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I will be attending the day on the 27th. Thankfully GWs is on the 28th so I can only make one trip to DC. I'm still thinking about hotel, accommodations, etc.

On one of my official admittance letters, the admissions directors wrote me a lengthy personal note. Also, she crossed off Mr. xxxxx and just wrote my first name. I thought it was a really great touch. It made me really think twice about the school - in a positive way.

Congratulations! How great does it feel to have that first one under your belt?

I think we're blessed to know so early about our admissions decisions - especially since they are acceptances. However, I am also finding the wait about funding to be miserable.

I feel like this whole thread would be better suited for the City Guide section. Granted, it is discussing a decision based on two cities. However, the thread has turned into a debate of the merits of each city, which, IMO, would have fit great in the City Guide section instead of a host of cities being tucked away in one thread.

e. ) I already have my top choice determined, but if I was to get a full funding offer from another school I may be inclined to reconsider.

IMO, I would pick a situation in which you could quantitatively describe what you were able to do with regards to the problem. My general outline for framing things like this goes: Background of the problem End goals What your plan of action was to solve problem How you worked toward achieving your plan End result (quantifiable with some set of data) In addition, if you were able to pick a problem where you were able to enlist others to work towards achieving your goal that would be great to include. You could discuss the dynamics of getting others to work towards solving the problem, etc. Again, IMO, the above outline is the ideal way to frame a these situations. However, each situation may not be able to described in such ways. I'd be interested to hear what the thoughts of others are.

The language said that you would not have to submit an additional application to be considered - not additional essays. (Assuming the language in your e-mail was similar to mine). As Policy_Applicant said, you may want to be prepared to submit an additional essay.

Same deal for me. How did they word that sentence for you though? In mine they mentioned "Limited funding means we are unable to offer fellowships to all those whom we would like to support. You have been placed on an alternate list at this time...."

One of the schools that they were admitted to provided funding information in the acceptance letter. On the other hand, the other two schools only indicated admittance and did not provide funding information. For many disciplines, the second situation is rather common. Schools that notify early (January, February) typically do not include funding information in their acceptance notifications. It varies from program to program. However, many schools wait until mid March to provide funding information - even if you were accepted much earlier. It may be useful to contact your specific program and see what additional information they can provide.

I don't think that should be cause for alarm. When did you send in your application? Just be patient.

I am almost positive that I am going to send a letter to schools where I've been accepted to ask for more/any funding. I'm still debating it. However, there is nothing to lose. I don't see the harm in a letter that essentially states how I truly want to attend their school, but due to my own personal finances I will be unable to do so unless they are able to help reduce my financial burden. I have no expectations to receiving funding packages as a result, but I don't see the harm at all for asking. I'm not going to demand funding and try to leverage them against another school, but just simply state my own financial situation as a barrier to attending a school that I truly want to go to.

You've already done them for majority of the schools I've applied to. I suppose I could start a few, but I haven't seen anyone else on the board who was applying to them.

At least at the bottom of the UT status page for me it says that decisions will be mailed to our permanent address. I believe that page is more for seeing whether or not your materials have been received but not for actual admission decisions.

I'll set the over/under at March 13th. Anyone care to place bets?

Four of your six posts are this same exact question. Perhaps you could check here: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=15501 or here viewtopic.php?f=8&t=15508 or here viewtopic.php?f=8&t=15500 to see what others have said. :wink:

Congratulations! Did they send your funding info as well?

It appears that Wisconsin has sent the letters out. Good luck to all who applied!

Here's a link to an employment breakdown: https://gushare.georgetown.edu/PublicPo ... rofile.pdf Hopefully this is helpful.

It's kind of true. On the other hand, I stayed in a row house about a 5 minute walk from the inner harbor this past summer. Granted the area had gone through a fair amount of gentrification and renovation, it was really nice. I kind of fell in love with the city. I can't speak to the areas near any of the schools though.

It may be useful to keep this thread specific to Berkeley and start others for different schools. Thanks for taking the initiative policy_applicant. I suppose if I was as motivated as you I would have turned in my Georgetown app as early and already have a decision.

I think the 40,000th poster should get a prize. Possibly some awesome gradcafe merchandise.

I also get the feeling they're going to introduce some new characters. For example, the gentleman at the airport in line who told Jack he was sorry about his loss. He was also on the plane in the front section.

They sent a business sized envelope to my permanent house.

I do not believe anyone on the board would contend that the government is the solution to each humanitarian problem. Nor do I think others on the other side of the political spectrum would believe that each individual needs to provide solutions to their own problems in all cases. However, I do believe that we can agree that in some circumstances, government intervention can be successful, while in others society is better fit to determine the most appropriate solution for themselves. This is clearly one of the most difficult balances to strike, with different political ideologies having different ideas of what that balance should be. Personally, I believe that the old proverb "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime" is fitting. The question is, what is the balance between giving and teaching?