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do let me know if they reply! thanks haha if not see ya at GW LOL

just checked the Gradcafe's results page and someone said they got into SSP with some funding, so maybe we just didn't get anything in which case I'll likely end up at GW haha

thanks for the heads up! I got accepted too! but no mention of funding either... wondering if I should email them about it or maybe I just got no funding at all lol. Did we all get no mention of funding whatsoever?

don't worry I haven't heard anything from SSP either! and I'm international so I've been staying up late... just for no email to arrive hahaha

not yet! hopefully by today yikes

if you're comfortable sharing, may I know how much you got for funding? I'm wondering if I should negotiate for higher (I got 7.5k per semester and have no idea if that is considered high or low)

same! just heard about funding from GW and from security too! good luck guys and hopefully see yall this fall (if GT doesn't work out hahaha)

hey! just received an email from GW for security too and waiting for funding good luck to you too!!

thanks for the heads up! and congrats again waiting for GT now haha

did you apply for MAIA?

wow congrats!! I'm an international student so no news yet from Elliott hopefully they send the emails out soon... based on past years, news usually came out by end of Feb

hey! thanks for the reply. Yeah I'm still waiting for here and GW too where else did you apply?

ya I saw that too! But based on past precedence (and gradcafe stalking lol), it seems that different programs release at different times! SSP usually releases around mid-March. Also - we can't possibly be the only people applying to SFS on this thread right haha where's everyone

hello!! my first responder hahaha yeah I'm so confused as to why this year's forum seems so dead! Even the 2023 results page was created super late + not a lot of people replied... although I didn't apply for MPP or MPA haha. Which programs did you apply for at Georgetown? (or others in general!). I applied for Security Studies at GT and GW.

No idea why this forum is so dead this year - but just posting this for a place to freak out together.

Hello! I have been a longtime lurker on this thread and since my grad school applications are finally getting into full swing, decided I would try too! appreciate any feedback+comments. I am particularly interested in security issues (and also decided it would be my best shot looking at my background) and its intersection with tech. Another big consideration for me was my lack of quant background (and frankly, my unwillingness to touch it more than I can help in grad school). Financial aid is also a very important factor for me, and am wondering whether I am competitive enough to get a substantial amount. Am still wondering whether to stay and hopefully find a job in the US, or head back to my home country, and would like to know maybe which school would be the best marketable in the security/tech/consulting sphere? Thanks! Schools / Programs: Georgetown Walsh SSP, GWU Elliott SPS, Tufts Fletcher MALD (I had a pre-admission interview with Tufts and I believe it went well) Undergrad: Among top 20 schools in the world (depending on ranking), top 5 school in Asia Degrees: Undergrad bachelors in Political Science GPA: My school is on a different scale but after some rough calculation, should work out to be 3.56/3.6ish GRE: 167V, 162Q, 5.5AW Language Skills: English, Mandarin, and picking up a third Southeast Asian language Work Experience: I graduated 2021, and have been working for a year in my country's version of the department of defense. By the time I start school, I wouldve worked for about 1.5 years. LOR: Thesis supervisor, research supervisor, and a former internship supervisor. All should be pretty solid, with one of my profs explaining about an incident in school which impacted my grades. International Experience: Lived overseas as a child, and also did a semester abroad. Quant Experience: Compulsory course in R, and that's it haha Leadership/extracurricular: Without going into much detail, I have substantial volunteering experiences during colleges and still volunteer in several organisations related to IR/youth advocacy etc SOP: Will write about my experiences currently working in the DOD, and how I wish to pivot to another role within the DOD which a master's would be highly beneficial for.