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Has anyone heard good news, or are they really sending out rejections before offering awards?

D2 here. Haven't heard back.

Hi, I'm bumping this up bc I had the same question as awvish. I'm looking at Virgin Mobile, which runs on the Sprint network, and was wondering how well it works in the Northwood housing area, as well as throughout Ann Arbor and Michigan? Thanks!

Congrats on those who have accepted UCLA's offer. Just fyi: I got the final decision for my fellowships and grants today via email. So hopefully it will be sent out to everyone soon.

What kind of negative things have you heard and what kind of fieldwork were you planning on doing? I was an undergraduate at Harvard and used to work with various community service organizations (run through Harvard's Phillips Brooks House) in the South End and elsewhere, and hadn't noticed any problems. There might be issues in Allston (across the Charles River from HKS) because of Harvard's development plans in the area, but I've never noticed anything else other than that.

No; he said he was just calling to say hi and to congratulate me, answer any questions I had and to encourage me to visit the school and attend SAIS in the fall. I think he was heading out of the office, b/c of the 6 hour time difference. It was a nice chat and I really appreciated the call.

I was really lucky this admission cycle and was admitted into really great programs. The problem now is that I have to choose! U Mich. is a strong program, very quantitative, and they gave me a full ride + health insurance + a very generous stipend. I would graduate with no debt and will be free to either go into the private or public sector--though I'm sure I will probably go into the private sector. SAIS is in DC, so there are more networking and internship opportunities. I received a small fellowship from them (12K) but DC is expensive, and I'm afraid of taking on too much debt. I was accepted into the IDEV program, which is highly competitive and suited towards my interests, and because I want to go into consulting, it seems like the perfect place to be. Sanford is also a strong program, although I'm not sure how strong their global policy program is. The good thing is that it's warm (I'm from Hawaii, and from my undergraduate experience in Boston, the cold really is problematic. Not impossible for me to deal with, but it does affect my mood and ability to hunker down and study). Received an 18K fellowship + assistantship. SIPA is also a great program, but I received no funding. I'm interested in going into consulting, looking at Booz Allen Hamilton, Chemonics, and the like where I can focus on issues of food insecurity, poverty, international development. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I received an email from the Financial Aid Office on March 3 with a "provisional award statement" that gave info about loans. Admissions and Financial Aid are two separate departments, and they release information at different times.

I got the same email and was thinking the same until I got the fellowship and stipend (+ health insurance!!!) this morning. I was set to decline their offer because I couldn't afford it, but now it is my number 1 choice!

I did. He was nice, and I appreciated the call.

I'm curious, as well. And how much funding, on average, should we expect as 2nd year students? I'm considering offers from other programs that have offered me fellowships, but they're still really expensive, and I don't know if I should just go all in and accept Columbia's offer with no funding, or go to a school that has given me some scholarships for the two years.

Did you create a password the first time you tried to log in? If so, click on the Already a user? link, use the ISIS ID they gave you in the email and your newly created password. If that doesn't work, definitely call tomorrow. Good luck!

I saw that, too. If you click on details, it lists everything, including loan fees, books, living costs, etc. I got a $12K fellowship as well. It's better than nothing, but geeze louise, that's a lot of money I'm going to have to be repaying.

click on the link. use the ID they give you, fill out info for birthday and zipcode. another screen will pop up. choose your password. another login screen: use the ID they give you again for the JHED login or whatever, and your password. click on financial aid-->summary.

I have the same thing on mine and haven't heard back either. I'm going to just try to stop worrying. It's out of my control and they've said that they have everything. Although, saying that I'm going to stop worry and actually not worrying are two completely different things! Here's to hoping for good news!