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Does anyone know approximately how many research assistantships are awarded to LBJ students? How difficult is it to secure additional funding? I really like LBJ's curriculum more than the other two schools I'm considering, UGA and Maryland, because there seems to be a lot of course offerings in quantitative analysis and economics. There seem to be a sizeable number of adjunct faculty at LBJ, are they generally as good as the full-time people?

So I've narrowed down my decision to these three programs, unless Carnegie Mellon somehow decides to offer more funding. University of Georgia has awarded me an assistantship that covers all of tuition and on top of that pays a pretty hefty stipend, Maryland's offer covers 100% of tuition, and LBJ's pays for 2/3 of tuition. Ideally, I would prefer a program that can cover the managerial and political aspects of public policy and also offer opportunities for me to build upon what I've learned as an economics major in undergrad. Ultimately I think that I would like to work as an analyst for the GAO,OMB, or CBO, but I am also interested in social policy. Do any of you have insights about these programs? I think all three bring different things to the table, and I'm having trouble sorting it all out.

The rejection letters are real. I got one today and I live in the southeast. Oh well. I knew Berkeley was a pretty big stretch for me.

Has anyone not received a letter from University of Maryland yet? I logged in to my application at the beginning of the month, and it said that a decision had been made, but I still haven't gotten a letter and it seems like everyone else has. It's probably a bad sign.

When did LBJ send out decisions last year?

skz, I'm also applying directly from college, so that makes two of us

I'm with Pepper, the stats of people that I see on this forum make me feel a little doubtful about my chances. I'm really concerned that my lack of work experience will hurt my applications. I did an internship in the summer between my junior and senior years at a pretty well-known think-tank in Washington, but aside from that I have no experience at all. I'm currently a senior at a Top 50 liberal arts college in the deep south. I'm an economics major with a 3.8 GPA. My GRE scores are 780Q/610V/4.5 AW. I'm applying to seven schools: GSPP, Ford, CMU, University of Texas, Maryland, UGA, and George Mason. Do you guys think I'll have a shot at any of these schools?