PeteZahut

Accepted via email on 3/4. Didn't get any funding. Will go to April open house event but unlikely to attend due to cost (85-90k for two years!!!) Leaning towards Syracuse/Maxwell at this point, but may fall back on Albany (Rockefeller) due to economic/financial concerns. If I didn't already have a JD (and the associated loans attached), SIPA would be a no-brainer. Alas... Good luck to everyone!

Regular deadline isn't until June 1, 2009...so there might be some room for later applicants.

Is anyone else considering Rockefeller? This was pretty much my 'safety' school and it is the most inexpensive option for me. Ranked #14 in USNWR but not sure of its "name recognition" outside of New York state... Any thoughts?

Got waitlisted. Was expecting a rejection weeks ago but this is good enough for me. Will probably not attend (if accepted) due to high costs but will re-apply next year (with better GRE/GMAT scores and additional work experience) and hope for better luck... Guess I'll have to rough it out as a lawyer for another year or so...

All this waiting probably means we were put into some kind of "secondary review" which may or may not bode well... Though I'm hoping there's a slight chance we (or some of us) are up for fellowship considerations.... :roll:

Got an email today...only 5k for the entire program. It also says I'll still be considered for additional aid but it seems unlikely. There's still the opportunity to get a 5-10k grant but only after I enroll and go through the summer program... If this is it, then I don't think it will be worth taking out over 50k in loans (on top of the loans I already have)...

I'll be at the open house on 3/23 and probably attend the networking event in NYC on 3/30. I've also been contacted by a current student and will be following-up on that with some questions. Has anyone gotten word of funding yet?

Hey Causey, do you mind posting your stats?

In Binghamton (an hour south of Syracuse), we'd usually have snowfall from November through late March...in Syracuse, which is next to a large lake and closer to the Great Lakes, expect there to be heavier snowfalls for longer durations... On the bright side, you eventually get used to it :|

Funding is the "deal or no deal" factor for me. If I don't get anything significant from the schools I've applied to (I'm not willing to pay or take out loans more than around $50k for the entire program), I'll just stick with my current job and re-apply next year (which will give me a chance to add work experience and re-take the GREs and/or GMATs)...

How does one "check the website" for their admissions status? Is it the applyyourself site or is it a link contained in the email they send you?

Having lived an hour from Syracuse during undergrad, I can tell you that the cost of living is VERY low in upstate New York. You can probably live quite comfortably for around 1000 per month (rent, food, utilities) close to the campus (living in the suburbs is a bit nicer and quieter but also a bit more costly and will require a car as Syracuse lacks decent public transportation)... The main drawbacks are the brutal, snowy winters and the lack of "glamour" compared to a large city (L.A., NYC). But if you're the type to enjoy the outdoors (hiking, skiing, fishing, etc.), then Syracuse is a good place to live.

As far as I'm aware, SIPA has not lost any of my documents and my online status has indicated that everything has been submitted and my application is "complete." I will call them later this week to find out why I have not heard anything yet... In the case of NYU/Wagner, my application was submitted in early Jan (before the scholarship deadline) and everything was listed as "Received" and "Complete." Fast forward two months and I call Wagner and they've told me one of my LoRs was "not in my file." This was despite my online status indicating that everything was "Received" before the 1st deadline! Subsequent to my call, my online status was updated to reflect the missing LoR. I now have until June 1 (the regular deadline) to replace that LoR and obtain a decision... The cause for worry is that both SIPA and Wagner use the same ApplyYourself online system to track and update materials... PS: All of my materials for both Wagner and SIPA were submitted via paper mail, which may have been a factor in Wagner losing/misplacing documents....

I'm waiting for SIPA too... ...unless they screwed up my application like NYU did (which lost one of my LoRs (which was listed as received since November!), thus necessitating me to send another one...albeit too late for funding consideration...)...

I got in too. Still waiting on funding decisions. Either way, I will be attending the open house on 3/23.