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waqfi

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  1. In for MIA, no funding. Now I'm trying to choose between Chicago CIR (1/3 funded) and this...my head hurts thinking about it
  2. What I intend to do at this point is get either a) selected as someone to do a 2nd year specialization or enroll in a second year with the Haaris School so I can graduate with two Master's: the theory-based CIR degree and a practical public policy degree from Haaris. Or...I get accepted into a better chool like Jackson or SIPA. Then I gots some hard decisions to make!
  3. Search "CIR chicago" on this forum and you'll find some comments from former CIR alumni. I personally feel like it's very possible, you just have to be a go-getter and not expect a job to fall into your lap after you graduate without you trying to make connections. Like pretty much anything in life. It's just that at a place like Chicago the connection (again, I'm hoping) are better and hopefully easier to get given that you were deemed smart enough to even be admitted. Apparently CIR had a record number of apps this year, so the fact that we got in says something about us? We have dignity dammit.
  4. I just applied straight to CIR - I wasn't sure if I was cut out for the drudge of academia and CIR seemed like a good place to test if I have the gumption for it. If I do, I'll be well prepared to go on for a good PhD program hopefully, and if not. I'll have a respectable degree that I'm hoping can land me a job afterwards. I'm planning to come to Admitted Students Day on the 8th - would love to meet up and have some friends to talk during it if any of you are going stag
  5. Anyone else get into CIR? Got my acceptance yesterday. 1/3 scholarship.
  6. Thanks so much for your help, it's so nice to see people helping eachother out.
  7. Hi all, I'm new here, and just now attempting to put together an application for grad school, with the hopes to enter in Fall 2013. I'm one of the first people in my family to apply to a decent grad school - my mom applied to a new program at a local school before me, but she has a different experience being in the sciences, I feel. I'm trying to get into a grad program in the social sciences. At this point, I have my target schools, and my top choice needs ALL application materials in by January 3rd. When is the absolute latest I should take my GRE, given that I need to allow time for scores to come back and be sent to schools, etc. I'm trying to put together a rough timeline of how I should be approaching all of this, and so any help on this front would be appreciated. Things like "Essay Done by X date", "GRE done by Y date", "School list compiled by Z date etc" I have a lot of time on my hands to study and really get to know the in and outs of this process, so please point me anywhere that you think could help. Thank you all so much, and all the best with your guys' applications as well
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