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Oh my, folks. I'm in the same road and haven't received any news from any school, which I am assuming is bad news as most schools are already interviewing. I have been heavily panicking since yesterday, feel like I'm getting 4 no's out of 4 (Berkeley, UCLA, Michigan and CMU). Anything that might rekindle any notion of hope?

Well, I wrote to the Assistant Dean at Goldman asking to be considered in case any funds are available after the decisions deadline. She replied that they wouldn't know until May and that she will let me know in case there is an opportunity. I think she was pretty nice and didn't close the door, but made it clear that it is a long shot.

MPP at Goldman, starting this fall !

I'm in, no money. Not going. I have to make a decision with my head and not with my heart. California, here we come !

I don't even care anymore

I hope they are writing me a letter so thorough that it justifies the whole agony waiting.

Before your post, I thought I was the only person left in the planet without a notification from SIPA.

That means there's still hope. Is there an additional benefit from being IFP?

I'm starting to doubt if they even have my application, heh

Exactly the same happened to me. I'm MPA too, with little hope left.

They made a mistake when reviewing my application and it said there was a missing document. It took 1 month a 23 days for them to answer the many mails I sent them, and the answer was a laconic "We will amend this on your application", no named signature, no greeting, nothing. Conversely, I had problems with both of my applications to Wagner and Goldman and they responded my email within hours, and in a very warm and friendly manner.

Apparently most people have heard from the MIA. There is only one result for the MPA in the database. Seems like we'll have to wait.

Looks like I'm the only one left, which basically destroys all possible hope to get in.

Thank you. I have nothing yet. I'm all stressed out already, heh, even with what I said before, the result from SIPA finishes an admissions cycle that has had 95% of my attention for the past 9 months, and the drive of my efforts since many many years ago, so it's still a big deal to just know how it works out.

Did you get an email or just checked the website? I'm MPA, though.

I'd rather attend a program that is just as good (or better, depending on the source) and finish the two years with no debt at all.

Now that you say that, it's interesting because I have waited too for this moment for about 5-6 years, and now that it comes, it is not at all what I thought it was going to be. I almost have no enthusiasm left. I already got into another great program, and only the very unlikely scenario in which I get a full ride would make me weight the possibility of attending SIPA. The map is not the territory, definitely.

This thread has been really useful. Up to this point, I'm only waiting for the response from SIPA before I confirm my enrollment to Goldman, but from what I've read, not even with a full ride (chance 0%) SIPA would be a better experience than Goldman. There seems to be unanimity in opinions that the Goldman experience is great and that the SIPA one is not just as good. It doesn't seem like the Ivy League brand and the New York City factor makes up for all the other lacks the school has. Who do you think?

I just got waitlisted too.

Well, it's almost 5:00pm in Cambridge, so it looks like today's not going to be the day.

I religiously receive an email with the post at 8:03am every weekday, today is the first in a while I haven't received anything. However, it may be related to the change in DST. I'm in GMT -6, btw I'm obviously overthinking, though.

But they usually send a blog post saying that notifications will start rolling. They haven't posted anything for today.

I think we'll find out as soon as they start notifying as there will be massive updates on this thread and on the Results Search engine. You can count on me that it will be one of the first things I'll do.

I actually think that the HKS Blog is the best tool used by any program I applied to. It is very nice to always know that on the morning you'll receive some info, useless or not, about the process. It helps to deal with anxiety. The fact that sometimes the posts are informal, is correspondent to the fact that a blog is per se an informal channel.

Just received the offer from Wagner. $17 000 merit-based award per year. Won't use it.