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Hi all - I'm trying to decide between the MSHP programs at Columbia and UPenn. I currently live in Manhattan and had my heard set on Columbia from the beginning. I went to the open house last fall and fell in love immediately - it was also the first open house I attended. I was worried that the Penn program is too conservation focused (I want to specialize in preservation planning/policy), but after attending the open house on the 4th, and talking to some people at Penn I discovered that only a handful of the 25 students each year go the conservation route. I was really surprised by how much I ended up liking Penn and they are also offering me a scholarship of $8K per year. Columbia isn't offering me any assistance and only has one scholarship that is need based, and it is for the entire GSAPP school. If anyone has any thoughts on whether Columbia or Penn is a better program for preservation planning, I'd love to hear your thoughts!! Have to decide by the 15th!!

I was told that I would hear from Columbia by March 1st - which has not happened. Can't stop my heart from jumping out of my chest every time I have a new email. Has anyone else applied to GSAPP and received a response?? Trying to be patient and not freak out - it's difficult.