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Pika, Was your offer given over the phone by the director of the program? My potential program director offered me funding over the phone last night, which I am thrilled about but it'd be nice to have some written confirmation before signing on the dotted line... did your guy say anything about sending a letter with the info?

I'd lean towards AU. Do well your first year and compete for second year funding. Plus, more than a few students this year who were offered funding may turn it down to attend other institutions. Talk to the office to see if you can be considered for that return funding. AU is a solid program that can offer you pretty good possibilities in the beltway. I would only do Pitt if you had entry level experience, or have strong connections, or are willing to go that extra mile to put yourself out there. You will enter that job market competing against SAIS, Elliott, MSFS and AU kids who are interning throughout the year. Its a tough decision-I'm dealing with a slightly similar situation at the moment as well. Good Luck

Console, I've heard that a majority of second year SAIS MA students receive some funding during the second year. Is this in fact true and if yes, how much is the average award? In addition, by and large do most SAIS students who enter into the World Bank, OPIC etc. usually have strong finance/consulting/private sector development before having come to SAIS? Also, are the students who are able to obtain jobs in the multilateral organizations usually foreign nationals or are American citizens competitive for jobs there as well? Also, I'd appreciate any insights you might have concerning SAIS as compared to MSFS if you're familiar with that program.

Did any of you guys get a call from a professor in your proposed department? If yes, was it a general conversation or are they gonna grill about future plans/classes etc?

hey don't lose hope... I'm probably going to be declining my admin offer in favor of SAIS (although its gonna be painful, as I am a hoya)

Lol Zourah..we had the opposite experience...I got my rejection from KSG and an acceptance from MSFS...

Ok so the wait wasn't very long: SAIS it is!

Ok...so I didn't get anything yet... I hope this isn't SIPA the sequel...

"I also heard that many students get funding in their second year, rather than first. " JPA, Did you get any information on what what the average package is? I've tried finding info online, but SAIS students and admin seems pretty tight lipped about it.

Same sort of dilemma for me as well. I don't have as awesome of an offer as you do, but I've got what would amount to a tuition waiver at UCSD IR/PS and possibly a very significant amount of money at Elliott. I've got a feeling I'm not going to get much from SAIS and if I do get into MSFS, its not likely either. I've been trying to find out more online about second year funding at SAIS but haven't been all that successful. All I can ascertain is that a majority of the class gets funding the second year. If anyone can shed light on what the average package is, that would be extremely helpful. I don't want to end up like that kid at columbia who thought he was getting 18K and got a rude surprise.

Waitlisted...I can't believe I had to wait two and a half weeks longer for that...

^^^ At this point, I'm not settling for anything less than a top shelf drink yourself into oblivion party...

^^^ Wow Congrats! Ok, so anyone else with me in the .0000001% club?

To the people who posted that they received their decisions today-Did you guys get an email or anything and also, were you actually accepted/rejected yesterday and just posted the result today?

Nothing here either... but I suppose they could post decisions anytime today.