undergoat88 Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, sl28 said: I emailed asking about funding timelines and was told funding details email will go out 5-10 business days after an admission offer and that they are working hard to get the information out as soon as possible. Really hope it is not another week of this... omg seriously!?!? they have to realize they are behind other schools right LaMarca and hholly77 2
AnythingGoes Posted March 20, 2021 Posted March 20, 2021 Funny how other people are having issues with financial aid details, I got accepted today but it said in my letter I wouldn’t get funding haha.
AnythingGoes Posted March 20, 2021 Posted March 20, 2021 On 3/18/2021 at 12:39 PM, Shantaram said: Rejected from the MPA program. The status was updated this morning. Definitely disappointing but I'm fortunate to have options between SIPA, Wagner, & McCourt. Congratulations to everyone who got in! Fantastic news and go (safely) celebrate it with loved ones. This is super confusing to me. You got into NYU, Columbia and GTown, which are better programs but got denied from GWU? No idea if their MPA is way more competitive than the MPP but I definitely wouldn’t have gotten into Columbia but got accepted for the MPP at GWU. Honestly you shouldn’t be disappointed, you did great! Still a bit confusing though.
undergoat88 Posted March 22, 2021 Posted March 22, 2021 Low-key cannot believe I am still waiting for this school because of financial aid hholly77 1
maham Posted March 22, 2021 Posted March 22, 2021 Just declined my offer. Good luck to those on the waitlist and to those fighting for more funding! undergoat88 and Anorthc2 2
qwertympp Posted March 22, 2021 Author Posted March 22, 2021 I've also just declined my offer. Good luck everybody! maham and Anorthc2 2
undergoat88 Posted March 22, 2021 Posted March 22, 2021 They just responded to my email: "It can take several business days for an award letter to be generated. Please note that the University was closed Thursday and Friday for Spring Break." Anorthc2 1
hholly77 Posted March 22, 2021 Posted March 22, 2021 19 minutes ago, undergoat88 said: They just responded to my email: "It can take several business days for an award letter to be generated. Please note that the University was closed Thursday and Friday for Spring Break." ~Fabulous~ Anorthc2 and undergoat88 1 1
Jarvc Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 Just want to let everyone know, I received my merit aid offer via email this morning (admitted on 3/17). undergoat88, hholly77 and LaMarca 1 2
sl28 Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 Just received my merit aid offer as well! hholly77, LaMarca and undergoat88 1 2
MPAclassof2023 Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 Did they send you another email or just post an update in the portal? I was accepted 3/17 as well but have yet to receive any more info on my merit aid offer! hholly77, undergoat88 and LaMarca 3
Shantaram Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 On 3/20/2021 at 9:16 AM, AnythingGoes said: This is super confusing to me. You got into NYU, Columbia and GTown, which are better programs but got denied from GWU? No idea if their MPA is way more competitive than the MPP but I definitely wouldn’t have gotten into Columbia but got accepted for the MPP at GWU. Honestly you shouldn’t be disappointed, you did great! Still a bit confusing though. I appreciate that and I'm absolutely grateful for the programs I was admitted to. My background is atypical for MPA/MPP programs so I was expecting there to be some schools who found it interesting and worth a shot, while others might believe it wasn't a good fit. I had mediocre, at best, grades in undergrad, below 3.0, but decent GRE scores 164V/162Q. I've been out of school for 9 years working for a general contractor, but I'm now looking to move into housing/education policy. I'm so excited to make a move this year and go into the public sector. Best of luck to you and the rest of this thread as we all begin our graduate degrees!
MPA2021 Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 I got my aid offer just now via email. It is ... kind of shockingly low! I'm disappointed, I was excited about GW but have better financial offers from what I would consider to be better programs.
qwertympp Posted March 23, 2021 Author Posted March 23, 2021 My personal conspiracy theory is that they pull merit funding from the Colombian college’s budget, not from the Trachtenberg school’s own budget, and they got decisions ready so late that there was basically no money left in CCAS. This is not at all substantiated, just my theory. undergoat88 1
hholly77 Posted March 24, 2021 Posted March 24, 2021 Has everyone already received their aid? I still haven’t heard back yet. Anorthc2 1
undergoat88 Posted March 24, 2021 Posted March 24, 2021 35 minutes ago, hholly77 said: Has everyone already received their aid? I still haven’t heard back yet. Nope! Haven't heard back about mine either and they admitted me on 3/17 too hholly77 1
LaMarca Posted March 24, 2021 Posted March 24, 2021 Just received an email with the offer! Agree about it being shockingly low. Good luck all!
hholly77 Posted March 24, 2021 Posted March 24, 2021 21 minutes ago, LaMarca said: Just received an email with the offer! Agree about it being shockingly low. Good luck all! Yikes! I am still waiting on mine.
undergoat88 Posted March 24, 2021 Posted March 24, 2021 Just got mine. Also extremely low. Will be declining!
Anorthc2 Posted March 25, 2021 Posted March 25, 2021 I'm unaware of how the system works. If enough people decline financial offers, what happens to the money?
undergoat88 Posted March 25, 2021 Posted March 25, 2021 11 hours ago, Anorthc2 said: I'm unaware of how the system works. If enough people decline financial offers, what happens to the money? At most schools, it just goes back to the larger pot and is reallocated to other admitted students. However, it's my understanding people have to ask.
hholly77 Posted March 25, 2021 Posted March 25, 2021 Lol this funding waiting game is stressing me out
hholly77 Posted March 25, 2021 Posted March 25, 2021 On 3/22/2021 at 12:00 PM, undergoat88 said: They just responded to my email: "It can take several business days for an award letter to be generated. Please note that the University was closed Thursday and Friday for Spring Break." Question: Who did you email to get this response? I am getting nervous that I still have not heard back.
undergoat88 Posted March 25, 2021 Posted March 25, 2021 2 hours ago, hholly77 said: Question: Who did you email to get this response? I am getting nervous that I still have not heard back. askccas@gwu.edu hholly77 1
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