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Well I am heading to syracuse. Thanks for voting.

last chance bump

Any one else have an opinion? Any comments would be greatly apreciated.

Hello I am trying to make a decision of were to attend this up coming year and I need your help I created the above poll from the schools that offered me funding. I also was admited to the following: U Denver, Michigan, American, and waitlisted at duke Here is my previous thread: Basically I am interested in International Economics, International Trade, International Finance, and Policy Analysis. I was offered funding at the following levels: 10,000 per year from Syracuse 21,000 per year from Johns Hopkins 19,000 per year from University of Chicago Instate tuition plus 1,000 per year from University of Texas At this time I am leaning toward Syracuse because of perceived lower overall cost and the strongest alumni base. Which would you choose if you were me? What would you say are the strengths and weaknesses of each school? Where can I go to get stats that would give me a hint at the true costs of each program? Thanks for the help!

Accepted with Deans Award.

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I got some funding as a joint MPA/IR(10,000 per year) email this mourning. Hope everyone else gets some good news.

Just got an email stating that decisions will be sent out by email over the next couple days in no particular order.

Update Program Applied To (MPA, MPP, IR, etc.): MPP, MPA, and IR Schools Applied To: American University, U Denver, U Michigan, Syracuse(MPA/IR), Duke, George Mason, Johns Hopkins IPS, U Chicago, U Texas Schools Admitted To: U Denver, U Texas, Syracuse, Johns Hopkins IPS, Duke(waitlisted), U Michigan, American University Schools Rejected From: None yet Undergraduate institution: Georgia State University Undergraduate GPA: 3.02 Last 60 hours of Undergraduate GPA (if applicable): 3.26 Undergraduate Major: Business Economics GRE Quantitative Score: 730 GRE Verbal Score: 610 GRE AW Score: 4.5 Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 4 Years of Work Experience: 3 Describe Relevant Work Experience: 2 Online Banks and a Management Logistics Firm for two years Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): I tried to focus on the fact that I did well in econ and international Business classes. I also reiterated the fact that my last job was relevant to what I wanted to do(international trade and monetary policy). I made it a point to mention at least 3 faculty members with similar interests for each school. It was strong enough to get into to schools so far. Strength of LOR (be honest, describe the process, etc): Two economic professors and the VP of the logistics company I worked for.

Accepted into the MA International Affairs but I don't understand the funding letter....

If you were replying to me then yes it was by email.

Just got accepted to Ford School. Go Wolverines!

Update Program Applied To (MPA, MPP, IR, etc.): MPP, MPA, and IR Schools Applied To: American University, U Denver, U Michigan, Syracuse(MPA/IR), Duke, George Mason, Johns Hopkins IPS, U Chicago, U Texas Schools Admitted To: U Denver, U Texas, Syracuse, Johns Hopkins IPS, Duke(waitlisted), U Michigan Schools Rejected From: None yet Undergraduate institution: Georgia State University Undergraduate GPA: 3.02 Last 60 hours of Undergraduate GPA (if applicable): 3.26 Undergraduate Major: Business Economics GRE Quantitative Score: 730 GRE Verbal Score: 610 GRE AW Score: 4.5 Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 4 Years of Work Experience: 3 Describe Relevant Work Experience: 2 Online Banks and a Management Logistics Firm for two years Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): I tried to focus on the fact that I did well in econ and international Business classes. I also reiterated the fact that my last job was relevant to what I wanted to do(international trade and monetary policy). I made it a point to mention at least 3 faculty members with similar interests for each school. It was strong enough to get into to schools so far. Strength of LOR (be honest, describe the process, etc): Two economic professors and the VP of the logistics company I worked for.

Update Program Applied To (MPA, MPP, IR, etc.): MPP, MPA, and IR Schools Applied To: American University, U Denver, Michigan, Syracuse(MPA/IR), Duke, George Mason, Johns Hopkins IPS, U Chicago, U Texas Schools Admitted To: U Denver, U Texas, Syracuse, Johns Hopkins IPS, Duke(waitlisted) Schools Rejected From: None yet Undergraduate institution: Georgia State University Undergraduate GPA: 3.02 Last 60 hours of Undergraduate GPA (if applicable): 3.26 Undergraduate Major: Business Economics GRE Quantitative Score: 730 GRE Verbal Score: 610 GRE AW Score: 4.5 Years Out of Undergrad (if applicable): 4 Years of Work Experience: 3 Describe Relevant Work Experience: 2 Online Banks and a Management Logistics Firm for two years Strength of SOP (be honest, describe the process, etc): I tried to focus on the fact that I did well in econ and international Business classes. I also reiterated the fact that my last job was relevant to what I wanted to do(international trade and monetary policy). I made it a point to mention at least 3 faculty members with similar interests for each school. It was strong enough to get into to schools so far. Strength of LOR (be honest, describe the process, etc): Two economic professors and the VP of the logistics company I worked for.

I got accepted to the LBJ MGPS program. Congrats to everyone else who got in.