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you can contact the office of student life now and ask them about sublets, also once you get your log in information you can look for temporary housing here: https://housing.sais-jhu.edu/

Note regarding China/ERE dual concentration: ERE will have to be your primary according to the website, http://www.sais-jhu.edu/academics/functional-studies/ere/index.htm: Dual Concentrations The ERE program does not allow students from other concentrations to designate ERE as their secondary concentration.

a few good buildings for couples in Logan circle near/on 13th and M st: Sutton Plaza, the belvedere, massachusetts house, the cambridge (this buidling actually will build sliding "walls" to divide a one bedroom into "two"), m street towers, mt vernon plaza maybes: burke park (i think this place had bed bug problems and is pretty sketch, but maybe worth the research), 1210 mass apartments (these are brand new, not sure if they're out of grad school price range) not in that neighborhood, but still good places to check out: castle manor and high view on 13 and clifton (just north of U street, really fun area, you can take the S2 from 16th street right down to SAIS) on 16th near euclid: the dorchester house and the envoy, also easy 10 min bus ride to SAIS (also great location, walk to adams morgan, columbia heights, and u street) Apartment management companies to check out are: Bernstein Borger Keener Yarmouth (capitol hill only) this is also very helpful in researching neighborhoods: http://www.walkscore.com/DC/Washington_D.C. confession: i kind of have a real estate obsession.

As a current Washington DC resident living a few blocks from SAIS, I highly recommend "Logan Circle east." (the further east you go the cheaper it gets) There are lots of group houses and small studio apartments for very similar prices to Woodly Park, with the added benefit of being able to bike or walk to SAIS.There are also a ton of ridiculously expensive options (corporate townhouse rentals, brand new condo/apartments) that will be out of any resonable grad student's budget, but if you know how to look you can find places between $1000 and $1300 in the safe areas (west of 10th street), and even cheaper if you go into the sometimes questionable areas east of 10th all the way to north capitol. If you have a significant other (or are willing to build a flimsy barrier wall in a one bedroom), this is by far the best option. You can get a one bedroom on 13th south of Logan Circle for between $1400 - $1600 (usually including utitlities). And you can't beat the nieghborhood. 14th street has some of the best cafes, restaurants, and neighborhood feel, not to mention that you can walk to SAIS, Dupont, U st, and Chinatown.

Just spoke with fin aid, the philip merrill will be awarded by email to one lucky person TODAY. good luck everyone. there will also be a few class fellowships made available this summer to the incoming class of about 1 - 3k. you will have had to sign on before those are awarded though.

same - waitlisted, which means no funding, which means i will be going to one of my other options.

Here are what I see as the perks for Fletcher: close knit community, collegiate atmosphere where you will be completely removed from the rest of the world and able to focus on both academics and creating life long relationships with your fellow students very strong diplomatic and academic based curriculum, with the option to get the econ you need, but its not as strong of a focus as it would be at SAIS they are more generous with fellowships, and there seem to be more opportunities for TA or school related part time jobs than either of your other schools if you want to do more than just one concentration (in addition to economics) you can more easily pursue that...although I'm not sure this is 100% true, there seems to be a good amount of flexibility among a lot of the programs in the second year of study The only downsides I see to this school are: If you are not willing to be 100% committed to being THERE, and I don't just mean physically, but mentally and emotionally, you won't be getting the whole experience. If you're going to spend your every free moment running off to NYC or DC you'll be missing out on the glue like bonding that all the alumns rave about. I asked a number of Fletcher alumns if they felt their classes helped them in their current jobs (and they all had pretty awesome jobs), and they said no. One said that her thesis helped her with an interview, but basically all the benefit you from classes is "polish." I also applied for a number of MPA/MPP programs, and I'm worried that the Fletcher program may be too academic and lacking the hard skills a policy program would offer. All that said, I'm still kind of in no man's land as far as decision making goes.

also still waiting. i spoke to admissions, and apparently they just have a big backlog. the girl seemed to actually get concerned when i mentioned i was already in my decision making process was about to start turning down other offers, and said if it comes down to the wire (implying i might not actually get a decision this week) to call back next week and she would see if they could expedite my application. apparently they're just really slow.

see you at SAIS for sure! Also - can you post on results? It will boost my spirits to see an admit on the georgetown search page. its been pretty bleak recently.

any idea where you'll be going?

Congrats Rose!!! any aid?

anyone heard anything yet today? starting to think they have lost my application...

My letter was dated 3/14, but not posted until 3/22. Madrilena, hold tight, I bet you're being considered for funding. Good luck and try to enjoy your Friday.

Not that anyone asked... but this is my theory on the delayed decisions: I've heard through the grapevine (a very reliable source), that was the first year SFS is enforcing a cap for each program. Since I've never worked in admissions, I'm not sure exactly what that means - but I'm guessing it means they have to assume very high matriculation rates. They also don't want to scare off competitive but not top tier (me, perhaps?) candidates by unnecessarily putting them on the wait list. So they sent out a first batch, and are waiting for some idea of matriculation rate before sending out the rest? Thoughts? Theories?

as i read this i got a new email...it was flying lessons from living social....