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Hello, congratulations to everyone! I also got in but no word on funding. Does anyone know if we'll get notified if we get anything or should we just email financial aid directly?

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Did any of you apply for the International Fellows program? If so, did you notice any mention of it in your acceptance letter? 

According to some forum sleuthing from 2017, some first year students were notified about being chosen in the letter. But, the IF page on SIPA's site lists the application deadline as the end of April. So if both first and second years are considered at the same time, that would leave me to believe that we wouldn't hear back about IF until May or June.

I sent an email to the IF contacts on the site, and if they provide me with any more information about IF decisions, I'll let you know.

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I also got in! Super excited. 

No funding though. But, I did apply in the last deadline. 

Though in my letter they have specifically mentioned the concentration and specialisation. 

Is that for everybody? And if so, could I change it if I change my mind?

Thanks 

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51 minutes ago, Pj2401 said:

No funding though. But, I did apply in the last deadline. Same here! 

Though in my letter they have specifically mentioned the concentration and specialisation. 

Is that for everybody? It is for me!

 

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1 hour ago, Theevidentevaluator said:

Did any of you apply for the International Fellows program? If so, did you notice any mention of it in your acceptance letter? 

According to some forum sleuthing from 2017, some first year students were notified about being chosen in the letter. But, the IF page on SIPA's site lists the application deadline as the end of April. So if both first and second years are considered at the same time, that would leave me to believe that we wouldn't hear back about IF until May or June.

I sent an email to the IF contacts on the site, and if they provide me with any more information about IF decisions, I'll let you know.

I was accepted to the IF program. It was included in my scholarship funding letter. 

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Regarding financial aid again, does anyone know what these lines from the welcome portal mean in relation to the decisions we received yesterday?

"We automatically consider all admitted applicants for scholarships and we will contact you separately with more information about financing your SIPA education. Please note that most scholarship decisions will not be released until March 2019."

So I'm inferring from the second sentence that scholarships were likely all given to people yesterday with their letters. Reading the first sentence though, I'm confused as to what they're contacting us separately about - I'm guessing PLUS loans and work study?

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12 hours ago, sdb12014 said:

Hello, congratulations to everyone! I also got in but no word on funding. Does anyone know if we'll get notified if we get anything or should we just email financial aid directly?

Based on the confusing language in the welcome portal, I'm also wondering this. I'm assuming we didn't receive scholarships if we weren't notified yesterday, but I don't know why they would say we would be contacted separately in the same sentence as info about scholarships. The people who received scholarships yesterday were notified of them alongside their acceptance letter.

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50 minutes ago, Theevidentevaluator said:

Based on the confusing language in the welcome portal, I'm also wondering this. I'm assuming we didn't receive scholarships if we weren't notified yesterday, but I don't know why they would say we would be contacted separately in the same sentence as info about scholarships. The people who received scholarships yesterday were notified of them alongside their acceptance letter.

I think the people who already got funding applied to programs other than MIA. The ones who have no funding info yet all applied to MIA.

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For those who did not get a funding letter, did your offer letters include the following sentence?

"In a few weeks you will receive specific information on the cost of attendance and possible sources of aid."

I looked at forums from previous years which seemed to imply that if you didn't have a funding letter with your offer of admission then that meant that you were not offered any funding. I'm wondering if this phrase in my letter refers to loans and/or work study or if there is a possibility to hear about scholarships later on? How do other people interpret this?

@Spurs I applied to the MPA-DP program with no funding info... ?

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