector, which wouldn't qualify for their mid-career MPP.