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Well, we all do not know how the admission/financial aid committee operates, until we sit in one. So we can go on speculating all day long, that will just cause more frustration. I remember another gradcafe blogger from the wait list forum was admitted from the waiting list with full funding, how do you justify that? Just as you might get admitted by one school and be rejected by another top school, you will never know what's going on in that room... Well, life is never fair...

Well, I did some research on the kennedy scholarship and here we go " ...Kennedy Scholarships, usually around twelve in number, and tenable for one year will be awarded for the academic year 2002-03 at Harvard University and MIT. In certain circumstances, students who are applying for Ph.D. or two year Masters' programmes may be considered for extra funding to help support a second year of study. A Kennedy Scholar admitted to MIT in the School of Engineering or School of Science, who is in good standing at the end of the first year of study, will normally be able to get support for a second and subsequent years by appointment as a Research Assistant or, in some departments, as a Teaching Assistant. Kennedy Scholars registered on Ph.D. programmes at Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are also sometimes able to fund further study by obtaining Research or Teaching Assistantships...." So if Don can get a Kennedy Scholarship, then he's definitely a qualified candidate bcoz it seems the scholarship is competitive http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/200 ... 6/105.html

Well, most of the scholarship essays are different from the admission essays. So, u might be considered for the scholarships you applied for, but be rejected by HKS altogether. So u might as well write a good fellowship essay and be rejected. FYI " Post by poodles123

Well, none of us knows how the wait list operates, so we're all speculating...lets wait and see what happens...some schools offer admission on the first day of classes...even a magician will not be able to secure funds/loans by then to attend that institution. I think schools will certainly provide some sort of aid in such exceptional cases, but it all depends on what they want and the demographics/background of the incoming class....