Gonefishing85

I emailed them last Friday and received the following email from the Program Coordinator: "All students will be receiving a letter (unless you're abroad and/or an international student) next week. Please let us know if you don't hear from us by the end of next week. Thank you for your patience." Not sure that this illuminates anything process-wise. Does anyone have a sense of the acceptance rate for the UW? I figured it was a pretty easy, but that could be just a misconception from someone in-state.

I just visited the Ford School this week as part of another U Mich school admit day (I am interested in a dual degree) and left with a good sense from both the Ford students, speaking to the strengths of the program, and Ann Arbor, which has a fairly vibrant culture. Sure, it's no DC, Boston, or Berkeley, but it does have a lot of both wrapped into a Midwestern hamlet of liberal affluence. I forgot I was in the mid-west, which in my book is a good thing. While i haven't decided on Michigan, I was impressed by the caliber of students and attracted to the cross-disciplinary opportunities among the professional schools. I am interested in a dual MPP/MS, but I met a lot of students who were pursuing dual degrees across Business, Law, Health, Natural Resources, Public Policy, etc. The school makes that easy. And, even if you don't want to graduate with a dual degree, the other professional school courses are open to you. I see this level of institutionally supported interdisciplinary opportunities as one of the biggest strengths of Michigan.

Ugh. I am so ready to end this period of gnawing anticipation. Hopefully, soon, we can all evaluate our grad school options with out the Kennedy "wild card" looming high.

Does anyone know the acceptance rate for Ford? I don't have a sense of how competitive it is in comparison to other top policy schools.

The SIPA MPA in Environmental Science and Policy, which is a separate degree from the SIPA MPA, began sending out notices in early/mid-February. I posted my acceptance yesterday. This program begins late May, thus the earlier notification.