MA_humanrights Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 Congrats everyone! I was accepted to the MGA program with a $9k scholarship. Fletcher is my top choice, but I'm struggling with the financial aspect. Does anybody have any advice for the financial aid appeal process? Emrada 1
itsbenr99 Posted March 17, 2021 Posted March 17, 2021 12 hours ago, d2ear said: Anyone heard anything yet about the financial aid or FAFSA from the admission office? Still waiting to hear back. I'm also waiting to hear back from SIS at AU on this, but hoping to hear back by the end of the week.
Emrada Posted March 18, 2021 Posted March 18, 2021 Anyone on this morning's Fletcher info session? Deans Kyte and Sims Gallagher are rockstars in energy/climate (my field), so it's awesome to hear from them. AR89, EscapingBrexit and academiaenthusiast 2 1
EscapingBrexit Posted March 18, 2021 Author Posted March 18, 2021 30 minutes ago, Emrada said: Anyone on this morning's Fletcher info session? Deans Kyte and Sims Gallagher are rockstars in energy/climate (my field), so it's awesome to hear from them. It's been interesting so far! francophile_1, Emrada and academiaenthusiast 3
francophile_1 Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 Fletcher is charming their way into my heart between the funding and the outreach from their students and faculty for sure. Emrada and AR89 1 1
EscapingBrexit Posted March 19, 2021 Author Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, francophile_1 said: Fletcher is charming their way into my heart between the funding and the outreach from their students and faculty for sure. I'm pretty set on Fletcher at this point. I got in to GWU, American, Georgetown, and SAIS - but none of them have hit the level of Fletcher so far for me, in terms of funding or outreach. I'm increasingly excited about the coming year! Edited March 19, 2021 by EscapingBrexit Emrada, francophile_1 and EC1225 2 1
Emrada Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 They have seriously been so personalized and lovely. I'm a semi-local MA applicant and a homeowner who can't move in the next year, so the only big downside to it is that it's significantly further away than my other local options and would mean a lot of time in the car for me / less time with my family. But I just love everything I've seen from them so far, so it may be worth it. EscapingBrexit and francophile_1 2
itsgoinggrad2021 Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 If you contact the office, there is an official appeal process that they can send you a link to. I haven't heard about federal financial aid yet.
EscapingBrexit Posted March 19, 2021 Author Posted March 19, 2021 Is there a group or something I should be in on Facebook etc? I got offered Work Study in my financial package and I have no idea what that looks like in reality. Any thoughts?
d2ear Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, EscapingBrexit said: Is there a group or something I should be in on Facebook etc? I got offered Work Study in my financial package and I have no idea what that looks like in reality. Any thoughts? I'm still waiting on the FA info, would you mind sharing how you heard about your FA package? email or portal?
EscapingBrexit Posted March 19, 2021 Author Posted March 19, 2021 Just now, d2ear said: I'm still waiting on the FA info, would you mind sharing how you heard about your FA package? email or portal? I got an email earlier from student services with the details. It is all starting to get real!
itsgoinggrad2021 Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 35 minutes ago, EscapingBrexit said: Is there a group or something I should be in on Facebook etc? I got offered Work Study in my financial package and I have no idea what that looks like in reality. Any thoughts? Hi there is a Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fletcheraugust2021admittedstudents/?multi_permalinks=1474539579553958%2C1474211959586720%2C1473930772948172¬if_id=1616018087672784¬if_t=group_activity&ref=notif Also, I received work study as well and I did work study in undergrad so I assume its similar. You'd probably need to seek out a job yourself through a portal or some resource that I am not entirely sure of yet. I got my job in undergrad through a job fair the first week and worked at the same office all four year, so that was easy enough. EscapingBrexit 1
GradSchoolGrad Posted March 26, 2021 Posted March 26, 2021 On 3/18/2021 at 8:20 PM, francophile_1 said: Fletcher is charming their way into my heart between the funding and the outreach from their students and faculty for sure. Yes, Fletcher is really good at charming. That has been frequent feedback over the years. A lot of is due to how they have one of the stronger communities among the IR schools. The other is that they have to do charm to make up for their shortcomings. Marketing is powerful, but its important to see behind the marketing. There is always a darker side why things are so. francophile_1 and went_away 1 1
francophile_1 Posted March 26, 2021 Posted March 26, 2021 1 hour ago, GradSchoolGrad said: Yes, Fletcher is really good at charming. That has been frequent feedback over the years. A lot of is due to how they have one of the stronger communities among the IR schools. The other is that they have to do charm to make up for their shortcomings. Marketing is powerful, but its important to see behind the marketing. There is always a darker side why things are so. Oh yes I’ve read your post about their pitfalls.
itsgoinggrad2021 Posted April 12, 2021 Posted April 12, 2021 (edited) Is anyone in this thread still making a decision? / heard back from the financial aid appeal process? Edited April 12, 2021 by itsgoinggrad2021
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